[HPFGU-Movie] Not our Ron! Ron humiliating Hermione in DADA

[GulPlum]

At 23:31 07/06/04 , Sara Holden wrote:

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>Personally, I thought it was fitting because Ron, in the book, does call
>her a "know-it-all" and at least twice a week.  Here in the movie, he's
>just agreeing to what Snape says.

There's a huge difference. As it happens, I don't have a problem with Ron's 
comment at that point (although it comes across slightly maladroitly, I 
take him to be whispering his comment to Harry), but I disagree with your 
rationale.

The fact is that Hermione is a friend, Snape is, well, not. I don't know 
what your schooldays were like, but in mine, as a matter of principle, one 
did not vocally agree with a disliked teacher, even if what he said was 
true. And *absolutely* not if he was slagging off a friend.

Ron is entitled to slag off Hermione all he wants to her face or to Harry. 
He should never, ever, indicate agreement with Snape over her.

On the other hand, to disagree with Trevor's position, I think it would 
have been equally wrong character-wise for Ron to defend Hermione to Snape 
at that point, seeing as he's not too keen on her because of their ongoing 
disagreement over Crookshanks/Scabbers. (Yes, I'm aware that this 
disagreement is only sketched in the movie, whereas we're bludgeoned over 
the heads with it in the book, but it's there.)

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gulPlum AKA Richard, who's still having trouble catching up