[HPFGU-Movie] Thoughts incl. Damage, Boggart, Time, Creatures, Prongs perspective, and Latin

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In a message dated 6/9/04 9:31:18 PM, aldhelm at earthlink.net writes:


> Question: Could anyone see what book the wizard who was stirring his
> cup in the
> Leaky Cauldron was reading?
> 

"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.

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aldhelm at earthlink.net says:

Thought: As others have noted, Harry's patronus appears as a stag
only from the
perspective of the Harry who's being saved, not the Harry who's
casting it (which is a
switch in emphasis from the book, where Harry is clearer about what
the patronus
was when it gallops back to him after he's cast it). While I prefer
the book version, the
film version is an interesting choice, as it seems to suggest
something about Harry's
fantasy of being rescued by his dad. I haven't worked out the
nuances; it just seems
to me that Cuaron made quite a deliberate choice of how to understand
how Harry
understands the patronus. It's all complicated, of course by the
omission of the
Prongs identification from the movie.
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You know, I thought about it this afterwards as well. Although it is possible 
and even plausible that it was a deliberate choice by Cuaron to not portray 
the patronus as a stag when timetravel Harry does it, I was thinking also that 
it could be because we see it from his perspective and it is the big glowing 
light that is pushing the dementors away. From the other Harry's viewpoint (the 
one in the original time frame), it appeared as a stag - maybe it just 
depends on which side you are looking at it - Timetravel Harry is seeing it (as are 
we) from the back.
Hmm, I don't know - but it was something that I noticed and wondered about.

But I agree with the rest of your post- I have long thought that Dumbledore 
knows a lot of things he isn't revealing. Plus he's a manipulative cuss ;-)
And the Marauders are indeed ravaged by their trials and tribulations. I 
loved Lupin's look- ragged cloak, tatty clothes and even the scars. And when he is 
supposed to look bad at the end after the transformation and return to school 
(when he is packing to leave), he really looks bad (pale, drawn face, etc.)

Cindy


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