the greatest difference

[Theresa]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Valerie Flowe 
<valerie.flowe at v...> wrote:
> > 
> I read in one of the mags that Dan's favorite POA scene is the 
Shrieking Shack. 
> Eek! Well, he is only 14; not quite as critical in his analysis as 
us adults!
> I keep replaying that scene in my head, to determine what and where 
they 
> could've inserted more of the storyline. How hard would it have 
been to have 
> Lupin looking at the map in his office; startled to see Sirius, 
Peter and the 
> kids in the Shack, he runs off; soon thereafter Snape arrives with 
the 
> forgotten potion, sees the map; realizes what's going down and runs 
off after 
> Lupin. Cheap to film; only 5 minutes added to the length of the 
film. Instead 
> they just threw in Sirius yelling "Remus, did you forget to take 
your potion?!" 
> "Huh?! What potion?" I can hear the non-HP readers in the audience 
saying. 
> Granted probably 75% of the audience are book fans, but still...
> And I still would've liked the Harry/Dumbledore "denouement" at the 
end. It's 
> tradition, after all. They had it at the end of SS (the "alas, 
earwax" scene), 
> and in COS (the Gryffindor sword scene, prior to Dobby and Lucius 
walking in). 
> That would've been an opportunity to have the new Dumbledore show a 
little 
> grandfatherly compassion to Harry, that I feel was lacking. 
> 

Don't cringe too much about him liking the shack scene. I saw an 
interview with Dan and Emma and both of them said they loved the 
shrieking shack scene best of all because of the actors. So I don't 
think he liked it because it was the best done scene but because it 
has Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Timothy Spall and Alan Rickman all in 
one room. If I remember correctly during the SS/PS special on 
Mother's Day, he mentioned during the filming of that scene he felt 
like he should just sit off in the corner and watch in awe. 
Unfortunately, that was one of the reasons I was key to see that 
scene and then I kept thinking after the first viewing - man that was 
just way too short and with brilliant actors like GO, DT, TS and AR 
they had the potential for a great rendition of the scene as played 
out in the book.

Still overall I enjoyed myself just wish as a friend on another list 
mentioned quoting Dumbledore - "we need more time".

Theresa