[HPFGU-Movie] why I was uncomfortable with the Aunt Marge scene

[GulPlum]

At 13:57 15/06/04 , Barbara D. Poland-Waters wrote:

<huge snip>

>If I'm wrong about her quote, and she specifically refers to the unwritten
>works, please correct (and forgive) me.

Yes, her quote was specifically about the books. Even without looking it 
up, it would have been a bit nonsensical for her (and the fans) to make a 
big deal about Cuaron & Co making references to stuff we already know from 
the two further published books - that's what the films are *meant* to be 
doing. Especially as she used the word "inadvertently".

But it does make sense for her to say that about material she hasn't yet 
revealed to the world at large, or the film-makers in particular. She'd 
hardly be praising Cuaron's prescience for guessing at stuff the whole 
world already knows, would she?

Talking of foreshadowing, the Thestrals presumably can't be very big: the 
"horseless" carriages for the arrival at Hogwarts were pretty close 
together... :-)