[HPFGU-Movie] Madam Rosmerta

[GulPlum]

At 22:18 15/06/04 , jksunflower2002 wrote:
>Ok.  She gave me the creeps.  Don't quite know how else to put it.
>The look that she and Fudge exchanged in the Three Broomsticks took
>me aback.  It was somewhat suspicious.  Like they were conspiring
>together on.....something.    Noticed it vaguely during the first
>viewing, but it really leapt out at me during the second.

To be brutally honest, I think it was simply bad acting. I think she was 
meant to be annoyed with Fudge for the Dementors chasing her customers 
away. And that  hand gesture when she says "tell me what THIS is all about" 
is one of my biggest acting annoyances in the movie.

(To be brutally honest Part Two: I've never really rated Julie Christie as 
an actress, with the possible exception of Fahrenheit 451 - don't get me 
started on Doctor Zhivago!; she was one hell of a looker in her time, but 
that's about it - all IMO, of course.)

>And, did anyone notice that they had Hermione make a point of referencing 
>Rosmerta's effects on males?  Something along the lines of all boys fancy 
>Madam Rosmerta.

"Ron fancies her."
"No, I don't."

I think that line was meant to achieve three things. First, it mirrors 
Ron's line from CoS about Lockhart: "Mum fancies him". Second, I think it's 
setting up Ron's falling for Fleur in GoF (indicating his shallowness in 
matters of the heart). Third, I think it's a little nod to Julie Christie's 
past as one hell of a sex symbol in the 70s.

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who always preferred Glenda Jackson (yes, I'm weird) :-)