Madam Rosmerta

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "jksunflower2002" 
<mkeller01 at a...> wrote:
   
> 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.  Julie Christie was quite a 
looker-
> -in her day(70's?).  She's an attractive older woman, but they 
> didn't "doll" her up too much for this movie.  Of course, I am 
> approaching this as a woman, so perhaps I should ask Hubby's 
> opinion.  I just find it strange that they made sure to include 
that 
> comment about her looks.   Could this be a plot point?  Perhaps in 
a 
> future book, Rosmerta's good looks will come into play. 

I'm pretty sure after 2 viewings that Hermione says that "Ron 
fancies Madam Rosmerta", and nothing about anyone else fancying her.
My interpretation is that it was referring to something that's 
heavily implied in the book.

In Chapter 10 of PoA (pg. 200, Scholastic) it says:

A curvy sort of woman with a pretty face was serving a bunch of 
rowdy warlocks up at the bar.
"That's Madam Rosmerta," said Ron.  "I'll get the drinks, shall I?" 
he added, going slightly red.

It seemed that this was how the filmmakers chose to illustrate that 
Ron has noticed the "curvy" Rosemerta and that Hermione may be 
slightly irked by this ;-).

Jo S.