My second viewing and some things I realized

[Theresa]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" <patientx3 at a...> 
wrote:
> Theresa wrote:
> 
> >>Yes, I am still bothered by no background story on MWPP but maybe 
> they will have some little blurb in #4 to say who they were. One 
can 
> only hope.<<
> 
> Here's a question I have about that (for all of you who were very 
> annoyed by that being left out), is it just that they wrote the map 
> that you're upset about, or the whole backstory (with the animagus 
> transformations and all)? Personally, of the things that bugged me 
> about the film, that was one of the smallest. I know they wrote the 
> map and the movie hints at it (they didn't change it completely - 
> Sirius and Lupin clearly know all about it), and in the book the 
fact 
> that they wrote the map is slipped into the middle of the Shrieking 
> Shack scene with very little emphasis (Lupin says something to the 
> effect of "Of course I know how to work it, I helped write it."). 
Now 
> if you're talking about the animagus stuff, then that I understand, 
> because that's a whole chapter. Personally, I think it would have 
> been awkward in the movie, and on multiple readings it felt sort of 
> awkward in the book (it was just too much of a digression, in the 
> middle of the heavy situation). I think part of the reason for that 
> large bit of exposition (which doesn't *quite* fit into the subject 
> at hand), was to have something for Snape to overhear without him 
> hearing anything important.
> 
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For me personally, it was ALL of the backstory of MWPP. I wanted it 
known they made the map for it showed how bright they all were. But 
mostly I wanted it known that these boys were such loyal friends that 
they would go above and beyond for one another not just the animagus 
stuff - which really shows loyalty and caring for one another but 
also the secret keeper stuff. When I read POA, my heartstrings were 
pulled when I read Sirius explaining that he suggested Peter to be 
used as a ruse and he as good as killed Lily and James himself. And I 
wanted them to mention the prank. So I guess I really wanted it 
all. ;o) However, I am in the 'loved the movie' group so this didn't 
ruin the film for me, I just wanted to see it included.

Theresa