[HPFGU-Movie] Re: sloppy school uniforms

[clshannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/29/04 11:08:51 AM, Ali at zymurgy.org writes:


> However much the Dursleys are keeping up appearances in other ways,
> they have *never* kept them up with regard to clothing Harry. The
> mufty clothing is an issue for me: if Harry normally wore Muggle
> clothing at Hogwarts he would have been teased about his clothing,
> and yet, the only time he is teased is when he wears a Weasley
> jumper at Christmas.
> 

I've heard folks debate this point over and over about all three movies and I 
must be   the only one who assumes that Harry just buys some clothes once he 
gets to school that fit him ;-) There must be a clothing store in Hogsmeade or 
Diagon Alley that sells Muggle clothes - I don't know, it always seemed like 
such a minor point to me. Besides, even if there isn't canonical evidence that 
those Muggle clothing stores DON'T exist, you have to look at it from a film 
point of view. Think how jarring it would be to have the star of your movie 
running around during his adventures with pants so baggy they are falling off 
and shirts whose sleeves were constantly falling below his hands <g> Not 
practical, folks, sorry. And there are some things you must sacrifice for the sake of 
the visual medium, as opposed to the imaginary   realm of the mind while 
reading ;-)

As to the whole robe thing, well, I am rereading GOF right now and it is true 
that in the books, her description of robes seems to indicate that they are 
an all encompassing garment, in other words, they are the entire garment, with 
no mention of regular pants and shirt underneath. They had to change this for 
all three movies since it was impractical, costume wise. How would such robes 
have been designed? The word robe to everyone conjures up an image of 
something that goes OVER other clothes and I think it would have looked quite funny to 
have form fitting 'robes', however well they were designed.

Cindy



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