Ron's lines

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Theresa wrote:
"Only one thing troubles me...this is the second movie where Hermione 

says Ron's lines from the book. In Chamber of Secrets she said all 

the stuff about what a mudblood was, it came off rather well but that 

was not her line and in this one it is her that says the line to 

Sirius about 'if you want to kill Harry you will have to kill us 

too.' Don't get me wrong I think she is also become quite a good 

young actress but these lines I think would show a non-goofy side to 

Ron. He seems like the comic relief in the films and I would love to 

see him like he was in the chess scene in PS/SS. I would just like to 

see his potential as an actor shown. "

Arianna writes:
    To be blunt, I think they are giving Emma Watson so much of the important 
dialogue simply because she is the strongest actor out of the three leads.   
Truly, the girl is gifted.   You can actually *see* her thinking, she's so in 
the moment.  The boy who plays Ron is as cute as a button, and was quite good 
in the first film, but his acting in the second movie was rather poor, 
consisting mainly of mugging to the camera.   It is not his fault, he is a child who 
had no previous acting experience and Chris Columbus should have been teaching 
him how to act: that was his job as the director.  Rupert Grint certainly has 
natural talent, but he does not seem to have worked much on character 
development, or he has not been shown how to convey an inner world.   Once again, 
it's Columbus' fault, not his.   Emma Watson, on the other hand, is just 
brilliant.  

Arianna