what scenes do you think the movie did better than the books?

[elady25]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "overgyou" <overgyou at y...> wrote:
> The scene that really jumps to mind is the freeing of Dobby from 
> CoS.  If I recall correctly, in the book, Harry puts Tom's diary in 
> his sock, and hands it to Lucius, who then hands it to Dobby.  Thus, 
> Malfoy ends up looking like an idiot for forgetting the clothes 
> rule.  Compare that to the movie, where Harry tricks Malfoy into 
> giving Dobby clothes by putting his sock inside the diary.  The 
> latter method was just a lot more palatable, and doesn't require us 
> to believe someone as clever and ruthless as Draco's dad would act in 
> such a dumb fashion.
> 
> The other touch I liked better from the movies was when Harry first 
> meets Quirrel in the Sorcerer's Stone.  In the book, they actually 
> shake hands, whereas in the movie, the professor does a nervous hand 
> wringing thing, and thus doesn't have any physical contact with Harry 
> until the final scene.

I thought of a couple of my favorite moments from CoS, I don't know
that they are better than the book, but I've always thought the acting
and pace are superb in:

1.  The scene at the Weasley's, when Arthur comes in and asks about
the rubber duck, and Molly tells him about the car.  The timing is
perfect, and I love that little smirk Harry gives Ron.  

2.  When Harry and Ron confront Lockheart, again the timing is great
and the emotions of the actors just pop.

imamommy