GOF script
Tim
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Sun Oct 3 04:04:41 UTC 2004
--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Sherry Garfio <sgarfio at y...>
wrote:
> --- hermionekitten9 <kreneeb at h...> wrote:
> > kitten: Yes... it looks like another fun-filled adventure-
> > extravaganza entitled Hermione Granger and the Goblet of Fire...
> >
> > kitten... who can't help but roll her eyes at Steve Kloves
>
> Point well taken, and it always really bothers me when he gives
Ron's more
> intelligent lines to Hermione just to show us how smart she is.
OTOH, I did
> like how they used her in PoA to verbalize what Harry was thinking
in the book.
> I'm referring to the scene near the end where Harry is waiting for
his dad to
> come and save the day. They could have done that with a dorky
voiceover, or he
> could have been talking to himself, but I think it worked well
having Hermione
> there. The dialogue between the two of them mimics Harry's thought
process
> from the book without being contrived. This is one of those things
you can do
> in a book, but it doesn't work so well in a film.
>
> The script excerpt from GoF looks similar. In the book, Harry is
very
> introspective here, so film Hermione can play the same role she did
by the lake
> in PoA. Meanwhile, they've also compressed a few different plot
lines into a
> short time - hinting at Hermione/Krum, Rita Skeeter's article about
> Harry/Hermione, a bit of exposition about Barty Crouch's past. It
sounds like
> a fun scene, loaded with clues. In any case, the dragon fight
itself should be
> stunning!
>
> Sherry Garfio
>
The other thing to remember is that Harry and Ron aren't talking to
each other at this point in the story. So obviously Hermione would
be there and not Ron.
Tim
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