[HPFGU-Movie] Re: POA time passing

[Sherry Garfio]

--- Darby <cincimaelder at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My kids never let me sit through the credits.  I'm just wondering what
> was so special about them?

The credits are so cool!  Somebody already explained that they are modeled
after the Marauder's Map, and there are human, dog, and bird footprints (I
think they're supposed to be owls, since they're near the owlery, and there's a
cat chasing one of them).  I wanted to add that there are many other
recognizeable things going on in the footprints - two people slow dancing, kids
jumping over the words as if they were fences, and somebody tapping their foot
to the Knight Bus theme, to name a few.  They also have dog prints turning into
human prints, which was cute even if it was a mistake (during the film,
Wormtail shows up as human prints - or maybe he was wearing little rat shoes?
;-P).  You'll just have to watch them when the DVD comes out and you can let
your kids wander off.  My daughter loves the credits as much as I do, but my
son was chomping at the bit to get going, so I can relate.
 
Darby again:
> I third the opinion on the ending.  I had the feeling Cuaron thought,
> "oops, this movie is running too long, how can I end it quickly"

Yeah, someone should have told him that there's no such thing as "too long"
when it comes to Harry Potter.  I understand why they left out the whole
Firebolt/Hermione subplot, but I would have been happier if they hadn't even
bothered to show us the Firebolt until GoF.  At least it shows that Sirius
intends to keep in touch, but I think his last scene in the courtyard showed
this well enough.

Sherry Garfio


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"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."
    -- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire




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