PoA DVD

[Lea]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, GulPlum <hp at p...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I know the DVD has already been out for five months and everyone's 
moved on 
> to thinking about GoF (and beyond), but I've only just managed to 
complete 
> the job I had set myself for the HP movies, to do comparisons of 
the 
> fullscreen and widescreen releases. I know my previous comparisons 
for 
> PS/SS and CoS were popular, so I expect the same will be true of 
this one:
> 
> http://plum.cream.org/HP/poa.htm
> 

Wow!  This is the first time I had ever seen a comparison of wide 
screen to full screen, and had absolutely no idea how much of a 
difference it makes.  I am SO glad I purchase wide screen movies.  
Here are a few of my reactions


First reaction - the scene where Uncle Vernon comes into Harry's room 
at the beginning of the movie would just look stupid without a wider 
shot.  I'm not even sure it would make any sense even with a pan.  

Secondly, is it just my imagination or does Ron get the axe over 
Hermione?  Just in the scene's posted on the above link, Ron is cut 
out of three (and ½) shots.  Poor Dean and Seamus though, are they 
even seen in the full screen version?  Lupin seems to get cut a fair 
amount of times too, though.

Lastly, how, oh how, does the Bogart!Snape scene work when you don't 
see Snape?  I'm sure the viewer gets the drift from a pan, but it 
surely doesn't hold the same effect.  

Thanks for your efforts and sharing.

~ Lea