Moody's comment
Phyllis
poppytheelf at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 2 02:34:25 UTC 2005
Valerie wrote:
<<One line that bugged me was when Moody/Barty says to Harry "I'll show
you mine if you show me yours." Whaaat??!?!! Aside from sounding like
a sexual innuendo, it seemed to imply that V had given Harry the dark
mark in the cemetery. Weird, I thought.>>
I found that line to be very odd as well. In the book, Wormtail
pierces the *crook* of Harry's *right* arm. The Dark Mark is on the
*forearm* of the Death Eater's *left* arm. Since they aren't on the
same arm or even on the same place on the arm, I don't see how the
moviemakers could have determined there's a parallel based on the
information presented in the books. Moreover, if this is supposed to
be an intimation that Harry is going to join forces with Voldemort by
the end of the series, the moviemakers (IMO, anyway) have completely
misunderstood JKR's central message.
It may have just been an attempt to jam two pieces of information into
a compressed time period, however - in one sentence, we learn that
Barty Jr. was a Death Eater and Dumbledore becomes aware that Harry was
cut (and presumably that his blood was used in the potion that
rejuvenated Voldemort, although that's a bit of a stretch based on the
information presented, IMO).
~Phyllis
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