[HPFGU-Movie] Brrom chase scene

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/2005 11:30:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

If I  were the one standing behind the
camera, trying to put this together  as
true to the books as possible, yet
exciting for the 'movie fans'  (people
like my mother who dont' read but go to
every movie), and still  keep the studio
happy, I would jump at the chance to
change the mode of  arrival simply for
it being cheaper, and frankly more
accessible to ALL  movie goers, not just
those who read the book and know what
the heck a  Thestral is.


The problem with this broom chase scene to me is logical, not  logistical 
(??) - it's not that they chose brooms over thestrals, which I can  perfectly 
well understand for all the excellent reasons you've given - but at  what point 
in OoP would Harry BY HIMSELF be flying on a broom in  London????  Are they 
going to cut out all of his friends from the battle in  the Ministry???  That's 
just not right -- their courage in going with him  is remarkable and Neville 
carrying the injured Hermione while not really being  able to fight himself -- 
yet refusing to leave Harry -- shows remarkable courage  (and a bit of 
stupidity, I suppose, LOL!) on Neville's part.  Hermione's  being injured and Harry's 
reaction to that, and Ron with the brain attack, Ginny  with the broken ankle 
she's just sure she can walk on, Luna's managing to  survive longer than 
anyone else but Neville -- all of these things build  character as well as moving 
the story forward, IMO.  So they ALL need to go  to the Ministry, not just 
Harry!  So why is he out there flying up (or  down??) the Thames by himself, doing 
his best James Bond impression (I admit, I  can't wait to see it, but I can't 
imagine what scene this "Harry alone" scene is  logically replacing.  There 
was no "chase" involved in getting him to  Grimmauld Place, either.  I'm stuck 
in a state of confusion!  

Lynda

"The cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg,  OoP




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