Why The Lack of Padfoot, Prongs, etc...Explanation (GOF SPOILERS) Sucked

[daughterofthedust]

---note to admin: this is a double post. the first was full of errors
please, delete it--


 Okay, so I was one of the folks who defended the lack of any
explanation about Padfoot, Prongs, etc...

I said the fact that it wasn't in the film actually, enriched it, in
that I prefer to discover new things with every viewing. An
intelligent novice might realize the connection after his/her second or
third viewing.

It didn't condescend, by spelling it out. The director trusted his
audience to make the connections....

...HOWEVER, having seen GOF, I think I finally understand the REAL rub.

I had a problem with the excision of the explanation about Neville's
parents' torture because that was a REAL opportunity to explore some
complex deep-seated emotions. It could have made for a very engaging
scene...And not in the "We'll see this from the book, FINALLY!" way
that much of the Potter franchise has.

It could've created POWERFUL empathy for Neville's character, beyond
confusion about "Why does a spider being tortured, make him make
funny faces?" and his awkwardness...

Sure...much like Azkaban his parents' names (as the alias' Padfoot
etc..) are mentioned but the connection wasn't made at the point of
the most optimal time for emotional resonance!!

And isn't that the point of making a movie in the first place??

I think THAT is the problem with the Marauder's Map thing. Just think
of all the potential for geniuine, emotional, pull, they 86ed. The
potential to get real tears. For the audience would then realize, that
*gasp!* his father WAS there. There's also the solidified notion
of JUST who was in Jame's clique, and the realization that the elder
Potter and friends WERE indeed trouble-makers.

Had both been included they would've been great examples of "show
don't tell", which ironically, is the exact opposite thought I'd
initially had about it.


...Ain't that sumthin'?