[HPFGU-Movie] Karkaroff

[artsylynda at aol.com]

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I've seen the film twice now and loved it both times!!!  I do  have a 
question (well, several, actually).  
 
1.  Why did Karkaroff sneak into the room where the Goblet of  Fire was?  No 
reason was ever given that I could see, and it's not  canonical.  He couldn't 
mess with the age line, nor would he need to, since  Krum was of age.  I did 
miss the whole "Viktor has a cold.  Do you  want some wine?" and the other boy 
saying HE'd like some wine bit, as well as  many others, particularly the bit 
about him not being the one who drives the  ship.  And when did he run off?  
In two viewings, I missed that.   I'll look for it the next time I see it.
 
2.  What possible logic was there for having the schools  arrive before the 
announcement (except compression of time, I suppose, for the  film's length's 
sake, but it wasn't LOGICAL since all the Hogwarts students SAW  them arrive!)
 
3.  Why do you suppose Newell was so "into" having boys in the  trees?  16-18 
year olds don't spend time climbing trees like little boys  do.  Draco and 
Cedric being up in those lovely big trees -- that just  seemed odd, although 
attractive visually, I suppose.
 
4.  I loved the Portkey scene (especially the "behind the  scenes" shot from 
the HBO special showing Dan being hoisted horizontally on his  wires with a 
huge grin on his face -- LOL!  I'd love a picture of that --  if anyone has a 
screen cap of that shot, let me know!)  But we've never  heard that they had to 
"let go" of the Portkey.  The adults and Cedric  "bicycling" (or walking?) out 
of the sky was weird.  And do you have to be  over 17 to know how to do that? 
 All the Weasley kids, Harry and Hermione  crashed to earth.  You'd think 
Arthur would have warned them!  Ah  well, I suppose there's no answer to that one 
at all.
 
Anyway, I loved it the second time as much as the first.  I  particularly 
loved the Second Task (my fav. part of the book) and the way they  changed it, 
with Harry heroically somehow "shoving" Ron and Gabrielle toward the  surface to 
fight off the Grindylows, and then nearly drowning before he thought  to 
shoot himself out of the water (what was that spell?  Anyone catch the  
incantation?)  And his struggle underwater while growing gills -- oh,  my!!  If Dan 
doesn't get nominated for some SERIOUS awards this year,   I'll be EXTREMELY 
annoyed!   His bringing Cedric back broke my  heart -- he did that scene so 
convincingly!  And his "hesitation" about  whether to help Cedric in the maze or not 
-- you could really see how torn he  was, and the moment the decision was made 
to do the right thing.  And when  he steeled himself to come out from behind 
the gravestone -- wow!
 
Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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