Snape and DD in GoF /Random ramblings on GoF

[juli17 at aol.com]

Lupinlore:

Did anyone else notice that Snape's part was relatively  small?  I
particularly noticed the lack of the final scene in the  hospital wing,
i.e. the "show our Dark Mark to Fudge and return to spy on  Voldemort"
scene.

Now, I wonder why that scene was left out?  My  own thought is that the
film makers are unsure what JKR intends to do with  Snape, and
therefore have decided to play it safe by keeping his part  minimal. 
That way they don't risk inadvertantly taking him in the  "wrong"
direction.

 
Julie:
Part of the reason it was left out might have been because  Karkaroff
accuses Snape in the Pensieve scene, and Dumbledore gives his 
"Snape is now no more a Death Eater than I am" speech. Thus those
who haven't read the books are given this important exposition. (I 
don't think it was mentioned earlier.)
 
Also, it's going to come up again in OotP, when the Order takes 
a prominent role, and Snape is part of the Order. So maybe they
decided it was redundant on both points to include that scene--
even though it was a great one, and I wanted to see it!
 



Diana:
I didn't get the line reading that Hermione gave at the end  
either.  "Everything is going to change now, isn't it?" has been  
playing in the trailers consistently, yet it's set up to imply she's  
either talking about their inerpersonal relationships or perhaps 
Harry's  being entered in the tournament or maybe even after the 
reconcilliation of  Harry and Ron.  I was quite surprised to see it 
pop up at the end in  reference to the impending gloom that is 
inevitable due to the return of  Lord Voldemort!  

Why say the line with a suppressed smile?  It  makes no sense.  I 
suppose it could be an example of gallows humor, but  that's 
defnitely Ron's forte, not Hermione's.  I'll be interested to  see 
that scene again when I see the movie a second time.  Hagrid's  
dialog in the book about facing what's coming would have been a 
great  ending scene, I agree.
 
Julie:
I thought Hermoine's smile was very wry. She looked quite  anxious
and a bit sad. It was kind of "our childhood's gone, and it won't  come
again" moment. At least it came across that way to me. 
 
Sherry:
Anyway, how does this somewhat lighter seeming ending--just going on  the
descriptions here so far--set up the scene for Harry's mindset and mood  at
the beginning of OOTP? He's in pretty bad shape at the beginning of  that
one. I'm just curious if people think this ending really gives us that  kind
of preparation.
 
Julie:
Harry wasn't really taking part in the lighter bit though, as I recall.  The
first shot we get of him is standing on the bridge staring out over  the
water, looking pensive. Though he did smile a bit at the Durmstrang
ship departing. Still, he seemed a bit melancholy to me, except when
Hermoine said "Everything's going to change now, isn't it?" and he
smiled deliberately to comfort her when he replied "Yes."
 
So I can see the end leading into Harry's dark mood in OotP, as 
long as they allude to his bad dreams after he's returned to Privet
Drive. Post-traumatic stress (as I think Harry displayed in OotP)
does take a while to manifest, as the person affected often tries to
ignore or "shoulder" the stress first, without actually facing it. 
 
Julie 


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