[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Worried about OoP

[Sherry Gomes]

Alora <<


I haven't seen GoF yet, so I don't know how much they've chopped up
the book, although I understand why they would do such a thing.
However, I do think people are highly over-estimating the absolute
need for Sirius to have appeared in GoF.


He writes to Harry what...four or five times in GoF, and speaks to him
once in the fire, right? That would barely be enough to have Harry be
completely bonded to Sirius. I think alot of the bonding happens in
OoP when they stay together.


Sherry:

actually, there's quite a bit more to it than that.  In fact, some of the
most moving things in GOF, the book, are with Harry and Sirius.  One is that
he comes to Hogsmeade and lives as Padfoot in a cave to be near Harry.  the
trio spends a day there with him.  and during the third task, he is waiting
as Padfoot on the grounds.  Dumbledore has him brought up to the school, and
he is with Harry as Harry tells Dumbledore the story of what happened in the
graveyard.  his presence helps Harry get through it and is very touching.
He is also in the hospital wing as padfoot, till Dumbledore tells him to
show himself.  there's a great moment with Sirius and Snape shaking hands,
under protest but at Dumbledore's will.  And then he's sent off by
Dumbledore to go round up some of the old crowd,  Lupin, Mrs. Figg.

Anyway, they aren't a lot of scenes, compared to what else is going on in
that book, but they show the bond between Sirius and Harry, and Harry's
feelings of being able to trust in Sirius as a parental figure.  For me,
they are some of the most memorable and precious moments in GOF.  they lay
the foundation for OTTP, and the eventual reason Voldemort could trick Harry
into believing Sirius was being tortured and rushing out to rescue him.  i
agree with others that not showing this closeness in the movie makes it hard
to set up the essential scene for much of OOTP.

Sherry