Shorthand in Film(was dark films, but morphed)

[susanmcgee48176]

> 
> I like the film GoF a lot.  I think it could've been my all-time 
> favorite, if not for a few small changes I would've liked.  John 
> Williams as composer, as I've mentioned many times before (BTW- did 
> anyone think it curious that they used JW's compositions to narrate 
> the special features on the GoF DVD?!), that unclearness about 
> Snape's point that someone was stealing the ingredients for Polly 
> Juice Potion (was he saying that Harry or Neville stole Gillyweed 
> too?  Weird segway) (and BTW- did anyone feel that the line that 
> Snape says as he slams the door in Harry's face was inserted post-
> production?  It has a different quality of sound to his voice, and 
I 
> wondered if originally he said something else there, but they 
> decided to edit it.  Anyone else catch that?).  I don't really care 
> for the Bauxbatons and Durmstrang's entrances, though once I saw 
the 
> special features I realized all three schools had a chance 
> to "display their talents" and THANK GAWD we didn't really have to 
> sit through Hogwarts dreadful song.  They never did set Fleur up as 
> part Veela, did they?  I guess they won't even get into that. I 
> would've LOVED to have seen more of the QWC (maybe not so much the 
> Quidditch, but Harry & Ron being mesmerized by the Veelas sounded 
> hysterical).  And the whole death-eater thing was sort of glazed 
> over a bit.  Maybe they'll explain it better in OoTP.  I sure hope 
> so!!
>


What I REALLY missed in the film was all the sub-text/plot about 
Percy...I HATED the fact that Barty Crouch Senior was made to seem 
heroic and also destroyed by what happened with Junior.

The book's discussion of the personality and history of Barty Crouch 
Senior was one of the things that is brilliant about JKR's work. 
Someone can be on "our" side, but still do wrong things. 

Was anyone else disturbed by the tossing around of the small person 
in the film (during the Weird sisters song)?

Susan