P.O.A Harry and Hermione

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rkdas at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Theresa" <anmsmom333@> wrote:
> >SNIPPED
> > > >
> > Now Theresa:
> > I have been watching this topic off and on over the past few days 
> > and just had to chime in. I have always thought in both the books 
> > and the films that Hermione and Harry have a strong, platonic 
> > relationship. ...
> > Theresa
> > 
> > 
> >
> Theresa,
> I think I had my "gut" feeling about Harry and Hermione for two 
> reasons, one, Jo mentioned something on the DVD saying that Alphonso 
> got a couple of things right, future things, without her telling 
> him, he just sort of ventured out successfully, maybe even 
> accidentally. 

bboyminn:

I'm not sure I'm if I'm responding to Theresa or Susanbones here, in
any event, I think most people suspect that JKR was referring to
Lupin's speech to Harry as they stood on the wooden bridge and talked
about Harry's parents. 

> Jen: 
> And second, the lack of screen chem. between Movie!Ron and 
> Movie!Hermy. ... And three, ... Screen!Harry and Screen!Hermy do
> have real chemistry. 

bboyminn:

Just a side note based on my own shy experience, it's much easier to
be friends or friendly or at least casual and comfortable with a girl
with whom there is no chemistry. If it matters, if there is a strong
attraction or infatuation, for someone shy, that is an inhibiting
factor. That is more likely to make you keep your distance.

In my own experience, strong attraction will sometimes simulate me to
act, to approach a person, but it is far more likely to scare me off
so that I tend to stand at an unseen distance fawning and mooning over
my unapproachable love. In one particular instance, I had been mooning
over this person for months and never approached. Eventually I became
so frustrated with the complications of love, I told myself forget
this person, forget love, it's just too much misery. 

In a sense, that broke the spell, since this person no longer matter
at all to me, I had no problem approaching them and asking them to
dance the next weekend, and from there my erotic hearts desire came
true, at least for month or so, then we both moved on.

> Jen Continues:
> Not saying it will go anywhere but even when the two real life 
> people are being interviewed, they are like peas in a pod and 
> Rupert is the strong almost-silent type. I adore Rupert and was
> so thrilled he got some really good screen time in GOF and hope 
> they continue to use him but soon he's going to have to step up 
> to the plate, and it just doesn't seem that he and Emma spark. 
> Friends yes, oh yes, but that spark. 
> Don't see it. 
> Jen D.
>

bboyminn:

Regarding Ron, Dan, and Emma interviews, I think to some extent the
comfort level between Dan and Emma is as I described above, it's there
and comfortable because there is no chemestry between them. If there
was chemestry, the situation would be awkward either because they were
trying to hid it or because they were trying to deny it.

Regardning Rupert though, I see this as slightly different, although I
admit I am projecting a lot of myself on to him. Rupert doesn't do
well in interviews because, like many actors, in real-life, he is not
that self-confident. He doesn't trust his thoughts to be valid and
worthwhile. Many actors can project the impression of /cool/ while
feeling very uncool. They do much better when the lines have been
written and the responses pre-determined by the script. 

I personally don't do well in crowds. If a lot of people are around,
while I have many thoughts about the current conversation, I usually
keep silent. When the crowd is reduced, it's easier for me to jump in
with my opinions.

As I watched Rupert in the recent GoF interviews on the DVD, I thought
I recognised the expression on his face as one that I have seen on my
own. There is a certain intensity with which he watches the others and
follows what is being said. I sensed that, in his mind, he was saying
a great deal of things about the current discussion, but couldn't
bring himself to break in, and more importantly to articulate those
thought in a quick, clear, concise way. By the time he has worked up
the courage, the interview has moved on and it's too late. 

I think he needs to work on that. I think being able to /fake/ his way
through an interview, which, in a manner of speaking, is what Dan
does, is going to be important to the future of his career. No
interviewer wants to be face with a bad interviewee.

So, despite my rambling here at the end, I think in the books and in
the movies, Ron's lack of a strong connection with Hermione is a
reflection of the inhibiting effects of his attraction for here.
Harry's apparent comfort is a reflection of his lack of attraction. 

Though, I think in the books 'the spell has been broken' in that Ron
is now over the inhibition and is comfortable with is attraction to
Hermione. In a sense, it's all out in the open now. Since the comfort
level in the books is going to increase, I think the movies have to
follow suit. There are a great many subplots that have been forgotten
or warped in the movies that are likely to become very important in
later stories, then the movie makers are going to have to scramble to
figure out how to work those lost plot lines back into the movies.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn