[HPFGU-Movie] OoTP cuts

[Karen]

On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 06:49 PM, Andrea Grevera wrote:

>
>
>   On 1/30/06, Karen Chuplis 
> <kchuplis at alltel.net<mailto:kchuplis at alltel.net>> wrote:
>>
>> I am wondering what kind of important cuts will be made. What are some
>> thoughts that others have?
>
>
>   This isn't essential to the overall plot, but I wonder if they'll 
> keep the
>   storyline about Ron making the Quidditch team.
>   And they better not take out the DADA classes by Harry!
>   I also wonder how much of the storyline with Umbridge they'll keep - 
> such as
>   the teacher evaluations and the confrontation with Trelawney being 
> sacked.
>   Krista
>
>
>   Andie:
>   I'm sure they will drop Quidditch since after GOF they said
>   no more Quidditch.
>   As long as they don't get rid of the twins departure and
>   Umbridge with the centaurs I'll be happy
>

I'm thinking the sacking will stay in as it seems to be a building 
moment and we know they've hired Emma Thompson back.  Plus, I think it 
is rather important in that Dumbledore does NOT want her outside of the 
protective walls of the castle (for the reasons we know at the end. 
She'd have been dead in a day). I can only hope that CGI Firenze is 
MUCH better than the one in the first movie.

  I think DADA is safe (although not Marietta. Apparently some other 
character will become the snitch).  It's rather the same function as 
the Tri-wizard tournament in GoF, the "central device" as it were and 
the reason DD gets tossed out. I don't think it will be as big of a 
deal, but Ron will probably play quidditch because it's a big deal when 
Umbridge bans Harry and the twins. That's the twins ticket out (and I 
can't see them passing up the one real sfx scene of fireworks going off 
in the school - easily the least expensive sfx they would have to do.)