IMAX and the Return

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Maria Holub <sopraniste at y...> 

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> This has probably been gone over again and again, but
> I just want to say: that scene just KILLED me! I was
> SOBBING! I think it's the harsh juxtaposition of the
> cheering and the music, and the sick knowledge that
> something's TERRIBLY _WRONG_!!!
> 
> I appologise for all of the exclamation points. I get
> excited.
> 
> Flop

Hi Flop!
Glad you were able to enjoy Harry at point blank range! I totally 
agree with you about the return scene. I remember the first time I 
saw it, before I realized it, tears were streaming down my face! I 
was very taken by the way in which Mike Newell allowed the scene to 
play out. You and I know that this terrible thing has happened but 
the cheering raucous crowd is still in high spirits with the band 
playing to cover up Harry's sobs. Fleur (a highly underrated part of 
this film) is the first to realize what has happened. Then the slow 
dawning on everyone's faces, the camera panning from face to 
confused and then horrified face and all along Harry's sobs 
penetrating the noise. We went on about Dan's "crying scene" in POA 
(as to whether you found it beleivable or not) and then someone very 
intelligently pointed out that there were no tears at this point in 
the "Goblet" book. Still, this scene rings true. I think it's a good 
show for Dan that his Harry's reaction to all he'd seen, all that 
had happened, all that he'd gone through came off as so real, so 
natural and believable that many of us forgot that there had been no 
tears on the return. There weren't any tears at all, in fact. 
Hermione's capture of Rita (bug) Skeeter took Harry's thoughts away 
from the misery that had threatened to overwhelm him in the book, 
during Molly's most famous hug. But Dan brought something to Harry 
that was totally in character. Glad to hear you loved it. You 
weren't alone!
Jen D.
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