[HPFGU-Movie] emotions in GoF

[artsylynda at aol.com]

I've been out of town for a while, so I've just been catching up on  posts 
here.  I'm really stunned that so many of you don't think GoF was  "emotional"!! 
 YIKES!  When poor Harry tried to ask Cho to the ball --  the many many 
attempts prior to bumping into her in the Owlery -- he is SO  perfect in his 
reaction:  "Why do they have to travel in packs?" was  delivered exactly the way a 
boy that age would say it under the  circumstances.  When he finally bumped 
into Cho in the Owlrey -- that scene  is one of my favorites of all the HP 
scenes.  Dan so perfectly portrayed  that "I think I'm going to be sick, but I have 
to do this, but it's so hard, and  please, God, let me die before I embarrass 
myself this way -- why won't the  floor just open up and swallow me before she 
looks at me again?"  All that  stuff and more crosses his face and is shown 
in his body language.  And  when she calls him back, the HOPE on his face, the 
JOY!  And then he does  his best to make the best of it.  I just love that 
scene.  Ron's anger  over Harry's name being in the Goblet is another perfectly 
wonderful emotional  roller coaster, carried throughout several scenes.  When 
they finally make  up and Ron thinks his ploy should have been obvious to 
Harry, and Harry wonders  who would ever have understood that Ron was behind that 
message -- both boys did  a marvelous job there!  And there was real emotion 
there too.  When  Ron came back from humiliating himself while trying to ask 
Fleur to the ball --  Harry and Hermione's confusion was so real, and Hermione's 
reaction when she  thought Fleur might have actually accepted was perfect!  
And poor  Ron.  He looked like he was going to throw up!  Harry seemed torn  
between sympathy, frustration and amusement, all perfect for the scene.  As  
someone said here, Harry's confused reaction to Hermione's sending the boys to  
their room after the Ball was such a "man" reaction, just perfect!  And  
Hermione and Ron's fight prior to that, and Hermione's collapse on the stairs --  
perfect!  There are a lot of other such things I could mention, but I'm  sure if 
you think about it, you'll think of them too.
 
"Emotional scenes" don't have to be "big, crying your eyes out"  kind of 
things.  I think it's far more telling of the skill of the actors,  director and 
screenwriter if the subtle emotions play out well on the  screen.  And GoF had 
that in spades!  GoF was my favorite book and is  my favorite movie so far!  I 
can't wait for the DVD!  

Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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