What trio? /was" HP Flubs"

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at ...> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the misunderstanding.
> Frankly, I think the movie characterizations are way off for
> many characters and I miss seeing longer interactions
> between *any* of them, not just the trio.
> 
> Everything is condensed down to just a couple of lines here
> or there, with drawn out "action" scenes in between.
> I've pretty much given up on the movies in that sense, and I
> enjoyed the Columbus versions more because he took the time
> to have characters interact with each other.
> 
> In the last movie Harry and Ron were not speaking to each
> other for a long time, but I thought Hermione was almost
> missing as much.
> She didn't provide any of the help we saw her giving in the
> books and was barely there ( though I have to admit it was a
> relief to me after Super-Hermione doing everything in PoA,
> my least favorite of the movies).
> 
> One of the longest interaction (non-violent) Harry had was with 
Moaning
> Myrtle! ;)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at ...
>

I think your analysis is most apt. The last two films did seem to 
rely on our knowledge of the books to fill in the blanks. There 
wasn't much time together for the trio to sit in the Common Room, no 
time spent together during Christmas, nothing to demonstrate they 
have a long-standing and deep bond. That's one of the reasons the 
ending was so odd. It was one of the few times they were together, 
but it was so disjointed, they didn't seem comfortable or to have 
actually experienced "together" much of anything. But Dan and Emma do 
seem to have more moments than the 3 of them. One of my favorite from 
GOF was when Harry emerged from the lake, safely, and Hermione in her 
relief gives him that wonderful kiss on his forehead. It was perfect! 
Totally natural and believable. That's one of the reasons I claim her 
as the most improved of the trio. From hardly being able to hug Dan 
in COS, she's now able to give him a completely natural kiss in her 
great relief that's he's not been consumed by any of the baddies of 
the lake.
And I was pleased to see that someone recognizes the value of the 
first two movies rather than just ridiculing them for their reliance 
on the books. I found all the creation of mood, a mood not really 
existing in the book, to be such a distraction in POA. Sepia tone 
worked  so well for "A Little Princess," the tale being almost 
a "Brothers Grimm" kind of construction, but Harry's world is just 
not that easily characterized. Cuaron sucked the thrill out of Diagon 
Alley for me and made it a place of scarry creatures, spiderwebs and 
constant foreboding.
Jen D.