Shorthand in Film(was dark films, but morphed)

[Emily]

kchuplis wrote:

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 It's really too bad they seemed to want to keep it 
> at 2.5 hours so badly. Looking at the deleted scenes, they really 
> should have probably kept Moody telling Harry off for playing "hero" 
or 
> else refilmed the bit on finding Barty Crouch dead. I wondered why 
> Harry looked so pensive in that scene when here Hagrid, Ron and 
> Hermione are singing.  Again, I am hoping that since OoTP is of epic 
> length, they will let small bridges like that in even if it 
increases 
> playing time a bit. 

Emily:
I'm happy that they cut the scenes that were in the deleted scenes.  I 
thought the "playing the hero" bit was really out of character for 
Crouch!Moody, like they were trying to stuff in a bit of Bagman.  I 
thought the scene played fine, where the audience knows something's 
up, but not quite what.  Then, when you see the flashback in the 
pensieve, you realize it was the tongue thing.  It all kind of goes 
over Harry's head.  

I liked the school song, but I'm glad they cut it for pacing reasons.  
I am glad they didn't leave in the bit with Hermione pondering the 
potion ingredients, b/c that made it so heavy-handed, it was like 
getting hit by a bludger.  

Speaking of bludgers, my biggest disappointment was that they didn't 
show any of the QWC match.  It seemed choppy, and it would've been 
nice to see Krum do more than a fly-by.  But I guess, I understand, 
since they took out all the sub-plots tied to the match.

Emily