Shorthand in Film(was dark films, but morphed)

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Karen <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
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> On Saturday, March 18, 2006, at 12:06 PM, susanbones2003 wrote:
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> > --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Karen <kchuplis@> wrote:
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> >> On Friday, March 17, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Valerie Flowe wrote:
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> >>> <snip>And the whole death-eater thing was sort of glazed
> >>>>  over a bit.  Maybe they'll explain it better in OoTP.  I sure
> > hope
> >>>>  so!!
> >>>>
> >>> I was just thinking...was it ever divulged (in either the COS 
or
> > GOF
> >>> films) that Voldemort killed  his parents? That would've 
perhaps
> > made
> >>> more sense as to why Harry ends up in the graveyard next to the
> > Riddle
> >>> tombstone/house. "Bone of the Father, unwillingly given" Why?
> > Might a
> >>> non-HP-reader ask.
> >>> Valerie
> >>>
> >>
> >> kchuplis:
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> >> I don't believe it comes up in the books until HBP.
> >
> > As to LV killing his parents, in the beginning of GOF(Book) 
there is
> > a whole section on the mysterious deaths and the chatting about 
it
> > in Little Hangleton and about the old muggle who took care of the
> > Riddle House ("Tom had a hard war..."). Although the young boy 
who
> > showed up at the Riddle House was never identified, it was 
obvious
> > that the killer was young Tom Riddle.
> > Jen D.
> >
> >
> kchuplis:
> 
> Yes, this is true, but I guess I was thinking of it from Harry's 
POV 
> and he isn't really aware of that until 6. Though I think all it 
took 
> him to know he was in trouble would be to see the name Riddle on 
the 
> gravestones.

Hi Karen,
I am getting confused, I guess between the two worlds of book and 
film. The thing the book did that the film couldn't really match was 
the slow dawning of horror Harry experienced as he little-by-little 
realized what was going to happen. Even as Wormtail dumped the 
horrid scaly baby LV into the cauldron, Harry was thinking "Let it 
die, please let it die." (I can't quote exactly, my daughter has 
absconded with the desk copy...). So even as LV was in process of 
rebirth, Harry didn't know what was to happen. It was masterful. I 
think there was not much time via film to portray that tension in 
Harry's mind. And again, the fact that we all know the books inside 
and out, pretty much ruled out the need to really draw that bit out. 
Anyhoo, sorry I didn't keep up on the line of reasoning! 
Jen D.
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