[HPFGU-Movie] Re: DH spoiler so don't read!LOL

[Valerie Flowe]

>  But, this is another storyline that I think might be dropped. The 
> whole "Ron's jealousy -
>  love triangle thing." They've downplayed most of the romance so far 
> and I can see a
>  director saying it isn't necessary to the main story.

Valerie: That was a weird scene in the book, wasn't it? Poor Ron, 
tortured with jealousy, being sucked into Voldemort's sick mental 
games. And poor Harry, who I think truly never had anything other than 
sisterly feelings for Hermione.
Though I wonder if they will show that 'slight grazing of her fingers 
through his hair' when they are camping. I was really wondering where 
JKR was going with that!
>
>  Has anyone else noticed that the movies - this last one in particular 
> - have tended to
>  make many of the characters less complicated? I suppose they have to 
> since not everyone
>  in the theater has read the books and they need to remove anything 
> that might be
>  confusing. I'm thinking of Sirius, Snape, and Ginny
>
>  Examples:
>
>  Sirius: I can't stand Sirius (sorry, sorry, sorry) mostly because of 
> how immature and nasty
>  he was in OotP shaming Hary for not being his father. Well, in the 
> movie, I just loved
>  Sirius - what a great supportive and loving guy! They didn't have 
> time to delve into his
>  complex emotional state and all his motivations since he's not the 
> main character so they
>  gave us a Sirius that supports the ending of the movie and the series.

Valerie: Ack! You hate my Sirius!?! He's my fav after Harry! What 
intrigues me is the complexity of his 'book' character. He's one of 
those twisted tortured souls that wants to be close to people, yet 
doesn't know how because he's internalized his feelings for so long. I 
was just telling a friend today that if HP were the real world (ha! you 
mean it isn't?!) then I 'should' fall for dear sweet Lupin, but in 
actuality would probably fall for the dark, moody, complicated Sirius!
I am ever so bummed that they whittled his whole persona down to a 
'kindly godfather'. I know why, but I still feel that as one of the 
more developed characters in JKR's books, his movie character really 
got cheated.

>  Snape: Snape is a horrible jerk in the books. He's still a jerk in 
> the movies, yet kind of a
>  lovable jerk. Except for Neville, the students don't seem all that 
> disturbed by his smacking
>  people in the head and making sarcastic remarks. It's kind of like 
> "Yeah, he's a jerk, but
>  he's *our* jerk." This, I suppose, will play into his being DDM, 
> although I don't know how
>  the filmmakers could know that.

Valerie: Movie Snape has many female fans! Again another dark, 
internal, tortured soul. I don't see many redeeming qualities to him in 
the book though. 'Course now when I read the books I envision Alan 
Rickman anyway!
>
>  Ginny: Where is "popular love'em and leave'em" Ginny? We got 
> "Strong-willed, yet still
>  mooning over Harry" Ginny. Again, I suppose her being kind of a 
> Runaround Sue doesn't
>  advance the main story. This will make it simpler when they end up 
> together in the next
>  movie. I'll be disappointed though if they don't show her dating 
> ANYONE before Harry. I
>  thought that was the whole point - she got over her celebrity-crush 
> on Harry and that put
>  them on equal footing in the relationship.

Valerie: Yeah, I wonder if they will have her snogging Dean behind the 
tapestry and Harry seething with jealousy? I think it is a pretty big 
deal that Harry falls in love with his best friend's sister. And they 
had better put Quidditch back in movie 6, so at least we can have the 
big kiss after the Quidditch win! Though they will probably completely 
change that. :-(