HBP "Funny"?????

[justcarol67]

Karen wrote:
>
> Well, I would not call it funny. I do hope they include the
Christmas party as that is maybe one of the funniest things I've ever
read, but that is about it. HBP is, I was just thinking as I reread it
this a.m. maybe going to be more of a challenge to turn in to a movie
than OotP, despite the latter's length. HBP is VERY episodic and that
just rarely well translated to film. <snip>
> 
> I must say, I really do hope they keep that party scene, but
unfortunately, I'm not sure how it fits in to the main story enough.
<snip>

Carol responds:
Granted, Luna's remark about the Rotfang Conspiracy may not be central
to the plot (though I hope they keep it in as it's hilarious), but
they *have* to have the party scene, not only because it shows Snape's
suspicions about Harry, the supposed Potions genius (whom Snape surely
suspects is using his book), it also contains the whole Snape/Draco
dynamic and leads into the scene in which Harry eavesdrops on Snape
and Draco, with the partial reference to the UV, snape's suspicion (or
certainty) that Draco is behind the cursed necklace, and all that.
It's central to the HBP subplot and the Draco/Snape main plot.

I just hope that the filmmakers realize that HBP is really "Harry
Potter and Severus Snape" on two levels.

I do hope, though, that the makeup people do something to make Rickman
look younger because if they do it right, he should have more
on-screen time than he's had in previous films. I hope they don't cut
*any* of his scenes. (I recall dark humor in some of *his* lines, but
I don't remember Harry being funny at all, just obsessed with Draco.)

Carol, especially looking forward to "Spinner's End" and "Sectumsempra"