Foreshadowing in PoA

[bgrugin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rkdas at ...> 
wrote:
> 
> Betsy,
> > I think you made a point, about "foreshadowing" (Up "Spooky" 
music). 
> Has Jo ever told us what she was talking about? I am going back to 
> watch the "fall from the astronomy tower" scene now. I'd like to 
know. 

MusicalBetsy here:
I don't think she ever said what she was talking about.  It would be 
a great question for her now!

> I'd always assumed it was something relationship-oriented. 
Something 
> squishy... But I'd take a hard fact like that as long as we knew. 
If we 
> don't "know," I tend to wonder, is there more?

MusicalBetsy:
I, too, thought she meant a relationship, such as Hermione resting 
her head on Ron's shoulder during Buckbeak's (apparent) execution.  
Then I noticed that astronomy tower line, and I started to wonder.


> 
> For all the old-timers, I won't bore you with my dislikes of POA 
on 
> film. They are well-known and probably not much different than 
your own 
> (can we all say "Crying scene?") but I will say in the movie's 
favor, I 
> enjoyed the scene with Harry and Lupin on the bridge. 

MusicalBetsy:
I enjoyed that too, although I have never liked David Thewliss as 
Lupin - he's not what I pictured at all.  Although he might make a 
good coward in the last film!


 
> Don't tell anyone, but I haven't seen OOTP. I couldn't bring 
myself to. 
> I was so afraid of what would happen to the longest book being the 
> shortest film. I will see it and I hope I like it, but given how 
> difficult it has been to bring these books to film with any 
semblance 
> of continuity, I don't know what to expect. It just seems to get 
harder 
> and harder with a studio less and less willing to do what needst o 
be 
> done. I don't want to see Daniel, Rupert and Emma trying to make 
sense 
> of a story that is more like swiss cheese than a credible, 
intelligible 
> plotline. Okee dokee, got that out of my system....
> Jen D. back and probably forgotten!
> > 

MusicalBetsy:
I usually am very disappointed the first time I see one of the HP 
films (except for the first one - it was my introduction to the HP 
world; I hadn't read any of the books yet).  Then after watching the 
DVD's, I tend to like them more and more (probably because I become 
more accepting of all the things that have been left out).  The same 
thing happened with OOTP - I really like it now.  So, go and ahead 
and give it a chance!

By the way, thinking of your "penname," I was disappointed that 
Susan Bones never got more page time - I thought her aunt would have 
more importance in the last book.  Oh, well, I guess we just 
couldn't get everything we wished for!

MusicalBetsy, glad to see you back, Jen!