[HPFGU-Movie] Re: One Man's Review - possible, but hopefully, few Spoilers

[Karen]

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>>>>[mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis
>>>>Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:03 AM
>>>>To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>>>>Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: One Man's Review - possible, but 
>>>>hopefully, few Spoilers
>>>>
>>>>Steve/bboyminn:
>>>>
>>>><<For example, and we are touching on Spoiler territory 
>>>>here, I was very disappointed that Ron and Hermione being 
>>>>made prefects wasn't shown. That may seem unnecessary, but 
>>>>it gives us a window into the many characters, who they 
>>>>are, how they feel, what they think, how they react. It's 
>>>>called character development.>> 
>>>>
Phyllis:

>>>>
>>>>Also, speaking of the lack of character development, the 
>>>>movie left out the Sirius-Snape antagonism, which would 
>>>>have further defined Snape's character and underlined the 
>>>>lack of faith both Harry and Sirius have that Snape has 
>>>>reformed.  I think this is going to come back to haunt the 
>>>>moviemakers in the sixth film, as it will make it more 
>>>>difficult for Snape's return to Voldemort to be believable.

Karen:
I don't know - Snape says an awful lot of nasty things about Sirius in the
movie. But I guess you don't get to hear Sirius in kind, so maybe that is
the problem?

>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Steve:
>>>>
>>>><<I was very disappointed that Harry relented and gave 
>>>>Lucius the Prophecy Orb. He should have held out to the 
>>>>very end. This doesn't reflect well on our hero, that when 
>>>>the odds are against him, he just gives in and gives up. I 
>>>>think it would have been much better if he had remained 
>>>>defiant until the end.>>
>>>>
Phyllis:
>>>>I didn't like that, either (for the reasons I explained in 
>>>>my post), but IIRC, in the book, Harry is just about to 
>>>>hand over the prophecy to Malfoy when the Order burst in, 
>>>>so presumably he would have done so had the Order not shown 
>>>>up at that precise moment.  I don't see that as Harry 
>>>>giving up, but rather making a choice to save Neville over 
>>>>retaining the prophecy. 

Karen:

In fact, to me it's an even stronger statement in the movie that Harry is
willing to sacrifice to save his DA friends, where as Voldamort is willing
to KILL his followers for the sake of what he wants/needs (encouraging Harry
to AK Bellatrix). Again, emphasizing the differences between them.