My OotP Review

[artsylynda at aol.com]

>>And was Crabbe in this movie? Goyle was, but everything went by  so
fast I couldn't tell if the tall kid standing next to Goyle was a  more
grown up Crabbe. 

And I hate it when they throw in characters who  get big lines that
weren't in the book. Like in PoA, the black kid who got 2  juicy,
dramatic lines and the other kid who was hanging out with  Malfoy
instead of Crabbe. You know that they must be related to someone  big
in the movie. Those lines or scenes should have gone to Dean or
Seamus  or Crabbe. <<

Yes, Crabbe and Goyle were together - every time you saw one of  them, the 
other was right there next to him.  They were the two who ran  into Neville just 
before Neville discovered the Room of  Requirement.
 
The Slytherin with Malfoy in PoA was Nott, another boy who's  mentioned in 
the books.  I think the boy who plays Goyle had some schedule  conflict or 
something (I think I read something about that at the time - can't  remember for 
sure now).
 
I completely agree about the black kid in PoA - drove me NUTS.   In this 
film, they have a heavyset black boy too, but not the same boy, I  think.  
Fortunately, he didn't have any lines!!
 
But still - I loved the movie.  I think it helps seeing it more  than once, 
especially since their accents and the speed of their speech gets in  the way 
sometimes to my American ears.  I've seen it twice in regular  theaters, twice 
in IMAX 3-D (and call ahead or check online to be SURE the IMAX  is showing it 
in 3-D - they don't all do that).  Seeing it in IMAX is great  because the 
sound is so much better - you can hear things that aren't clear even  in a new 
theater with digital sound (which is the kind of "regular" theater  where we 
saw it the first two times) - the IMAX setup or speakers or  something are just 
that much better.
 
Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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