OotP omissions

[Tim Regan]

Hi All,

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I loved the film. It was my least favourite of the books and so I was
looking forward to the pruning that the film would need to be. Despite high
expectations I was not disappointed. Daniel's acting was great (I saw him in
Equus so I'm getting more familiar with his acting style) and Evanna Lynch
was touching as Luna. Imelda Staunton was fantastic. There were some low
spots for me, but most of them were balanced. For example I thought Emma's
acting was not as good as in the past, but her characterization in the
script was far better. I cheered an inner "Yay" when she struggled to say
the name "Voldemort". I thought Helena Bonham Carter played Bellatrix a
little too madly, but then I read Deathly Hallows!

What did intrigue me though were the omissions. I had heard a rumour that
JKR insisted that Kreacher was kept in (he certainly wasn't essential for
Celluloid!OotP) so I am left wondering about a few omissions.


>>> 
Harry sank down on to his bed and unwrapped the package. Out fell a small,
square mirror. It looked old; it was certainly dirty. Harry held it up to
his face and saw his own reflection looking back at him. He turned the
mirror over. There on the reverse side was a scribbled note from Sirius.

This is a two-way mirror, I've got the other one of the pair. If you need to
speak to me, just say my name into it; you'll appear in my mirror and I'll
be able to talk in yours. James and I used to use them when we were in
separate detentions.
<<<

I guess Harry can just find a strangely behaving mirror in Celluloid!DH but
it will lack the is-it-Dumbledore-from-beyond-the-grave thrill that we had
with Sirius' mirror in Book!DH.


>>> 
They found an unpleasant-looking silver instrument, something like a
many-legged pair of tweezers, which scuttled up Harry's arm like a spider
when he picked it up, and attempted to puncture his skin. Sirius seized it
and smashed it with a heavy book entitled Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding
Genealogy. There was a musical box that emitted a faintly sinister, tinkling
tune when wound, and they all found themselves becoming curiously weak and
sleepy, until Ginny had the sense to slam the lid shut; a heavy locket that
none of them could open; a number of ancient seals; and, in a dusty box, an
Order of Merlin, First Class, that had been awarded to Sirius' grandfather
for 'services to the Ministry'.

'It means he gave them a load of gold,' said Sirius contemptuously throwing
the medal into the rubbish sack.

Several times Kreacher sidled into the room and attempted to smuggle things
away under his loincloth, muttering horrible curses every time they caught
him at it.
<<<

Surely part of the excitement of the Horcruxes in Book!HBP is the
realisation that we've seen one before - like the excitement we felt with
Hermione's Beetle!Skeeter revelation.


>>>
'LEAVE HIM ALONE!' Lily shouted. She had her own wand out now. James and
Sirius eyed it warily.
'Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you,' said James earnestly.
'Take the curse off him, then!'
James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the counter-curse.
'There you go,' he said, as Snape struggled to his feet. 'You're lucky Evans
was here, Snivellus - '
'I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!'
<<<

Amanda points out on her LiveJournal that we now know that this is the
defining moment in Snape's life. A shame to miss it out?


Cheers,


Dumbledad.


		
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