Quidditch back in HBP?!?!

[Carol]

Karen" wrote:
>
> Good. I was worried they would leave that out. I still hope they
have Slughorn's Christmas party. 

Carol responds:

IMO. they have to include the Christmas party if they include the
eavesdropping scene that follows, which leads to Harry's suspicions of
Snape "helping" Draco and the discussion of the UV and much else. Not
to mention the opportunity for humor. It they cut Luna's line about
the Rotfang Conspiracy in a film that ostensibly includes a lot of
humor, I'll be very disappointed.

In terms of what *can* be cut, all I can think of is "The Other
Minister," Fleur, and Scrimgeour. A few scenes and some of the
dialogue can be cut, but most of the chapters (in contrast to DH and
OoP) are essential to the story structure, and the Snape/Draco subplot
is crucial, much more so than Ron and Lavender, IMO. And Quidditch? I
guess they're finally trying to give Ron his due--and we can expect to
see Felix Felicis.

Carol, who has heard nothing yet about Snape and his scenes but thinks
he'll need a sizeable part to make his "murder" of DD credible