[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Helen McCrory to play Narcissa in HBP

[Charlotte Roberts]

>From: artsylynda at aol.com
>Reply-To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Helen McCrory to play Narcissa in HBP
>Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:53:44 EST
>
> >>
>There were Mexican references in  POA?... Do tell!<<
>
>The "Day of the Dead" sweets in Honeydukes; the eagle and snake  sculptures
>around the fountain in the courtyard (taken from the Mexican flag);  the
>shrunken heads, which seemed to be Caribbean (voodoo influence??), but  
>there was
>certainly not anything British about them; there were others, but  I can't 
>think
>of them right now.  There were interviews with Cuaron at the  time where he
>talked about them.  You can probably still find them online  somewhere.  It
>just annoyed me that he was sticking Mexican references into  a film set in
>England that had no references to Mexico at all in any of its  source 
>material.
>That was just out of line.
>
>Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

Well, I've watched the Special Features of my POA DVD many times, and JK 
Rowling herself admits that she wished she wrote the "shrunken heads" in the 
book!  Well, that explained why I didn't remember them in the book at all 
(it had been a long long time since I last read that book when I first 
watched that.  Thank God I'm now caught up).  If Ms. Rowling herself thought 
they were funny, they can't be all bad.

Though I have to agree, I didn't like the bizarre black hair on Flitwick; I 
guess Cuaron wanted to create the notion that he cut and dyed it!  lol.  And 
what's the deal that Gambon!Dumbledore couldn't wear clothes that were 
similar to the Harris!Dumbledore?  His acting is good, but I agree with 
people who don't like his bathrobe clothes.  I personally frown upon his 
non-wizard like beret.  I hope Richard Harris isn't turning over in his 
grave because of that!

And I totally missed the Mexican references in POA that were 
aforementioned... Wow Lynda, you're clearly more educated about Mexican 
culture than I am!  Well, thanks for saying it anyway.

Charlotte, who is hoping this year won't go by too fast so I can read the 
books at least a couple times before HBP's release