Another casting for HBP
Carol
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Thu May 8 05:21:37 UTC 2008
>
> Steve wrote:
> > There isn't even any place in HBP that an attack on
> > the Burrow would begin to make sense. The only attack
> > in HBP is the end, and frankly, it should stay that
> > way.
> >
stephab67 wrote:
> The attack on the Burrow is indeed in. It was added with JKR's
blessing to show that there's some bad stuff happening in the
wizarding world as a result of Voldie's return. The HBP book only
talks about that stuff so they decided they needed to show it somehow.
It takes place during Christmas when Harry is there. Hermione, true
to canon, won't be at the Burrow during Christmas as she's still
fighting with Ron, so she's not in the scene.
>
Carol responds:
I know that there's added footage that takes place at the Burrow and
that its purpose is to show that the war is beginning and even the
Muggles are affected, but the so-called attack on the Burrow is only a
rumor as I understand it, mentioned in the unofficial description of
the as-yet unaired teaser trailer. It's quite possible that whoever
wrote that description misinterpreted what they saw.
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/5/4/rumor-alert-new-description-of-hbp-teaser-trailer/comments/2
I can't see JKR approving a scene that would make the canonical attack
on the Burrow in DH anticlimatic, and there are other ways, such as
Daily Prophet articles and wizard wireless newscasts, to make the
state of the WW clear.
I finally located the older article referring to this scene, which
states in part:
""We don't often have things that aren't in the book," producer David
Barron told The Back Room." But this was brought in because Jo
[Rowling] was able throughout the quite lengthy book to keep dropping
little snippets of what was happening in the outside world-there'd be
people reading newspapers and talking about how somebody's parents had
been killed or somebody had been withdrawn from school because their
parents didn't think it was safe. And we're made aware that the Muggle
world is also experiencing these disasters, but thinks they are
disasters rather than the work of Voldemort. The book is peppered with
those moments, but we couldn't do that quite so easily in the film. So
[the extra scene] comes in the middle of the film and it just reminds
us the world is no longer a safe place. Even in what would normally be
considered the safe haven of the Burrow, nobody's safe. I think you'll
like it. It's quite effective.""
I suppose those words from producer David Barron could be interpreted
to mean that the Burrow is attacked, but it could just as easily mean
that all the hands on Mrs. Weasley's clock are pointing to Mortal
Peril. And it sounds to me as if the scene is intended to take the
place of "The Other Minister" and the various Daily Prophet articles
that appear throughout HBP.
At any rate, I'll only "like" the scene if it doesn't involve an
attack on the Burrow itself, which would make the canonical Burrow
attack in DH anticlimactic. (Besides, Voldmort's focus in HBP is on
Draco and Dumbledore, with Snape waiting in the wings--only not for
the reasons LV thinks he is. There's nor *reason* to attack the Burrow
when LV isn't yet ready to "destroy" Harry! And how can Harry go to
the Burrow as a safe house in DH if HBP has shown it to be unsafe?)
Carol, considering the HBP attack on the Burrow firmly in the rumor
category until she sees evidence to the contrary with her own eyes
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