Another casting for HBP

[Carol]

zanooda wrote:
> <snip>
> Yeah, and no one even moved their finger when the dragon broke his
chain and flew after Harry! In the book the dragon handlers were 
standing by, ready to interfere (at least that's what McGonagall 
said). In the movie, the situation obviously has gotten out of hand,
but the teachers and the handlers were just sitting there like 
dummies, waiting to see what will happen.
> 
> But, Carol, you must understand that it's a movie! They need to make
a scene spectacular, even if not as realistic or canonical as you and
I would want! If the dragon didn't break the chain and stayed on the
ground, they would have to let go of this high-speed dragon chase 
scene, and of course they couldn't do this! Really, you are asking 
too much of them :-).

Carol responds:
Oh, I do understand that the requirements of the two media are very
different and they wanted a spectacular scene (also that your last
line is tongue in cheek :-) ). Doesn't make me like that scene any
better. And they cut important bits, like the Snape/Karkaroff
conversation in the snow (and others that weren't even filmed or
written, like Barty Crouch's confession--exactly what good did the
Veritaserum do in the scene as filmed?) to get that dragon scene in there.

I have mixed feelings about the changes to the maze scene. It *was*
scary as filmed, but I'd rather have seen the Sphinx and the
Blast-Ended Skrewts. Oh, well.

Carol, who thinks that changes need more justification than cinematic
effect alone, especially the burning of the Burrow in HBP!