[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Rupert Grint

[Nightbreed]

Speaking as someone who suffered from extreme anxiety as a teenager I can
say that I completely buy Ron as a character in books and films. 

 

The thing is, Ron has lead an entire existence of feeling second rate. Not
only did he have a horde of brothers to live up to, but when a new younger
sibling came along it was the families only girl! Worse, his mom "adopts"
Harry and acts as though he can do no wrong, further weakening his
self-esteem. Add to that, the  girl he's in love with is so smart and
succeeds so well that he feels infinitely inferior to her. He's a teenage
boy, born to a poor family known for their bright, red hair (red hair, btw,
has been widely looked down upon in Britten in an almost racist way) who's
best friend is rich, the most famous wizard there is, is doted on by many of
the teachers, many of his family and even his little sister prefers him.

 

Ron's just a down in the mud sort-of-kid. A few good Quiddtich games aren't
going to give him all kinds of confidence. Besides, Ron's a born follower
and Harry's a born leader.

 

I saw the whole thing with Ron trying to tell Harry about the dragons in the
film GOF as a way of keeping tension between the characters when the books
subplots had to be cut for time. Besides, Hermione's line "I'm not an owl!"
was one of the most genuine moments in the series and an excellent use of a
reference that would only make sense in HP context.

 

md

 

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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 1:16 PM
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Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Rupert Grint

 

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com <mailto:HPFGU-Movie%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Nightbreed" <md at ...> wrote:
>
> Because of this you don't see Ron in many of the just Harry-Ron 
scenes you
> get in the book, or Ron at home or around his brothers. I think 
what happens
> is they look at certain lines and they think, well book Ron has 
this, that
> and the other thing to make that line sound right but Movie Ron had 
all
> those other moments cut out so he'll stay comic relief and Hermione 
will say
> it.
saroris22

I've often wondered if the movie Ron influenced Rowling's writing of 
the book Ron. He's an oddly static character, who doesn't seem to 
grow even though he meets challenges. For example, Ron is a quidditch 
winner in OOTP, yet is still an unsure quidditich player in HPB. In 
some ways, it doesn't make sense. And the fact that Ron has still not 
approached Hermione by the beginning of DH seems improbable. I know 
that Ron has to earn Hermione's love by getting the basilik fangs and 
showing compassion for elves, but he knows that he likes Hermione, so 
what is he waiting for? After all, Hermione kisses him in DH. If she 
hadn't kissed him, would Ron have waited forever? I suppose Rowling 
had the kissing scene planned out well in advance, but I can't help 
thinking that the book portrayal of Ron was somewhat effected by the 
movie Ron, because he has such a weird course of development.
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