One small problem with the Film - HBP

bboyminn bboyminn at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 21 21:42:39 UTC 2009


As with all the films, there are parts I would have done 
differently, or parts I though were dealt with without sufficient
depth.

While we can all quibble with various aspects and choices, in
general we accept that someone somewhere had to make the final
decision, and stick with it.

But, there is one part that is completely unfathomable to me,
and that is Ginny taking Harry to the Room of Requirements to
hide the HBP potions book.

It is not that Ginny suggested it; I can live with that. It
is not that Ginny took Harry to a room that Harry knew better
than anyone (the RoR). It is not even that that is where the
Harry/Ginny kiss occurred.

No, it was that !!GINNY!! hid the book, and not only did she
hid it in general, but she specifically hid it from !!HARRY!!.

How can that work? It seems that Harry is going to have to 
know where the book is hidden in order to go after it. 

Now, I'm not saying that particular aspect can't be resolved
plot wise. But, it makes for a much more convoluted and 
complex plot than if they had just played it out in a way
closer to the books. If Harry himself, had decided to hide
the book, and if he had taken Ginny to the Room, and if he
had hid it himself.

Plus WHERE IS THE DIADEM? Seem like a pretty important plot
point to be dropped from the Movie.

The reason Harry returns to the RoR is because he suddenly
remembers where he has seen a 'crown-like' object before.
HE (emphasis on 'HE') used it as a marker for the book HE
hid.

Again, they can twist the plot to make the current circumstance
work, but that is a whole lot of plot that needs to be twisted,
that in my opinion didn't need any twisting at all, if they had
just stuck to some approximation of the original plot.

Again, I have no problem with the decisions they made up to 
that point. Ginny's idea = OK. Ginny taking Harry to the RoR
= OK. But Ginny specifically hiding the book from Harry. I
just don't see a smooth resolution to that mistake.

Whatever the solution is, it is going to have to include a
very nasty and distracting twist to the plot of the next two
films. 

But then...that's just my opinion.

Steve/bluewizard





More information about the HPFGU-Movie archive