SS/PS MOVIE DISCUSSION

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SS/PS MOVIE DISCUSSION

An orphan discovers he is really a wizard and leaves his abusive 
family to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There he 
makes friends and enemies, meets magical creatures and survives an 
ordeal.

Summarizing the movie was more difficult than I expected. So I gave 
up. Reading a full summary would take longer than it would to watch 
the movie. So, go watch the movie. That's more fun anyway.


QUESTIONS

1. Do you remember the first time you saw SS/PS? What was your 
impression? Had you read any of the books? How did the movie affect 
your HP experience?  Do you experience the movie differently now? How 
long has it been since you last really watched SS/PS?

2. Harry's birthday begins moments after midnight when Hagrid arrives 
and ends after the Welcoming Feast as Harry sits in the window 
petting Hedwig. What do you think of this time line? 

3. What's the chance that Neville was learning to fly on the same 
broom that young Severus used? What's the difference between what 
happens to Neville on this broom and what happens to Harry in the 
Quidditch game?

4. Harry receives the Invisibility Cloak for Christmas. It's our 
first sight of a Deathly Hallow. Does knowing what you know now 
change your thoughts about the Invisibility Cloak?

5. The director takes a long time with visuals. For example, we get a 
good, slow look at the mirror of Erised before we even see what it 
does. What do you think of this technique? Does it work well in this 
movie? Do we see this style continuing in later HP movies?

6. It does not appear that the Mirror tempted DD. Are you surprised? 
He says something along the line of "Many men have wasted away in 
front of it." Does the Mirror remind you of anything in the RW?

7. What do you think of the Weasley family from this movie? Ron 
doesn't seem to mind that his parents suddenly decided to visit 
Charlie for Christmas.

8. Firenze identifies the creature in the Dark Forest as LV. So, he 
knows LV is there. Does DD and Snape know? (Maybe I should ask, Does 
DD or Snape know?)

9. After learning that DD is away from Hogwarts, the Trio run into 
Snape. Does it look like Snape is using Legilimency on the Trio, or 
particularly on Harry? 

10. When Neville challenges the Trio Hermione hexes him. Ron responds 
with "You're a little scary sometimes. Brilliant, but scary." Who 
does that remind you of? How does this scene begin to reveal 
something about Hermione's character? 

11. Ron comes into his own in the chess game--does he ever reach this 
height again?

12. Hermione tells Harry that some things are more important than 
books and cleverness---like friendship and bravery. Does this sum up 
the HP saga?

13. Professor Quirrell does some amazing magic. Is it his ability or 
does having LV in his head provide something extra. Do you think JKR 
got the idea of broomless flight from this scene?

14. DD visits Harry in the Hospital Wing. He speaks of secrets, and 
his own brilliance. How did we miss these character traits in DD?--or 
did you catch on earlier? Do you think DD might have been in the 
dungeon with Harry all along? He certainly has a good deal of 
information about what happened.

15. Why doesn't Snape look happy when Slytherin is named as having 
the most points? What do you think about the upset that follows?

16. Did the movie do an adequate job of contrasting the wonder of the 
wizarding world with the darkness of the wizarding world?

17. Snape was set up as the bad guy all through the movie. Were you 
as surprised as Harry that he had been protecting Harry? Did you 
expect something different from Snape in the next movie?

18. Are there any scenes that you particularly like or dislike?

19. Do you have any questions to add?

Anyone interested in writing a summary/discussion questions for 
another movie should contact me off line.

Potioncat