SS/PS MOVIE DISCUSSION

[Carol]

Potioncat wrote:
<snip> The Dark Forest with Voldy and the dungeon challenges were
pretty tense.
> 
> Speaking of the Dark Forest, I'd forgotten about one of my favorite
movie scenes--Flich escorting the kids to detenion. 

Carol:
I'm snipping the comments on Filch, which I agree with, to ask what
people think of the change from the nicely alliterative and accurate
"Forbidden Forest" to "Dark Forest." Why would the filmmakers do that?
Do they think that child viewers don't know what "Forbidden" means? i
think it takes away from the ominousness of the place to change its name.

Potioncat:
> In the movie, Hagrid seems to be in detention as well as he mourns
the loss of Norbert. DD has sent the baby dragon to a reserve. It's
very different in the book. The changes made here, and in the pigtail
scene make Hagrid a slightly different character.

Carol:
Hagrid in detention? I don't see that. He's still looking for whatever
is killing the unicorns and, IIRC, armed with a crossbow in both the
book and the film. He's certainly exposing himself to danger, but it's
much more dangerous for the kids. Hagrid, after all, deals with the
creatures in the "Dark Forest" as part of his job as gamekeeper and,
later, COMC teacher.) Where "Keeper of the Keys" fits in, I don't know.)

The change to having DD send Norbert to a dragon reserve simplifies
the plot, eliminating the Charlie connection, for one. Also, they've
included Ron in the detention. He wasn't included in the book. It was
just Harry and Draco (with Fang) and Hermione and Neville (with
Hagrid). (originally Draco and Neville are together but the groups get
changed.) I think that, for the sake of the film, the simplification
is all to the good, especially given that Ron is part of the detention
group. (I can't recall whether Neville is involved. Isn't he dropped?)

Carol, wishing that she remembered every scene as vividly as she
remembers Hermione Petrifying poor Neville