CoS: MOVIE DISCUSSION

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CoS --you know the plot.
Hovering pudding, flying car, grinning Lockhart, hissing noises, 
dueling club, petrified students, sneering Malfoys, dripping book, 
scurrying spiders, smug Riddle, screaming basilisk, cheering students.

1. The twins and Ron appears in a flying car at Harry's window.  Ron 
announces he's come to rescue Harry. There's no explanation of why he 
thought Harry needed rescuing. Did this bother you? 

2. Whether or not you had read the book, did any timeline issues 
appear in this movie? Were there any inconsistencies, or gaps in 
information? How does this CoS compare to SS/PS?

3. Can anyone get a good look at Lockhart to see if the emblem on his 
vest has any significance?

4. The dueling club dialogue is different in the movie than the book. 
It's Lockhart who first suggests Harry. Snape nixes Ron, but suggests 
Draco. Does this scene play out differently as far as motivations and 
hidden agendas? Where does "Evanesco" come from?

5. Why doesn't anyone take on the rogue Bludger? Last year Snape was 
trying to counter- hex the broom.

6. "Perhaps they were in the wrong place at the wrong time
" Does 
anyone else think Snape was using Legilimency in this scene? What do 
you think of the interaction between Snape and DD in this movie?

7.  Now that we know the diary was a Horcrux, what do you think of 
Harry being inside it? Did the movie diary scene remind you of other 
magical items--HP or non-HP?

8. Compare or contrast movie Ron and the spiders to canon Ron. "Why 
can't it be follow the butterfly?" Was that a nod to the MSN slogan 
at the time?

9. I still can't watch the spider section, so if you have any 
questions, feel free to ask them. (Oh dear, another reason not to 
watch 

10. What did you think of Diary!Riddle's death?  How does it compare 
to canon!Riddle's death in DH?

11. DD says Harry has qualities that LV valued. Do you think Harris 
made a slip of the tongue or did Kloves? 

12. Only a true Gryffindor could pull a sword from the hat. Does this 
foreshadow Neville's role?

13. DD warned Malfoy about other items of Riddle's being brought to 
Hogwarts. Was this our hint about Horcruxes?

14. What do you think of the ending, with the whole school cheering 
for Hagrid?

15. Does this movie appear darker in any way than SS/PS did?

16. Do the costumes look magical enough?

17. Do you have any questions?


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