Movie Talk from OT site (was Carol's question to new Steve)

[Carol]

Zanooda wrote:
> I was wondering if it is clear from the movies alone that Harry's
Patronus is a stag, and why? The movie-makers stubbornly don't show
Harry's stag, even when they showed other DA members' Patronuses in OotP. 
> 
Potioncat replied:
> Steve asked about the stag, Zanooda said it wasn't shown, Geoff (I 
think) said you could see it faintly. But it's been a while since I've
watched any of the movies.

Carol responds:

I've responded several times to this thread (actually, I started it)
on the OT site, but you're right: It belongs here. I'll just note that
the stag representing James is important and I wonder how the
filmmakers will handle a certain plot twist in DH if viewers who
haven't read the books don't know that. Rather like the failure to
mention Regulus Black when they showed the Black family tapestry in
OoP. (I think it was a mistake to create the film series before the
last book was published because the filmmakers don't yet know what
will prove to be important.)

Potioncat: 
> And that made me wonder, is anyone interested in a focused 
discussions of the HP movies? <snip> I thought it might be fun for
everyone to watch SS/PS and then start discussing it. And when we wind
down we would move to the next movie. We could just all start posting,
or if the interest is there, we could have something like the chapter
discussions at the main site. Maybe we could start next week, if
there's an interest--that would give everyone time to watch the movie.
Or maybe we could discuss how to carry out the discussions.
> 
<snip>
> So, shall we? When do you want to start? I'll bring the popcorn.

Carol responds:

But how would we handle the discussions? Do we need to designate
posters to view and summarize each film and pose questions? We can't
have chapter discussions, but we could have one per film.

BTW, I think new Steve said that he reviewed several of the films. I'd
be interested in seeing and responding to the reviews, not necessarily
as part of the discussions Potioncat is proposing. (Fair warning,
though, Steve. I don't see how we could avoid bringing up the books,
especially discussions of how and why certain scenes were changed or
deleted.)

Carol, willing to give the discussions a shot but thinking that it
might be hard to keep "book contamination" (!!!) out of the summaries