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

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "ac4lb" <bonsaikathy at ...> wrote:
>
> I think a movie discussion would be a great idea. I also feel that it 
> might be beneficial to have those that view the movies only and don't 
> read the books to give their opinion about the movie versus seeing what 
> others that have done both feel. 
> 
> Kathy
>
Carol responds:

Are you in that category, Kathy? If so, I'd be really interested in
your responses to my questions about Barty Crouch Jr. and the
Longbottoms in another thread. I'll quote them here:

"[H]ow intelligible [is] the Barty Jr. plot . . . to those who haven't
read the books[?] Was it confusing to have "Professor Moody" show up
again in the OoP film when he had been revealed as an imposter named
Barty Crouch, Jr., in the previous film? Was it clear who the real
Alastor Moody was and what happened to him? (Why call the real Moody
"professor" in OoP when he never actually taught?)

"Is it clear to you what happened to the Longbottoms, Neville's
parents? Yes, they were Crucio'd (as Neville states in the OoP film),
but so was Harry near the end of GoF (film and book), and his Crucio
is not regarded as a fate worse than death (Sirius Black's comment to
Harry when he shows him the photo of the old Order--never mind the
alterations in *that* scene). Do you understand from the films alone
what happened to the Longbottoms that would make Neville (in the film
version) want revenge? Also, is it confusing that Barty Jr. is found
guilty of the crime in GoF, yet OoP shifts the blame to Bellatrix
Lestrange?"

Carol, inviting anyone who hasn't read the books to answer these questions