[HPFGU-Movie] Re: My Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Valerie Flowe]

On Jul 17, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Carol wrote:
> Note: Don't read this post if you don't want spoilers. (I've already 
> been "spoiled" by too many clips, previews, and reviews!)
>
>  Valerie:
> They said she was ill. She did look fragile. Maybe that's why they 
> didn't have the Deatheaters stun her in that Hogwarts fight scene??
>  <snip>
>  Carol responds:
>  Who is ill, McGonagall or Dame Maggie Smith? (It wasn't DEs who 
> Stunned McGonagall; it was Aurors in OoP, the whole point being that 
> she was absent when Harry needed an Order member to talk to. The 
> filmmakers considered that scene expendable, along with the much more 
> important information that Snape sent the Order members to the MoM. 
> Was that information conveyed in HBP, or are movie viewers who haven't 
> read the books still in the dark about it?)
> Valerie: - I heard that Maggie Smith had been ill.
Obviously I need to go back and read OotP and HBP. I was thinking that 
during that whole "I'm the Half Blood Prince" "Fight Back you coward!" 
scene that McGonegal got hit by a spell. Wrong book; sorry!
>
>  BTW, forgive my asking, but why is your whole post in brackets as if 
> you're quoting yourself? Makes it very hard to read.
> Valerie: Hmmm, must be a Mac vs. PC thing. I'm on a Mac and don't see 
> any brackets. Sorry it's difficult to read.

>  And one more question for anyone who's seen the film. In at least one 
> of the trailers, it sounds as if DD in the cave is shouting "hocus 
> pocus!" Please tell me he's not really using that Muggle magic spell! 
> What is he really saying, can anyone tell?
> Valerie: I'll have to see it a 3rd time now to find out! I'm sure he 
> didn't say Hocus Pocus though!