Two WTF moments in the movie (spoilers)

[va32h]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
> What? Mr. Weasley tells Harry about *the Vanishing Cabinet*? 

<snipped book exposition>

va32h:

Carol, if you actually see the movie, you will see that there is nothing "bad" going on. 

In the scene, Harry asks Mr. Weasley if Mr. Weasley has received Harry's letter. Mr. Weasley says yes and that he researched the item that Draco was investigating at Borgin and Burkes and that it's a Vanishing Cabinet. He then explains what a Vanishing Cabinet is (ie that you go inside and disappear for awhile) and says that they were all the rage during the first war. 

And yes, I know there is nothing in canon saying that Vanishing Cabinets were all the rage in the first war, but as with every other film, the screenwriter adds things and takes liberties. 

In any case, all Mr. Weasley is saying is that he knows what the thing in B&B is, which is certainly plausible given that he's raided B&B in the past as part of his job for the Ministry. 

va32h