[HPFGU-Movie] Re: The Problems with the DH movie

[Child Of Midian]

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Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:09 PM
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Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: The Problems with the DH movie

 

  

md wrote:
> 
> I was very flustrated (yes, I made that word, I'm a wordsmith, see?)

Carol: 

Actually, a large number of people have used that "portmanteau word," to
borrow Lewis Carroll's term (flustered plus frustrated). It's perfectly
intelligible--no need to apologize or claim credit for it.



>>>>>>>>>>>>>Um, joking. 
md:
> by the way she killed off characters by simply stating they were dead. As
a writer I find it lazy and stupid, as a teacher I hand it back and say
"make it make sense to the reader." <snip>

Carol responds:
True, it's generally better to show than to tell, but JKR was hampered here
by Harry's point of view. Snape's memories were more important to the story,
and some deaths had to occur while he was viewing them.

>>>>>>>>>>>She's abandoned Harry's POV in other chapters, she easily could
have written 4 - 5 short chapters and intercut them with Harry's direct
storyline. In HBP we don't even get Harry until the third chapter.

As for Lupin, JKR originally intended Mr. Weasley, the book's only fully
functional father, to accompany Harry to his "death" along with his parents
and godfather but changed her mind and decided to sacrifice the Lupins to
show Teddy as a happy, much-loved orphan at the end of the last book

>>>>>>>>>>Yes, well, considering how things went for the last two orphans I
don't think we needed number three. What I wanted from Rowling was a damned
good explanation how these two wizards who have lived and fought through so
much where finally taken down just when they had more than ever to live for.
Why she did it doesn't concern me so much as the off-handed way in which she
did it.

I do agree that parts of DH, especially the Elder Wand subplot, should make
more sense to the reader than they do. I'd give examples, but that's a
discussion for the main list.



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I see flash-backs in DH. I think that they will have to show
things like Draco disarming DD and so-forth so the viewer can make sense of
how things come together.


md wrote:
> Snapes death is something I CANNOT VISUALIZE making any sense (a floating
snake in a bubble suddenly floats towards him, and bites him and he knows
several seconds in advance it is coming and does nothing??? <snip>

Carol responds:
Snape's death scene upset me greatly, but not because I had trouble
visualizing it. Apparently, Voldemort doesn't want to kill Snape with the
Elder Wand because he thinks that Snape is its master and it might refuse to
kill him. At any rate, JKR doesn't want him to be AK'd because he wouldn't
be able to perform his last bit of wandless magic with the memories or look
into Harry's eyes if he were killed instantly.



>>>>>>> If it would have been "Voldemort reached out suddenly and seemed to
grab Snape with a long, invisible arm. He jerked forward, was struck by
Nagini and fell to the ground like a wet rag" then I could have seen it.
Instead it was written like Snape just stood there (like Harry now under the
tower!) and waited for the snake to bite him.

 

md



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