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

[Cassandra Wladyslava]

Carol asks:

But why change a scene that works perfectly well in the books, giving us not
only the HBP's snide advice about shoving a bezoar down their throats and
Harry's "cheek" in presenting a bezoar instead of an antidote, but
(possibly) jogs the viewer's memory as it did Harry's to remind us/him of
Snape's first lesson? <snip> And Harry presenting the Bezoar to Slughorn in
class instead of doing his work could have been a great suspense/comic
moment, too.
Carol, understanding that some cuts and alterations must be made but
thinking that the filmmakers missed the boat (again) on this one

Cassie Responds:

I think the reason they changed it was because they didn't want to have two
full potions lessons in the movie.  It would've seemed too redundant.  I do
agree that they could've presented the information/reminded us about bezoars
in a much clearer way than they did.  Even Harry just reading that little
notation while he's pouring over the HBP's potions book would've sufficed.


~Cassie~


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