New HBP commercial

[Carol]

zanooda wrote:
> Thanks, Carol, I should have posted the link myself, but I was just leaving and didn't have time to go back to Leaky for the link. As for the cafe scene - I still don't understand why they need to add things like that and skip some important scenes from the book.

Carol responds:

You're welcome. I don't know why, either, unless it's to prepare us for all the emphasis on teenage hormones in the film version of HBP (repeatedly referred to as the funniest of the films!). I hope they maintain a balance between action and comedy, with elements of terror near the end. As things are, it sounds to me like a nonmusical "Camelot"--all romantic comedy in the first half and tragedy in the second.

I do understand why they're omitting the Gaunts and Hepzibah Smith, but those omissions will present problems in dealing with the ring, the locket, and the cup, which we can only hope are adequately resolved. Still, it makes no sense to me to add material that's *not* from the books to replace those deleted scenes.

I do understand why they've made Harry's classes larger than they are in the books and increased the number of students in general. Otherwise, it's beyond comprehension that even the unobservant Harry could not know the names of students in his own house (Cormac McLaggen and Romilda Vane, for example).

Oh, well. As long as the important parts are well-handled and the best lines are used (and assigned to the correct characters), I'll be reasonably happy. I already know that it won't be completely faithful to the book, so I won't set my expectations too high.

Carol, just hoping that it's closer to the book than OoP was