Movie 7pt1

[johnkclark]

"Andrea Grevera" <agdisney at ...> wrote:

> Harry & Hermonie dancing in a test was a little too much for me.  

I liked that part.

>Mudblood branded on her arm?

Nothing wrong with that, it was entirely true to the spirit of the book, in fact if its not actually in the book it certainly could have been. I don't remember, was it in the book?

>If they had so much time to waste they should have left the Dursley's in, or show >Harry finding the letter his mother wrote to Sirius.

The thing I don't understand is if every second counts why do they waste 7 or 8 minutes on a seemingly endless closing credit roll that virtually nobody sits through? Without that there would have been more than enough time for both those two important scenes and probably a third. Classic movies of the past didn't have such ridiculously long credits, and there is less need for them now then there was then. If you absolutely must know who the third assistant caterer was for the second unit you can find it in seconds on the web.   

> Where did the snatchers come from anyway?  They just happened to be walking thru >the same forest the the trio apparates into?

It may be blasphemous to say but actually I think that part was BETTER than the book; in the book it was all caused by Harry's slip of the tongue and that never felt quite right to me. It would have been even better if the snatchers were a result of a betrayal by Percy, but I guess that was too much to hope for. As Percy serves no purpose in the book I think we have seen the last of that character on the big screen.    

> I'm too much of the book fan to really enjoy the movies.  I think I'll pass
> on part 2.  No use in giving WB any more profit.

I hope WB makes a HUGE profit, they should be rewarded for making something that has given so many people so much pleasure, and I want to encourage others to make similar wonderful (and enormously expensive) entertainments.  

 John K Clark