HBP cut scene(s)

[June Ewing]

> Carol responds:
> I'm not talking about the dessert scene (which is thoroughly
altered from Sluggie's dinner at Hogwarts as presented in the book.)
I'm referring to the train scene when we first see Marcus Belby (and
> he chokes on the pheasant). Neville is also invited to that
get-acquainted luncheon and so is Ginny even though Slughorn doesn't
know who she is because of a spell she cast. Hermione, Cormac
> McLaggen, Blaise Zabini are also there. I could have sworn that
the luncheon on the train was in the movie when I saw it in the
theater. It's rather pointless, IMO, to have Belby (and Zabini?)
> appear in the later scene if they haven't been introduced in the
earlier one. The whole concept of the Slug Club becomes confusing
to the viewer who hasn't read the book.

> Setting aside the luncheon, the whole train scene seems terribly
curtailed to me, including Harry's spying on Draco. And, of course,
they eliminated the scene with the Dursleys and substituted the
> (pointless) scene with the Muggle waitress, who somehow seems to
know who Harry is, but that's not what I'm talking about. <snip>


June:
Steve is right, the train scene with Slughorn didn't happen. I
totally agree that there were scenes that should have been there
like the train scene. Carol is right, that did leave a hole. I was
also looking forward to the scene between Harry and Dudley when
Dudley confesses that he actually liked Harry, but that isn't the
first time they did that to us. In the Half Blood Prince, I was
really looking forward to seeing Dumbledore put the Dursley's in
their place, lol.