[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: FINALLY!!!

[Iggy McSnurd]

> -Dennis
> I was the same way about seeing Flitwick's dis-formation in the
> movie until he started giggling with glee when Hermione levitated
> her feather.  Then I knew it was Flitwich at heart, even if they
> made him goblin-ish.
>

Iggy here:

Funny thing is, I saw the first movie before I ever read the books, so I
pictured most of the characters in the book like their counterpoints in the
movies unless something indicated too strongly otherwise.  For example, all
the Dursleys have different hair colors in the movie than in the book, but
it's such a minor detail to me that it doesn't really matter.  I'm a fan of
the series, but I'm not so bad about it that a minor detail on a relatively
minor character upsets me.  Although I do admit to wishing that they
actually got someone for PoA who looks more like the pics of Lupin in the
books... or even a lot closer to his description.  But, like you say, if he
portrays Lupin well, his exact appearance will matter to me a lot less.

As for Flitwick looking goblin-ish in the movie, when you realize that
Warwick Davis also played the Head Goblin at Gringott's... well...

Here's a few other Warwick Davis roles:

Willow Uthgood...  the movie "Willow"
Wickett... the Ewok that first encountered Princess Leah in "Return of the
Jedi"
the Leprechaun...  the "Leprechaun" movies
the young Greedo type alien that's one of Anikin's friends...  "Stat Wars -
the Phantom Menace"


Personally, I think the only person who would have come close to playing the
role well (aside from the late Billy Barty, and he's American anyhow) would
have been David Rappaport... but he's dead too.


Iggy McSnurd