A Grouchy TOP TEN (was:POA comment SPOILERS sort of)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley"
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> I saw 'Immobilis' as being one of those spells that need training to
 do there.  It seems plausible enough to me that if, say, Dumbledore 
wanted to deactivate the Whomping Willow he would have other ways 
than touching the knot.  It saved time in the movie on an otherwise 
fairly trivial plot point to have teachers able to do this.  <snipped>

Entropy:
This can't clearly be called canon, but I'm almost certain that this
is the spell Hermione uses to stop the Cornish Pixies in the movie
version of COS (it's a "clever Freezing Charm" in the book).  Can't be
too difficult if a second year can manage it. And yes, I do agree that
it's a fairly trivial plot point. But it seems thoughtless to me,
nonetheless, to use what we've seen as a second-year spell to stop the
whomping willow from doing its  whomping.



> Yes, I thought he was fine.  I thought a bit of filth and neglect 
were part of the Wise Old Mentor (TM) graduation course?  Is it 
canon that Dumbledore is well-groomed?

Entropy:
No, no! Not canon! Just my own sensibilities!  ;)



> Since neither Lucius nor Voldemort are in the book, I feel this is 
not a criticism of the film.

Entropy:
True. I thought Lucius was with the committee that went down to
Hagrid's hut for Buckbeak's execution, but he wasn't in the book at
all. Still miss him, though.



> Huh?  I don't remember seeing Flitwick at all, unless you're 
thinking of the guy directing the Bullfrog Choir, which I just don't get.
> Yeah, I have seen a number of posts mentioning Flitwick, and have no
 idea what they are referring to, unless it's this.

Actually, I believe I saw him several times. Once in the Great Hall
(at his regular place at the head table), and once walking with
Dumbledore (perhaps during the "sleeping bag" scene? Not sure). Each
time I saw him was quite jarring.

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