TIME's Natural Disaster of the Year / movie poster / Ludo Bagman

[Sarah Leigh ...]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:

> Sarah wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/29244 :
> 
> << Ludo Bagman - what WAS the point in him? >>
> 
> You mean, besides demonstrating the corrupt values and poor judgment
> of the wizarding folk by the Wizengamot letting him off just because
> of being a star athlete? He was a red herring, acting in a manner to
> excite suspicion, which turned out to be because of his gambling
> debts. The first time I read GoF, when we got LV's statement about 3
> missing Death Eaters, one who has left us forever, one who is a
> coward, and one who is a faithful servant at Hogwarts, when I tried 
to
> think who was the faithful servant, I feared it was Snape, I feared 
it
> was Karkaroff, I feared it was Bagman...

Me again;
Yes, I know what you're saying but when I read Goblet the first time 
I got incredibly confused.  Now of course I know it inside out and 
have no difficulty explaining who is who and the role they play in 
the plot.  My point was (and maybe I didn't make it too well) that 
Goblet is a very confusing tale for someone not 'into' Harry Potter 
and the film has simplified it by excluding the likes of Bagman, 
Winky, Bertha and SPEW.  I have to add that I think the filmmakers 
made sensible decisions ...
> will duck now to avoid flak <
I don't like the fact that they glossed over Snape's Death Eater past 
though - how will they resolve that?
Sarah xx