MOVIE: Nimbus and invisibility cloak

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Crys wrote:
"The broomstick.  Came in a box.  Period.  Cope.  Fix it.  It was a
big deal in the book."

For some reason I always envisioned the Nimbus as wrapped in kraft 
paper just like they showed it in the trailer. In SS/PS10 JKR
describes it as "a long, thin package" and a "large parcel". But the 
clincher is when "Malfoy seized the package from Harry and felt it." 
How could he feel the broomstick if it was in a shipping box?
Granted, if this is the case, it's not a very good way for McGonagall 
to keep the Nimbus a secret.

suebaru_27 wrote:                     
"If you watch the scene where Hermione is performing the Petrificus 
Totalus curse on Neville, you'll notice Ron has a large piece of
cloth over his right shoulder.  Then look at the scene where a hand 
pushes open a door to the library, it's a red sweater w/ something
over the arm. Then Harry is in the library looking through the books.
On the counter is the same piece of  cloth that Ron had over his 
shoulder. Could it be the Invisibility cloak?"

Yes, I have to agree. The blue cloak with gold stars and moons on it 
appears to be the invisibility cloak. Which is most disappointing -- 
here's JKR's description of the invisibility cloak: "Something fluid 
and silvery gray went slithering to the floor where it lay in
gleaming folds. Ron gasped...Harry picked the shining, silvery cloth 
off the floor. It was strange to the touch , like water woven into 
material." (SS/PS12) And Invisiblity cloaks are made from the
Demiguise which is covered in "long, fine, silky, silvery hair." (FB)

I was really looking forward to witnessing this strange, otherworldly 
fabric in the movie, instead they've seem to have replaced it with a
cliche. But overall, I'm really excited with what I've seen so far and 
think they've they've done a great job of capturing JKR's vision.
(Have to have something to nitpick at until Book 5 is here to occupy
my attention.)

Red Queen