Thoughts on Trailer & movie

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 13326

Okay...Having watched the trailer at least 25 times, I thought I'd throw out
a few comments:

1.  That is Richard Harris's voice saying "Dear Mr. Potter, you have been
accepted..." etc).  I've heard enough of him in other movies to recognize
it, even though it is pitched much lower than he normally speaks.

2.  Rupert Grint as Ron -- I think he's adorable.  He reminds me a bit of
very young Ron Howard playing Opie Taylor on the Andy Griffith show (from
the 1960's).  I know he's not tall like in the book, but honestly I've
always pictured him as the same height as Harry, just because I can't
imagine Harry having to crane his neck upwards to talk to Ron as much as
they do talk.  Rupert has a wonderfully expressive face, and I think he'll
do great.

3.  Hermione is perfect -- that smug look on her face as she levitates the
feather... HA!  Wonderful.

4.  The screaming scene.  Probably this is when they see Fluffy the 3-Headed
Dog.  I know they are not in their pajamas, and Neville does not appear to
be with them, but some things are expendable when filming a book.  It's not
really necessary for Neville to be with them, and they could just as well be
wandering the halls at midnight in their black robes.  We can't expect every
detail to be identical to the book.  Someone has already mentioned that the
snake scene in the zoo might be cut.  It's really not necessary for us to
know, in the first film, that Harry can talk to snakes.  It's a wonderful
scene and I hope it's included, but I can see where it could be eliminated
for the sake of screentime (wonder if the movie will be two hours or only an
hour and a half?)

5.  Snape is luscious.  YUM YUM YUM.

6.  Draco looks perfect too.  Even in that itty bitty 2 or 3 seconds we see
him, you can tell he's DRACO.

7.  The train doesn't have very many cars -- how many students can actually
fit on that train they show?  Students who live nearer to Scotland must
travel some other way... Perhaps on another train, or on broomsticks, or
with Floo Powder into Hogsmeade, or maybe their Muggle parents might even
DRIVE them to school.

8.  Where's McGonagall's spectacles?  Put them on, Maggie!!

9.  They've spliced the scenes of the first Flying Class with the scenes of
Oliver Wood showing Harry the Bludger, so it looks like it's all the same
scene in the trailer, but I'm sure that the scene where the whole class
looks up is when Neville takes off, and the scene where Harry's head whips
up is the next day (?) when Wood takes him out to practice.  The Snitch is
not visible in the box they show in the trailer... just one big Quaffle and
two bludgers.

10.  Harry's hair does not appear black, and is not as messy as it's
described in the book, but Daniel is so cute I could just eat him up.  I
hope his head is screwed on straight and that he doesn't get his ego messed
up by the publicity and the fame.

OK, I'll stop talking now...
SML


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