CoS - BBC - Dreams - MOVIE: CoS/PoA

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 27489

prefectmarcus wrote:

> How did the sink open up?

?  Tom opened it the same way Harry did.  Are you seeing a problem 
I'm not seeing?

> I do NOT dislike CoS.  However, it is my least favorite because 
there 
> are just too many logic holes requiring too many excuses for me to 
be 
> fully comfortable with the book. 

I guess even these things are in the eye of the beholder.  The other 
books seem just as holey to me.

> And I agree that Lockhart is too 
> broad of a character -- the original one-joke man.  It also annoys 
me 
> that Hermione is deceived by the git to the bitter end.

Me too!  

Steve wrote:

>First, I was approached by someone at the BBC about contributing to 
a documentary.

Ooh, tell us more!

Cindy wrote:

> But the one dream I can't make sense of is Harry's dream in PoA
> before the Quiddich final in which Neville plays seeker and the
> Slytherins ride dragons.  Does anyone have a theory?  It would be 
odd
> indeed if the other dream sequences have hidden meaning, but that
> this one is just a plain old bad dream.

I like a plain old bad dream being mixed in.  Dreams in books are big 
ol' red flags:  Here Be Important Meanings.  In HP, we're also primed 
to examine them for clues to the plot, right from Harry's very first 
dream (the flying motorcycle), which *we* know to be based on a 
memory.  But for them to work really well as clues, some have to be 
red herrings.  If ordinary dreams are mixed in, then we can never be 
sure which dreams to take seriously and which ones to dismiss, which 
makes for better plotting.

Luke wrote:

> I think it's a good answer for someone who's playing Harry, because 
> COS is the most Harry-centric in it's *themes*.  You have to admit 
> that COS, even with its less-than-tight plotting, stands out from 
the 
> others as having stronger themes.  There is much more inner Harry 
> conflict in this book than in the others.  

I had the same thought--that DR is answering this question as an 
actor, with an eye to "what really juicy scenes am I going to get to 
play?," even if that isn't a conscious consideration--but I think PoA 
is just as rich in internal-Harry-conflict.  Grief, anger, fear, 
guilt, vengefulness, alienation--Harry in PoA is an angst-lover's 
delight.

In the same interview, Rupert Grint said his favorite scene to shoot 
was the Devil's Snare because he got to drop down from a great height 
repeatedly (several takes).  You never know what bit is going to 
appeal to an actor . . . maybe Daniel Radcliffe liked CoS because 
he's going to get to be covered in blood and slime.  <g>

And when I wrote:

 > At the time he was cast, Daniel Radcliffe had only read the first 
two
 > (and I have serious reservations about their having cast any child
 > who found the books that unaddictive <g>).

Penny wrote:

> I had the same reservations, Amy.  But, my sister read in some 
> publication that gets sent to elementary school teachers that 
Radcliffe 
> is dyslexic.  If true, I can certainly forgive him for not having 
read 
> them all yet.  He's apparently also written or is writing a book 
about 
> his experience with dyslexia, HP, etc.

I was absolutely joking.  Whether he has dyslexia or no excuse <g 
again>, I am thrilled with everything I've seen of DR's performance 
and couldn't be happier about this casting decision.  Well, okay, I 
would be happier if they had cast *me.*  My screen test never went 
anywhere, though.  I think it's 'cause I'm American.

Amy Z
who was inspired by the CoS thread to get the tape out of the library 
for the umpteenth time, and laughed so hard at the de-gnoming scene 
that she had to pull over

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 Many people said he hadn't noticed he was dead.
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