Missed Opportunities in PoA movie -Was Re: GoF Reduction Discussion

[Lynn Eddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 103766

Ariana wrote:
>
> (Having said that, PoA wasted a good chunk of screen time on the
> Knight Bus, which served no useful purpose to the plot compared to
> say, explaining who the Marauders were, so I don't know that they
> won't succumb to the "cool" factor of the World Cup and skip the
> whole 'Moody is actually Crouch Jr' plot instead! :)


I really thought the director missed a great opportunity in the movie 
with the Knight Bus. It wasn't very funny in the movie with the bus 
careening around. What was hysterical in the book was the idea of 
Muggle things getting out of the way of the bus. And because it 
condensed to be set in London, I had mental pictures of Harry staring 
in bemused horror out the window, saying something like "Wasn't that 
..........Buckingham Palace?" as the bus approached and then went under 
the suddenly arched middle section of the Palace.


Laura Peregrine