Connection between books 2 and 5 - veil?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 98107

Rebecca wrote:
> Did we ever come to a consensus on what the important bit from 
> book 2 was?
> Because I just read this essay (someone at fictionalley posted the 
> link) and it's interesting.  If it's already been brought up, I 
> apologize.  Anyway, this essay speculates that the black curtain 
> in the death day party is the same as the veil in OOTP.
> Here's a link:  http://harmony.portkey.org/theories/veilmystery.php
 
Inge replied:
> Aw, that was interesting. I wondered why the DeathDay-scene wasn't 
> in the movie though. If the drapes to Nick's party resemble the 
> veil in book 5 - wouldn't JK have thought it too important to 
> leave out?


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
Absolutely, Inge, that was my reaction, too.  The author of the 
essay chose to place this quote at the very top --

"There's one thing in Chamber, actually, that Jo indicated will play 
later in the series."
-- Steve Kloves, Chamber of Secrets DVD Interview 

That's Steve Kloves, the screenwriter for the movie, of course.  To 
then go on & propose this theory that the deathday party's drapes 
are the same as the veil from the DoM doesn't quite make sense, 
because the whole POINT of Kloves' comment was that he sometimes has 
to leave things *IN* the screenplay because JKR knows they're 
important.  Yet Nick's deathday party *ISN'T* in the movie.

On the other hand, the similarities the author notes are quite 
interesting....

Siriusly Snapey Susan