Harry Potter- round 6-who's ready?

[innerSpaceman]

I think they would have been wise to tear a page from the East of Eden playbook and film just the last 50 pages as a great movie.


The preceding 1150 pages were a complete snore. I can't see how anyone expects a decent movie to be made from such a craptacular book.




As for the other, I'd have to go back and rewatch Goblet of Fire ... something I'm not eager to do ... but I believe the dialogue was forceful and angry as written, and could not have reasonably been interpreted by another actor as a soothing refrain sung gently while stroking Harry's hair.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Looks so sexy and fashionable, when? Other than the Ball- when even in the book she is transformed into quite a beauty- I did not see this otherwise.

I remember scenes with her in curvy jeans and cute tops that fit nicely, not to mention her perfectly lustrous hair. That's not Hermione.

-I also saw the "screaming fit" as someone who was distressed and anxious- and sometimes we get agitated and yell when that happens.

Except that Dumbledore doesn't get agitated and yell. That's kind of the entire point of his character.

I don't care who's to blame - Gambon, director, screenwriter. It sucks, and it sure as hell ain't Dumbledore.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I don't care who's to blame - Gambon, director, screenwriter. It sucks, and it sure as hell ain't Dumbledore.

I cringe at it- and I am just trying to justify it in my own head- ya know?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

That's not Hermione.

I think a major thing people forget about the books is that they're completely from Harry's perspective. And it seems to me, if Harry doesn't overtly notice something, it doesn't get discussed. She stops talking about Hermione's bushy hair partway through, as she's made it through puberty. I think the book just starts out at her awkward phase and by book 5 she's pretty much through it.

Just as the grown-ups start out as (to an eleven-year-old) black-and-white, good-or-evil, somewhat distant... they eventually are depicted (with the exception of, say, Voldemort and company) as complex people who are human and who make mistakes. They were always complex, Harry just couldn't see him that way.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I think a major thing people forget about the books is that they're completely from Harry's perspective. And it seems to me, if Harry doesn't overtly notice something, it doesn't get discussed. She stops talking about Hermione's bushy hair partway through, as she's made it through puberty. I think the book just starts out at her awkward phase and by book 5 she's pretty much through it.

Just as the grown-ups start out as (to an eleven-year-old) black-and-white, good-or-evil, somewhat distant... they eventually are depicted (with the exception of, say, Voldemort and company) as complex people who are human and who make mistakes. They were always complex, Harry just couldn't see him that way.

It's an interesting point, though I was saying that she looked sexy before her unveiling at the ball in Goblet.

I don't wish to muddy up this thread with more debate - hope the Potterites have a blast!