Re: Ron, and Emma Watson on her OotP Character

In article <1178462393.367507.289250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Karnak17 <karnak17@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Having seen Harry and Umbridge in the preview last night, I have to
point out that Harry is now being played by a tall grown man, not a
skinny boy. Having a tall grown man face off against a short little
woman is something that might NOT have played well on screen, and
given a different impression from reading the same thing in the
books.

In the book, I don't recall that Umbridge was short. She was
fat enough to be squat: wide in relation to her height, but
she may well have been tall as well.

Harry has grown taller in the books, and he is beginning to fill
out, partly because of lots of heavy meals and Quidditch exercise
(not to mention seven flights of stairs several times daily).
Nevertheless, he is still a gangly 15-year-old boy facing a menacing
and heavyweight authority figure. He won't be a grown man even
in wizard terms until he is 17.

Dan isn't that much older than Harry. Screen tricks, makeup and
costuming can make Dan look smaller in those scenes where he has
to interact with Umbridge. It works with Hagrid. We're going to
see Harry facing Snape, too; are those scenes going to lose strength
because Dan is tall now? I'll be they use screen tricks to make
Harry look shorter than Snape.

Giving the lion's share of defiance to the skinny female may
have worked better on screen, given the pretty-much-adult actors
they are required to work with at this point.

It may also help to support Hermione's leading Umbridge out to
be attacked by centaurs. It gives Hermione a more personal motive
than simply defending her friend.

We really can't judge the changes to the film until we SEE them. And
personal potshots at Watson are uncalled for regardless.

Right.

Still, it is a problem that they have essentially cut Ron's story
entirely. Ron's development versus the Twins has been an ongoing
theme, and I feel that his achievement of one of his deepest desires
(as seen in book 1) should have been acknowledged onscreen. Ron's
strategy ability in chess is on a flat board; his Quidditch experience
is giving him 3-D strategy experience as well as training in leading
a group.

=Tamar

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