*yawns* A semi-triumphant return
Okay. So...
...I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 just yesterday. With my old guy friend - thanks to the recent mishap of having to replace my beloved Kindle (more on my thoughts there later), Mom and I were stuck having to wait a week to see it otherwise. But Tony called this morning with the offer, and Mom said it was okay that I go. So I went.
...did I mention that I don't handle change well?
I mean, yes, I know that there's a lot that they'd have to get rid of. I know that Rowling herself oversees production. What baffles and frustrates me is what they choose to change and what they choose to add as well as leave out. The fight at the Weasley house in the sixth movie? What the fuck was up with that? You could have had the D.A. versus the infiltrating Death Eaters and you gave us that? On what planet was that better? All the scenes that could have been kept in if you'd left out that useless scene, just, just...argh!
Basically? Most of the changes they've seen fit to make to the movies make me shake my fists at an uncaring world and mentally scream "whyyyyyy?" Because most of them seems so...pointless. They could just as easily have been left the same. I don't understand why they'd change them except to piss off the fans or appeal to those who haven't actually read the books. And even then - why would not changing things bug the people who haven't read the books?!
That was why Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was such a relief for me - yes, stuff was excised, but the large majority of the film was remarkably faithful to the book. It was a breath of fresh air and a great movie. Most of the world seems to agree that it was one of the best. So why the fuck couldn't you keep to that formula for Part 2???
A lot of the deviations were small - I'm not going to deny that. But they piled up and up until, by the end, I was so hyperaware of everything they'd changed that I was ready to tear my hair out.
Right. This will probably go faster if I just...make a list. A very specific list. Like, lots of scenes cited. You have been warned.
Didn't Like:
- The constant mispronouncing of Bellatrix's name. Learn some French, please.
- The fact that Griphook and the goblin that was Imperio'd to help them into the vault both died. Why would you do that? Actually, I suspect why they'd do it, and it pisses me off. Griphook dared to betray the heroes, therefore he is bad and does not deserve to live - nevermind the fact that it was meant to show in the books that Goblins are layered creatures apart from Wizards who suffer real harm from Wizard ignorance, and that it wasn't just a Wizard's war. And the poor Imperio'd Goblin died just to show how badass the dragon was and because the directors couldn't think up what to do with him.
- Everyone else who died in the aftermath of their escape from Gringotts. Everyone. Correct me if I'm wrong, but...the flight of the dragon actually didn't take any lives, right? It was too focused on getting out and everyone else was too scared of it. Yeah. In this movie, at least half a dozen people were killed. This was followed up by Voldemort massacring everyone in the immediate vicinity. It reaked of an attempt to make the movie and the villain Darker and Edgier, which...a.) a bit late in the game for that, and b.) he's plenty Dark and Edgy without being Darth Vadar, thanks. Voldemort did not kill that indiscriminately!
- Harry's "dramatic confrontation" of Professor Snape needlessly screwed up the timeline and generally accomplished nothing. You could easily have kept to the original scene and taken a lot less time doing so.
- You're sending the Slytherins to the dungeons? And sounding smug while doing so? They are children, for fuck's sake, and the dungeons have no secret passageways that weren't sealed at the beginning of the year! They are not goddamn war prisoners, or wouldn't be if you were acting like your canon selves!
- You gave Voldemort a goddamn army? Did you read the books?! There were maybe forty Death Eaters! Maybe! They were his most trusted inner circle, from old wizard families, all capable of casting magic. I counted a couple of hundred lined up with him - that is not in keeping with Voldemort's character or the nature of the Death Eaters. You turned the Battle of Hogwarts into the Battle of Helm's Keep - the two are not compatible!
- And you didn't let the younger students out of the school? They would have had the time, they had the secret passage, and McGonagoll would have made them vacate!
- And...you apparently forgot that George was only supposed to have one ear? I counted two on both twins. Major fail.
- The Quidditch pitch would have been inside the protections, thanks, since it is on the grounds.
- No centaurs. No house elves. No Grawp. Way to blow the eventual moment of cooperation between races out of the water, movie.
- You can't just stand in front of the Room and wish it there. Walk back and forth six times. Even a hint at that would have been nice.
- Hah. Hah hah. You screwed yourselves over there. We never got the foreshadowing in Half Blood Prince that would allow Harry to locate the diadem in the Room. You were too busy drilling in romantic scenes with Harry and Ginny. So you just went ahead and gave him a "mystical sense" to locate the Horcruxes. Fuck you. What was the point of the first movie if he could have done that?
- You. Cannot. Block. Fiendfyre! Not even Hermione could do that. That was the entire point of that scene - it was too powerful for them. If she could have blocked it, if Harry could have blocked it or even delayed it, a lot of the haste in the original scene is gone!
- Voldemort does not kill people that indiscriminately. Especially not his own. Oh, wait, I forgot, he has a Spawning Point's worth of the bastards! Carry on.
- Did we really need to see their retrieval of the basilisk fangs? And in such detail? A quick look would have worked fine. You spent valuable minutes on something that was back story.
- Quit with the HarryXHermione moments, thanks. And quit with the Ron bashing! Geez, Hermione and Ron have kissed on screen already, you'd think they'd move on!
- You couldn't even give us Fred's death scene? Well, fuck you too, movie. And Percy has ceased to exist. Of course he has.
- Was there...something that prevented them from using the Shrieking Shack again? Can we stop adding architecture to Hogwarts, please, it's complicated enough as it is.
- Okay, I get that kids can accomplish magic adult wizards can, but never to that large a degree and never that controlled. That just...isn't even remotely feasible. Voldemort couldn't pull off stuff like that.
- He...hugs Hermione goodbye on his way to the Forbidden Forest...but not Ron? Not his best friend? I was absolutely growling by then.
- Gary Oldman just...isn't even trying anymore, is he?
- If you'd give us a hint that Teddy existed, this scene might mean more.
- Where the fuck has Hagrid been all this time?! And you give him two lines?! Two lines for Harry's death, and then he goes quiet? No! I deny you, movie, I deny you so bad!
- Neville was not in real need, there. The hat was not on his head, and it was not on fire. Also - Nagini was supposed to die in that moment. Instead, the moment of her death is dragged on anywhere from five to ten further minutes - closer to ten, really. At which point, the movie apparently tries to misdirect us into thinking that Ron or Hermione is going to kill her. Movie, everyone and their father knows that Neville is going to kill that snake. Everyone and their mother is waiting for Neville to be the one to kill that snake. You could have cut that scene, let Neville kill Nagini on schedule, and given us Fred's death scene! Instead, you needlessly tease us. It accomplishes absolutely nothing.
- Voldemort does not resort to Muggle dueling. Voldemort is a wimp at Muggle dueling. He considers it beneath him, and would never stoop to touching someone he thought was as far beneath him as Harry was.
- Expelliarmus is purple, not red! No, I refuse to believe that he's casting Stupefy. The use of Expelliarmus to defeat Voldemort was one of the greatest moments of parallelism between Harry and Voldemort.
- And this might have just been my own hysteria, but I didn't see the curse rebounding back on Voldemort. I saw Harry overpowering Voldemort. I saw Harry turning both curses on him. That is a huge, huge difference.
- Right. Snap the Elder Wand and toss it into a river. Without using it to repair your beloved phoenix feather wand that has been yours' and always has been yours'. Idiot.
Did Like:
- They fixed one of my biggest complaints from the end of the first movie and took care to show Dobby's gravestone, properly inscribed. Thank you, that...actually helped a great deal.
- The conversations with Griphook and Ollivander were faithful to the books. This was good, and saved a lot of confusion later.
- Mad props to Helena Bonham Carter. I don't know how she did it, but she genuinely came off like Hermione pretending to be Bellatrix, and she didn't do it by relying solely on the fact that Emma Watson's voice was coming out of her mouth.
- I...actually thought having Ron use Imperius as well was a nice touch. A nice moment to show that they're all that desperate and are ready to stand beside Harry.
- Not gonna lie, the vault scene was great and less complicated with the removal of the heat charms. The escape on the back of the dragon? Glorious.
- Aberforth fulfilled his role nicely, managing to convey a lot of what was unsaid and what had to be left unsaid about his story and Ariana's. A very good actor - Mom says we know him from somewhere, but I'm drawing a blank.
- Maggie Smith is definitely getting up there in years. I definitely got the impression that a lot of what she was being called on to do was tiring her the hell out. Nevertheless, she gave McGonagall her final due, playing out some of her best scenes with decent enough acting. The fight with Snape was especially nice, the moments of establishing protection around the castle even better.
- Luna might have been denied her original CMOA from the book, but she gets a new one. A brief one, but it's definitely a CMOA. "Harry Potter, you listen to me right now!"
- NEVILLE x LUNA IS CANON I ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS SO!!! ^-^ You go tell that girl you love her, Neville. She's a lucky lady, and you're a lucky guy, and the Wizarding World will never be the same. Rowling, if that was a bone thrown to us by virtue of the fact that even you saw the Neville X Luna chemistry too late? I thank you. It was nice.
- Whoever they got to play the Grey Lady? Damn, but she had fun with this. As a ghost, she got off some moments that had me shivering in my seat.
- I can't fault them for sending Blaise into the Room instead of Crabbe, seeing as how Crabbe's actor was arrested and therefore removed from the cast. Fair enough. It's not like Crabbe and Goyle weren't basically interchangeable even in the books.
- The scene in the room was otherwise quite faithful, which was a nice little relief. Especially the dialogue. Hee! Except then you go and stab the diadem and then toss it into the fire? What?
- All of the teachers got some very good moments, from Flitwick to Sprout. Lupin and Tonks also got some very nice shots that I thought actually led into their deaths quite nicely.
- Lavendar was...actually given a definite fate. Granted, that definite fate was dead. Or...I'm pretty sure that was her Parvati and Professor Trelawny were zipping into a body bag. It would make the most sense - it's not like the filmmakers remember that Parvati has a twin that often. And either way, the moment where they do so is actually a sweet, genuinely touching moment between a teacher and her favorite student.
- Snape's death? No complaints. It was brutal and bloody and visceral, and they made sure to include everything that needed to be included. "Look at me" could never have been uttered by a better actor.
- While I...got the very definite impression that Alan Rickman was overextending his acting chops during a lot of the memories, you could tell he was trying. During those moments where he actually managed to break past his usual limits? I was impressed, and moved. He definitely brought something to those scenes
- The moment where Lupin and Tonk's death was revealed had all the right emotion, all the right camera work
- The scene with the stone? For all my complaints, it was a beautiful scene, nearly as moving as it was in the books, and I did tear up a little.
- I was so glad to see Hagrid. He was terminally underused in this movie, but I'm just glad they didn't forget him entirely.
- Scene at King's Cross? No complaints. Everything was said and explained that needed to be said and explained, and Michael Gambon made sure to bow out with a bang, acting wise. And their portrayal of the mutilated seventh of Voldemort's show that was inside of Harry? Genuinely creepy and disgusting, and with the television I watch lately, that isn't an easy reaction to get out of me.
- Narcissa. You beautiful, devious creature. Marry me, for you are one of the most awesome things about this film.
- Voldemort's brief moment of triumph over Harry's death? Props to Ralph Fiennes. He knew it was his swan song and he chewed the scenery for all it had. It was quite fun to watch, and appropriate for the character when all was said and done. Bellatrix played off of him nicely and added a lot to the scenes.
- Ah, so the movie did remember that Voldemort could fly. I was pleased to see that, as you might imagine. It led to another tense, honestly creepy scene between the two of them.
- What is this? A moment showing the Malfoys as real human beings who are devoted to and protect one another? Shock and horror! The moment where they basically go "fuck this noise" and actually walk off into the sunset? Glorious. Simply...glorious.
- Five words - "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" Hee! The movie theater broke into applause.
- The moments of celebration at the end were believable, sweet, and fun to watch. No complaints. Especially with another wink to the Neville X Luna shippers.
- I should...probably be deeply amused that Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, and Carter really are old enough to play themselves nineteen years later with the right makeup. And I am. But it's also gratifying. We deserve to end with the same bunch we came in with. And their kids are genuinely adorable.
- The scene between Harry and Albus was sweet, succinct, and faithful to the books.
- I...might have teared up a bit when the Hogwarts Express rolled off for the last time. Just a bit. Teeny tiny bit.
- And is it just me, or did anyone else see a nice little bit of symmetry with the kids in the same compartment with the crow in the cage and the chocolate frog hopping against the window and the errant magic drawing attention to themselves. No? Just me? That's okay.
...I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 just yesterday. With my old guy friend - thanks to the recent mishap of having to replace my beloved Kindle (more on my thoughts there later), Mom and I were stuck having to wait a week to see it otherwise. But Tony called this morning with the offer, and Mom said it was okay that I go. So I went.
...did I mention that I don't handle change well?
I mean, yes, I know that there's a lot that they'd have to get rid of. I know that Rowling herself oversees production. What baffles and frustrates me is what they choose to change and what they choose to add as well as leave out. The fight at the Weasley house in the sixth movie? What the fuck was up with that? You could have had the D.A. versus the infiltrating Death Eaters and you gave us that? On what planet was that better? All the scenes that could have been kept in if you'd left out that useless scene, just, just...argh!
Basically? Most of the changes they've seen fit to make to the movies make me shake my fists at an uncaring world and mentally scream "whyyyyyy?" Because most of them seems so...pointless. They could just as easily have been left the same. I don't understand why they'd change them except to piss off the fans or appeal to those who haven't actually read the books. And even then - why would not changing things bug the people who haven't read the books?!
That was why Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was such a relief for me - yes, stuff was excised, but the large majority of the film was remarkably faithful to the book. It was a breath of fresh air and a great movie. Most of the world seems to agree that it was one of the best. So why the fuck couldn't you keep to that formula for Part 2???
A lot of the deviations were small - I'm not going to deny that. But they piled up and up until, by the end, I was so hyperaware of everything they'd changed that I was ready to tear my hair out.
Right. This will probably go faster if I just...make a list. A very specific list. Like, lots of scenes cited. You have been warned.
Didn't Like:
- The constant mispronouncing of Bellatrix's name. Learn some French, please.
- The fact that Griphook and the goblin that was Imperio'd to help them into the vault both died. Why would you do that? Actually, I suspect why they'd do it, and it pisses me off. Griphook dared to betray the heroes, therefore he is bad and does not deserve to live - nevermind the fact that it was meant to show in the books that Goblins are layered creatures apart from Wizards who suffer real harm from Wizard ignorance, and that it wasn't just a Wizard's war. And the poor Imperio'd Goblin died just to show how badass the dragon was and because the directors couldn't think up what to do with him.
- Everyone else who died in the aftermath of their escape from Gringotts. Everyone. Correct me if I'm wrong, but...the flight of the dragon actually didn't take any lives, right? It was too focused on getting out and everyone else was too scared of it. Yeah. In this movie, at least half a dozen people were killed. This was followed up by Voldemort massacring everyone in the immediate vicinity. It reaked of an attempt to make the movie and the villain Darker and Edgier, which...a.) a bit late in the game for that, and b.) he's plenty Dark and Edgy without being Darth Vadar, thanks. Voldemort did not kill that indiscriminately!
- Harry's "dramatic confrontation" of Professor Snape needlessly screwed up the timeline and generally accomplished nothing. You could easily have kept to the original scene and taken a lot less time doing so.
- You're sending the Slytherins to the dungeons? And sounding smug while doing so? They are children, for fuck's sake, and the dungeons have no secret passageways that weren't sealed at the beginning of the year! They are not goddamn war prisoners, or wouldn't be if you were acting like your canon selves!
- You gave Voldemort a goddamn army? Did you read the books?! There were maybe forty Death Eaters! Maybe! They were his most trusted inner circle, from old wizard families, all capable of casting magic. I counted a couple of hundred lined up with him - that is not in keeping with Voldemort's character or the nature of the Death Eaters. You turned the Battle of Hogwarts into the Battle of Helm's Keep - the two are not compatible!
- And you didn't let the younger students out of the school? They would have had the time, they had the secret passage, and McGonagoll would have made them vacate!
- And...you apparently forgot that George was only supposed to have one ear? I counted two on both twins. Major fail.
- The Quidditch pitch would have been inside the protections, thanks, since it is on the grounds.
- No centaurs. No house elves. No Grawp. Way to blow the eventual moment of cooperation between races out of the water, movie.
- You can't just stand in front of the Room and wish it there. Walk back and forth six times. Even a hint at that would have been nice.
- Hah. Hah hah. You screwed yourselves over there. We never got the foreshadowing in Half Blood Prince that would allow Harry to locate the diadem in the Room. You were too busy drilling in romantic scenes with Harry and Ginny. So you just went ahead and gave him a "mystical sense" to locate the Horcruxes. Fuck you. What was the point of the first movie if he could have done that?
- You. Cannot. Block. Fiendfyre! Not even Hermione could do that. That was the entire point of that scene - it was too powerful for them. If she could have blocked it, if Harry could have blocked it or even delayed it, a lot of the haste in the original scene is gone!
- Voldemort does not kill people that indiscriminately. Especially not his own. Oh, wait, I forgot, he has a Spawning Point's worth of the bastards! Carry on.
- Did we really need to see their retrieval of the basilisk fangs? And in such detail? A quick look would have worked fine. You spent valuable minutes on something that was back story.
- Quit with the HarryXHermione moments, thanks. And quit with the Ron bashing! Geez, Hermione and Ron have kissed on screen already, you'd think they'd move on!
- You couldn't even give us Fred's death scene? Well, fuck you too, movie. And Percy has ceased to exist. Of course he has.
- Was there...something that prevented them from using the Shrieking Shack again? Can we stop adding architecture to Hogwarts, please, it's complicated enough as it is.
- Okay, I get that kids can accomplish magic adult wizards can, but never to that large a degree and never that controlled. That just...isn't even remotely feasible. Voldemort couldn't pull off stuff like that.
- He...hugs Hermione goodbye on his way to the Forbidden Forest...but not Ron? Not his best friend? I was absolutely growling by then.
- Gary Oldman just...isn't even trying anymore, is he?
- If you'd give us a hint that Teddy existed, this scene might mean more.
- Where the fuck has Hagrid been all this time?! And you give him two lines?! Two lines for Harry's death, and then he goes quiet? No! I deny you, movie, I deny you so bad!
- Neville was not in real need, there. The hat was not on his head, and it was not on fire. Also - Nagini was supposed to die in that moment. Instead, the moment of her death is dragged on anywhere from five to ten further minutes - closer to ten, really. At which point, the movie apparently tries to misdirect us into thinking that Ron or Hermione is going to kill her. Movie, everyone and their father knows that Neville is going to kill that snake. Everyone and their mother is waiting for Neville to be the one to kill that snake. You could have cut that scene, let Neville kill Nagini on schedule, and given us Fred's death scene! Instead, you needlessly tease us. It accomplishes absolutely nothing.
- Voldemort does not resort to Muggle dueling. Voldemort is a wimp at Muggle dueling. He considers it beneath him, and would never stoop to touching someone he thought was as far beneath him as Harry was.
- Expelliarmus is purple, not red! No, I refuse to believe that he's casting Stupefy. The use of Expelliarmus to defeat Voldemort was one of the greatest moments of parallelism between Harry and Voldemort.
- And this might have just been my own hysteria, but I didn't see the curse rebounding back on Voldemort. I saw Harry overpowering Voldemort. I saw Harry turning both curses on him. That is a huge, huge difference.
- Right. Snap the Elder Wand and toss it into a river. Without using it to repair your beloved phoenix feather wand that has been yours' and always has been yours'. Idiot.
Did Like:
- They fixed one of my biggest complaints from the end of the first movie and took care to show Dobby's gravestone, properly inscribed. Thank you, that...actually helped a great deal.
- The conversations with Griphook and Ollivander were faithful to the books. This was good, and saved a lot of confusion later.
- Mad props to Helena Bonham Carter. I don't know how she did it, but she genuinely came off like Hermione pretending to be Bellatrix, and she didn't do it by relying solely on the fact that Emma Watson's voice was coming out of her mouth.
- I...actually thought having Ron use Imperius as well was a nice touch. A nice moment to show that they're all that desperate and are ready to stand beside Harry.
- Not gonna lie, the vault scene was great and less complicated with the removal of the heat charms. The escape on the back of the dragon? Glorious.
- Aberforth fulfilled his role nicely, managing to convey a lot of what was unsaid and what had to be left unsaid about his story and Ariana's. A very good actor - Mom says we know him from somewhere, but I'm drawing a blank.
- Maggie Smith is definitely getting up there in years. I definitely got the impression that a lot of what she was being called on to do was tiring her the hell out. Nevertheless, she gave McGonagall her final due, playing out some of her best scenes with decent enough acting. The fight with Snape was especially nice, the moments of establishing protection around the castle even better.
- Luna might have been denied her original CMOA from the book, but she gets a new one. A brief one, but it's definitely a CMOA. "Harry Potter, you listen to me right now!"
- NEVILLE x LUNA IS CANON I ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS SO!!! ^-^ You go tell that girl you love her, Neville. She's a lucky lady, and you're a lucky guy, and the Wizarding World will never be the same. Rowling, if that was a bone thrown to us by virtue of the fact that even you saw the Neville X Luna chemistry too late? I thank you. It was nice.
- Whoever they got to play the Grey Lady? Damn, but she had fun with this. As a ghost, she got off some moments that had me shivering in my seat.
- I can't fault them for sending Blaise into the Room instead of Crabbe, seeing as how Crabbe's actor was arrested and therefore removed from the cast. Fair enough. It's not like Crabbe and Goyle weren't basically interchangeable even in the books.
- The scene in the room was otherwise quite faithful, which was a nice little relief. Especially the dialogue. Hee! Except then you go and stab the diadem and then toss it into the fire? What?
- All of the teachers got some very good moments, from Flitwick to Sprout. Lupin and Tonks also got some very nice shots that I thought actually led into their deaths quite nicely.
- Lavendar was...actually given a definite fate. Granted, that definite fate was dead. Or...I'm pretty sure that was her Parvati and Professor Trelawny were zipping into a body bag. It would make the most sense - it's not like the filmmakers remember that Parvati has a twin that often. And either way, the moment where they do so is actually a sweet, genuinely touching moment between a teacher and her favorite student.
- Snape's death? No complaints. It was brutal and bloody and visceral, and they made sure to include everything that needed to be included. "Look at me" could never have been uttered by a better actor.
- While I...got the very definite impression that Alan Rickman was overextending his acting chops during a lot of the memories, you could tell he was trying. During those moments where he actually managed to break past his usual limits? I was impressed, and moved. He definitely brought something to those scenes
- The moment where Lupin and Tonk's death was revealed had all the right emotion, all the right camera work
- The scene with the stone? For all my complaints, it was a beautiful scene, nearly as moving as it was in the books, and I did tear up a little.
- I was so glad to see Hagrid. He was terminally underused in this movie, but I'm just glad they didn't forget him entirely.
- Scene at King's Cross? No complaints. Everything was said and explained that needed to be said and explained, and Michael Gambon made sure to bow out with a bang, acting wise. And their portrayal of the mutilated seventh of Voldemort's show that was inside of Harry? Genuinely creepy and disgusting, and with the television I watch lately, that isn't an easy reaction to get out of me.
- Narcissa. You beautiful, devious creature. Marry me, for you are one of the most awesome things about this film.
- Voldemort's brief moment of triumph over Harry's death? Props to Ralph Fiennes. He knew it was his swan song and he chewed the scenery for all it had. It was quite fun to watch, and appropriate for the character when all was said and done. Bellatrix played off of him nicely and added a lot to the scenes.
- Ah, so the movie did remember that Voldemort could fly. I was pleased to see that, as you might imagine. It led to another tense, honestly creepy scene between the two of them.
- What is this? A moment showing the Malfoys as real human beings who are devoted to and protect one another? Shock and horror! The moment where they basically go "fuck this noise" and actually walk off into the sunset? Glorious. Simply...glorious.
- Five words - "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" Hee! The movie theater broke into applause.
- The moments of celebration at the end were believable, sweet, and fun to watch. No complaints. Especially with another wink to the Neville X Luna shippers.
- I should...probably be deeply amused that Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, and Carter really are old enough to play themselves nineteen years later with the right makeup. And I am. But it's also gratifying. We deserve to end with the same bunch we came in with. And their kids are genuinely adorable.
- The scene between Harry and Albus was sweet, succinct, and faithful to the books.
- I...might have teared up a bit when the Hogwarts Express rolled off for the last time. Just a bit. Teeny tiny bit.
- And is it just me, or did anyone else see a nice little bit of symmetry with the kids in the same compartment with the crow in the cage and the chocolate frog hopping against the window and the errant magic drawing attention to themselves. No? Just me? That's okay.