(Untitled)
Having finally got off my ass and done what I promised, here's a portion of my GoF review (cut into sections to prevent your eyes glazing over. Next bit will be up...um, soon, I hope!)
( Goblet of Fire, DVD Chapters 1-6 )
( Goblet of Fire, DVD Chapters 1-6 )
I know what you mean - it'll be really unbalanced, especially to the people who haven't read the books, especially if they keep in (or add extra) parts where the Slytherins (and other houses) are misbehaving; but on the other hand, the ending to GoF the movie is so positive that it'd be a shame to bring it down.
Her personality isn't the raging ball of sass we see in HBP, but she does have one.
I don't get why we couldn't keep Ginny in GoF the book - she seemed her 'real' self then: she joked about and hung around with the Twins and still liked Harry, after all, and she was nice, too.
I mean, jeez, if HBP was what she was keeping hidden, maybe she should have kept on faking a little longer.
Gambon is so hated by many canon evangelists (DD's just a widdle teddy bear, honest!)
They all adored him in POA, didn't they? Ooh, he's such a bland hippy, not like that nasty Harris (I kinda like both - Harris came off as really arrogant, which is how I see Dumbledore; whereas Gambon in POA seemed the kind of Dumbledore everyone else sees - nice - but then in GoF became more interesting and likeable, bitching Harry out and admitting to failings.)
Female friendship is okay if you're buddies with Hermione and can shun all those scarlet females who hang out with other silly girls!
Heh, that reminds me of my pet peeve, when people are like 'OMG, Hermione and Ginny are BFFs, clearly Rowling did this on purpose to show she thinks female friendships are just as great as male-female and male-male.'
Firstly, Ginny and Hermione's friendship doesn't even approach Hermione's friendship with the boys - it's like saying that Harry's friendship with Dean is equal to his with Ron.
Secondly, Hermione and Ginny's seems based entirely around the guys, like they're already sisters-in-law: every conversation they're described to have had, except I think one, about Luna; is about Ron, Harry or who they're dating. Thirdly, there doesn't appear to be any loyalty there at all when compared to their loyalty to the boys - Ginny, in particular seems to have gone into retrograde, so in GoF she was keeping Hermione's secrets; but by HBP, she's blabbing about Krum/Hr; and of course, putting Hermione in her place when she thinks that Hermione might not be being properly deferential to Harry.
I wonder if their going to add the Marietta "betrayal" in OotP. I am all set to root for team Cho and Marietta, should that be the case.
I imagine they'll have to - I mean, they could give Dumbledore another impetus to leave, but it obviously has to be to save Harry, since god knows he wouldn't self-sacrifice for anyone else.
I'll be on Team Cho and Marietta, too, though - it was nice to see someone saying 'I think this person was wrong, but I can also see their point of view' (eww, logic and empathy!) rather than 'If you don't agree with everything Harry says, you're dead to the world.'
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Can you imagine? 'She says Luna's a total piteous loser who she likes to call 'Looney' but it's in the script that she defend her occasionally so we can marvel at Ginny's tough brand of compassion.'
Yes, she did something wrong, but you can understand why, which makes her interesting.
There really doesn't seem to have been a good side in OotP.
She could have stuck by the DA, but imho, they were total assholes themselves (as the end hexing proved) and the whole reasoning behind the club seemed totally skewed (as did the entire subplot of Umbridge's classes - I was amazed how many people thought my namesake Slinkhard ;) the guy writing the textbook about how there might be non-violent solutions to disagreements was symbolic of Teh Evil of Bureaucracy or whatever half-assed political symbolism JKR was trying for.)
But it goes without saying that Umbridge's side was totally corrupt.
I guess Cho got the best circumstances of all - she had the knowledge from the DA, she got to leave before they really got creepy and power-trippy, she stood by her friend, and she didn't end up having to betray anyone (or getting disfigured.)
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