30 Day HP Meme, Day 12

[featherxquill]

To the wank that seems to be going down at crack_broom, I have to say: LOL

No, seriously. People butthurt because their pairing has been demoted to a rarepair? Oh, the horror! You will see less recs on one particular comm for fic you will most likely be made aware of already by your flists/newsletters/other communities? Disaster!

Forgive me, but as someone who sees new fic featuring her favourite character once every three of four months (Beholder, usually at least one for a holiday exchange of some kind, and the occasional person who writes one out of the blue - ILU!), you must see how incredibly amused I am by the butthurt.

May I recommend reading Internet Drama and You? I think there are some people who could do with the 3Ps right now (that was written for RPers, but the ideas are equally as valid when talking about fanfic).

Now, on with the meme. Is it just me, or are some of these getting ever so slightly repetitive?

12. Favorite movie scene

Well, I love the movies, so it's kind of hard. I am frequently blown away by the sheer shiny, and only later do I realise what is missing, or on re-watching notice things that are actually kind of annoying. So I love a lot of the movie scenes: Every single one of Rita's, Minerva's, Snape's. Others? David Bradley's Filch is amazing, Lucius being dead sexy in CoS, Poppy Pomfrey! I really enjoyed Gemma Jones as Poppy in CoS, and was glad to see her again in HBP, even if she had no lines. Maybe in DH she'll get to say something? I love the Quidditch World Cup and the Yule Ball in GoF, loved seeing the Ministry of Magic in OotP, and yes, lots.

One of my favourite scenes, though, off the top of my head, didn't even make it into the films. It is the deleted scene in which Minerva addresses the Gryffindor common room after Sirius Black breaks in, and not only does she have her hair out (yay!), but Sir Cadogan (I LOVE SIR CADOGAN. IS THERE FIC ABOUT SIR CADOGAN?) is absolutely seriously trying to ravish the girl in the portrait before Minerva wants to speak to him. This scene is awesome. I am very sad that Sir Cadogan and hairout!Minerva got cut, but am glad we got to see it on the deleted scenes (I am absolutely certain they filmed more Rita than we got to see - there are pictures of her in costume during the third task, and when Harry is howling over Cedric's body, you can see, in the shadows, a hint of red coat that probably belonged to her, and why would they put her in costume and have her there unless they originally filmed her doing a bit more than sitting there/standing around? But we never got to see any of that, so my guess is that it all ended up on the cutting room floor somewhere. With any luck, after all the films are made, some ludicrously long and expensive re-releases will happen, featuring all the extra fun stuff they had left lying around).

Here are the deleted scenes from PoA. The one I'm talking about starts at about 4:36. Watching the first few seconds of this reminds me how much I hate the shrunken head.

Previous Answers


01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter
02. Your favorite book
03. What house would you be in?
04. Your favorite movie
05. Wizard Rock: discuss
06. Your favorite character(s)
07. Song that reminds you of HP
08. Your favorite ship(s)
09. Fanfiction: discuss
10. Favorite book moment(s)
11. Character you're crushing on
12. Favorite movie scene
13. Least favorite character(s)
14. Moments in the books/movies that made you cry
15. Whatever tickles your fancy
16. How have you participated in the fandom over the years?
17. Your favorite celebs from the movies or fandom
18. If you could change one thing about canon, what would it be?
19. A favorite fanart
20. A favorite quote
21. How has the HP fandom connected you to other fandoms, interests, or people?
22. Your favorite villain
23. Share some HP icons
24. Rant about Steve Kloves something
25. Song that reminds you of HP
26. What aspect of the books has been best translated to film?
27. What aspect of the books has been most poorly translated to film?
28. Hogwarts subject you would most like to take
29. Favorite location
30. Whatever tickles your fancy

Comments

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

Loves you back for posting that wonderful Minerva-scene! Thanks a million.

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know, it is so sad, they did not include it - I always had to explain where the pic is from when I used some Minerva-pic with her hair down in a Youtube-tribute or collage... (and how she puts her hand on Neville's shoulder, making up for scolding him the moment before....)...

[tetleythesecond]

I so love that scene! When the PoA film came out, there was a Harry Potter calendar on sale in German bookshops. And I was beside myself when I saw that it included a great picture of Minerva in a dressing gown, hair down, looking up at that portrait. Needless to say, I waited for that scene in vain (picture me sitting in the cinema, cleaning crew coming through, someone impatiently rattling with keys behind me ... "But...but...there still must be something on that reel...if you just rewound maybe to the place where ... no?")

[life-on-stage.livejournal.com]

Oh, you KNOW there wiil be a re-release of these films. The fact that they mentioned a 10 minute long duel between Sirius and Bellatrix in the 5th movie in an interview, and suddenly it's not in the film?

Reasons why they'll re-release longer versions:
1.everyone's doing it. AVATAR is being re-released into movie theatres because of 8 extra minutes. EIGHT! Lucas is re-releasing Star Wars in 3-D.
2. Money. Money. Money. Money! Make make of it.
3. One last bitchslap to Twilight. HP makes the final movie 2 parts? So does Twilight. Cedric. Edward. Meyers is pouting over her muse being ruined? Rowling should just bring out, along with the huge companion book she eventually wants to release, extended editions of the movies. She can do it, and you know the film studios would do it.

And the HP themepark! If that's any clue to how the world likes HP, there will be re-releases. By the way, if you ever want to go to that.... I'll gladly escort you. :P