Hey Look, I’m Actually Discussing Harry Potter

[meddow]

Have we had any confirmation that Thestrals are going to make an appearance in OotP? I just had a thought that the broomsticks over London scene may not be the advance guard.

I’m really hoping we’re not going to have another way to long sequence of something incredibly pretty, such as broomstick riding in London, but completely inessential to the plot. My biggest beef with the PoA movie is that we had all that long knightbus sequence and not ten seconds of Sirius saying “and by the way Harry, your Patronus is a stag because us and Peter were animagus. Oh, yeah and Snape hates our guts cause I set Remus on him one night. Dude really needs to get a sense of humour.” (See also: Buckbeak flying scene, Dragon attack scene)

ETA: Well, the HBO special answered that question for me.

Comments

[snorkackcatcher]

I've pretty sure that the thestral plot won't be there. For a start, it depends in the book on the previous carriage scenes, and they weren't in the earlier movies, were they? Also, it is only a minor subplot, and I can't blame the producers for CGI-ing brooms instead.

Then again, we are very likely to get long sequences of something incredibly pretty, but completely inessential to the plot. Gotta justify that budget somehow. (And the butchering of the Shack scene annoys me no end too -- I'd rather have detail there instead of all the focus on the Time-Turnering. I wonder if the DVD extras version is any better?

[meddow.livejournal.com]

The DVD verson is no better. I went to see PoA with a friend who had not read the book and who was thoroughly confused, so really there was no justification for changing the scene.

The HBO special had mention of Thestrals, with a snippet of Luna introducing them to Harry. It does now make me now wonder if we’re going to have two very pretty flying sequences. Personally, I would much rather have the Thestrals cut and instead have Rita Skeeter make it in.