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Looneybird · 04-21-2011, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mr_bellamy

For example, Steve Kloves wrote "DUMBLEDORE: Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?", but on the actual day of shooting, Mike Newell and Michael Gambon decided to have it go "DUMBLEDORE: HARRYDIDJAPUTYERNAMEINTHEGOBADAFIYAH!!!!!!"

Even the dreaded Harry/Hermione dance scene could have been a sweet moment, but Dan's performance and David Yates's direction made it seem like Harry was creeping on Hermione, not simply trying to cheer her up!

Thank you! My point exactly. That line in GoF always bothered me, even after all these years because it completely ruined the whole point of Dumbledore's character.

Same with the dance scene. They got it past Jo by telling her it was about friendship and if you read the script only and knew their character backgrouds, then you'd believe it was about friendship only. However, as I recall, when they had the ABC family previews last month, they had a video on the dance where Yates talked about how for a second Harry lusted after Hermione and had feelings for her. No words were said in that scene so it was free to interpretation whatever which way for the film makers, which they seized upon for another Harry/Hermione moment. It's all about delivery. The writing isn't always the case and that's why I feel as if we need to lay off of Kloves and give him some slack. After all, he wrote the first two films and most fans rarely ever had a problem with it. In my opinion, those films were perfect.

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Looneybird Puffskein Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Wonderland ❤ Posts: 1,367 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ferosa "Roe" Collins Second Year	ℭreative-tastic\| ✿ Color Magnet ✿ Quote: Originally Posted by mr_bellamy For example, Steve Kloves wrote "DUMBLEDORE: Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?", but on the actual day of shooting, Mike Newell and Michael Gambon decided to have it go "DUMBLEDORE: HARRYDIDJAPUTYERNAMEINTHEGOBADAFIYAH!!!!!!" Even the dreaded Harry/Hermione dance scene could have been a sweet moment, but Dan's performance and David Yates's direction made it seem like Harry was creeping on Hermione, not simply trying to cheer her up! Thank you! My point exactly. That line in GoF always bothered me, even after all these years because it completely ruined the whole point of Dumbledore's character. Same with the dance scene. They got it past Jo by telling her it was about friendship and if you read the script only and knew their character backgrouds, then you'd believe it was about friendship only. However, as I recall, when they had the ABC family previews last month, they had a video on the dance where Yates talked about how for a second Harry lusted after Hermione and had feelings for her. No words were said in that scene so it was free to interpretation whatever which way for the film makers, which they seized upon for another Harry/Hermione moment. It's all about delivery. The writing isn't always the case and that's why I feel as if we need to lay off of Kloves and give him some slack. After all, he wrote the first two films and most fans rarely ever had a problem with it. In my opinion, those films were perfect.