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07-13-2007, 12:08 AM
| | |  Goldenberg talks Quidditch, Snape & Neville
In a three-page interview Michael Goldenberg, screenwriter for Order of the Phoenix, talks about Quidditch, Snape & Neville, as well as many other things. Quote: That journey didn't include Rowling's Quidditch plot. It was one of the first things you cut, and it somehow hit the fan press, sparking an outcry.
Yeah, I think that was intentionally made public, just as a kind of heads up. The truth is that any movie made of this book, whoever made it, that had included the Quidditch subplot would have been a lesser film. You have to be ruthless about what stays in. And while I'm sympathetic to the fact that everyone has his or her favorite scene and wants to see it up on screen, you have to adhere to the larger goal of making a unified, cohesive film that works for everybody.
Quote: So what role does Snape play in the movie?
Snape is somebody who's very much in control. The most humiliating moment in his memory and in the film has to do with a moment at which he completely loses control. So he's pretty much the Hogwarts expert on control issues. I always like those moments where suddenly you realize that Snape is like Luna and Harry is like Snape. There's something terrifying in seeing your own blind spot revealed.
Quote: Are there any scenes you had to cut that you miss?
Nothing dramatic. One of first things I said to [producer] David Heyman when we were first talking about it was "We gotta keep St. Mungo's" [the wizarding hospital where Harry runs into schoolmate Neville and learns a sad secret about what happened to Neville's parents]. In early drafts it was there and you had the Neville scene, but it did slow things up, so we kept trying to compress it until it was basically a fly-through. Toward the end of shooting we had it in but it required a new set. And whatever people think about Harry Potter films, there are not unlimited budgets, and we didn't really need it to tell the story, so it got cut. But it was something we all held on to until the very end, and I would have liked to see it.
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There was a lot left out that I missed but all in all it was a great movie.
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It was a the best movie yet i just watched if you hvnt seen it you are missing out it was so great there were a lot of missing parts but the movie can only be about 2:30 minutes long and this is the biggest book it has over 800 pages but over all it was good i loved it
2nd to post everybody go watch the movie it is really good
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07-13-2007, 12:45 AM
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That was a very revealing interview. The best so far, with none of those annoying "so what's your favorite color?" questions.
Thanks!
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No hospital scene? 
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Ha! yes Goldenberg really made a very very big mistake! removing St. Mungo's and other things as well, i found the screenwriting very poor, its too bookish...and the sequencing of events was rather confusing so i cant figure out what's "...that Snape is like Luna and Harry is like Snape.." thingy...
well, its ok for me that he removed quidditch, but hey it cud be better if at least they include a bit of it...for the example the centaurs, they're not really focused on the film but at least they're there...
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That's just what I've been trying to tell you! (about snape) but noooooo noone wanted to...*goes on and on*
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That's a shame about the hospital scene, but it wasn't really needed.
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Originally Posted by Proffesor Snape  That's just what I've been trying to tell you! (about snape) but noooooo noone wanted to...*goes on and on* LOLZ!!!!
Good interview!
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i havent seen it yet....but it looks like a great movie from what i've seen so far on the Internet!
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There was quite abit cut... but I think it still worked.
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cant wait to see the movie!
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LOL. I like so much how he described Snape =))
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neat interview. i can't wait to see the movie!
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In the movie, Snape doesn't lose control when Harry sees his memory, I think that's the only thing Rickman did wrong, Snape should ha been infuriated.
But I agree Harry and Snape have more things in common than what lot of people may thing. both suffered alot when they were kids, and both have felt isolated. I think we'll see more about all this in the last book.  | |
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I did miss a lot in that movie, but it was still pretty good. I actually really missed the whole 'Weasley is our King' thing. 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rifraparo90 Ha! yes Goldenberg really made a very very big mistake! removing St. Mungo's and other things as well, i found the screenwriting very poor, its too bookish...and the sequencing of events was rather confusing so i cant figure out what's "...that Snape is like Luna and Harry is like Snape.." thingy...
well, its ok for me that he removed quidditch, but hey it cud be better if at least they include a bit of it...for the example the centaurs, they're not really focused on the film but at least they're there... If you read it properly, he kept in that scene, but it got removed because it slowed down the pace of the film and they couldn't afford to build the set. The spirit of it was still there when Neville told Harry in the Room of Requirement. They can't be pedantic about what they keep - unlike fans the crew have to be realistic.
He means Harry, Luna and Snape are all outcasts. Quote:
Snape doesn't lose control when Harry sees his memory, I think that's the only thing Rickman did wrong, Snape should ha been infuriated.
Well then we must have been watching different movies because he seemed pretty angry to me! Quote:
I actually really missed the whole 'Weasley is our King' thing.
But to be fair we knew about that cut months ago, so no-one should've been surprised to see it wasn't there.
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Great interview....yea i was kinda disappointed those parts were cut out and all but i Loved the moviez! | |
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Good interview.
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I didn't mind much the left out, but some of the essence of the book but in overall it was great movie!!
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