"I'll be honest: the shrieking shack in the book is one massive exposition-a-thon. And to a certain extent, you can get away with that in a book, if it's interesting enough. But if in the movie, everyone sat down and took 20 minutes to explain the whole back story, it would have killed it."
You're not wrong and they WOULDN'T have been able to get away with that in the movie. But the fact that the best part of the book was a twenty minute exposition scene DOESN'T mute the fact that it makes the ending to the book better.
"Well, here's some different approaches:
-That's just one instance of her saying Voldemort in Chamber of Secrets. They could just ignore it and play it in the film exactly as in the book. Yes, it would create one minor continuity gaff. But, fans shouldn't get so anal about those. Just admit it was a mistake, and move on.
-OR: If it must be acknowledged, (which I still assert would be more trouble than it being worth,) then just set up a couple of scenes at grimmauld place and early hogwarts where Hermione really has become very superstitious about saying the name Voldemort. Explain that since Voldy's back, and Cedrick's Died, and Harry almost died, that she got just as afraid as everyone else was for a while. Then, when she's getting Harry to start the DA, her saying the name to convince him would still have resonance again.
Basically, it boils down to this: the internal continuity of each particular movie is more important than inter-movie continuity in this case. Oh, I'm not saying inter-movie continuity should be ignored. That's very important too. But, more so than the books, the movies have to re set up everything and re-sell it each time. dealing with Hermy's issues with Voldemort's name in this particular movie will cause very few to point out contradiction in Chamber of Secrets."
I like your second idea better. I think the movies would be better off in playing in their own external continuities instead of ignoring gaffes.
And I disagree about the movies being made to resell everything each time. It was true of the first three movies but Goblet of Fire jumps straight into the action. If I hadn't read the books or seen the first three movies I would have been lost during it. I think it's better for it.
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Date: 2007-01-15 09:14 pm (UTC)You're not wrong and they WOULDN'T have been able to get away with that in the movie. But the fact that the best part of the book was a twenty minute exposition scene DOESN'T mute the fact that it makes the ending to the book better.
"Well, here's some different approaches:
-That's just one instance of her saying Voldemort in Chamber of Secrets. They could just ignore it and play it in the film exactly as in the book. Yes, it would create one minor continuity gaff. But, fans shouldn't get so anal about those. Just admit it was a mistake, and move on.
-OR: If it must be acknowledged, (which I still assert would be more trouble than it being worth,) then just set up a couple of scenes at grimmauld place and early hogwarts where Hermione really has become very superstitious about saying the name Voldemort. Explain that since Voldy's back, and Cedrick's Died, and Harry almost died, that she got just as afraid as everyone else was for a while. Then, when she's getting Harry to start the DA, her saying the name to convince him would still have resonance again.
Basically, it boils down to this: the internal continuity of each particular movie is more important than inter-movie continuity in this case. Oh, I'm not saying inter-movie continuity should be ignored. That's very important too. But, more so than the books, the movies have to re set up everything and re-sell it each time. dealing with Hermy's issues with Voldemort's name in this particular movie will cause very few to point out contradiction in Chamber of Secrets."
I like your second idea better. I think the movies would be better off in playing in their own external continuities instead of ignoring gaffes.
And I disagree about the movies being made to resell everything each time. It was true of the first three movies but Goblet of Fire jumps straight into the action. If I hadn't read the books or seen the first three movies I would have been lost during it. I think it's better for it.