Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Quick GoF Movie Update

I hope to have my usual TAR summary up a little later, maybe tomorrow at the latest, but in the meantime I found a summary of what's in and what's out of the Goblet of Fire movie. If you aren't interested, please stop reading. If you are, plow ahead:

What's been cut:
-The SPEW storyline
-The opening scene with the Dursleys
-The Hogwarts express (there are shots of it, but nothing in the train)
-The wand weighing.

What's still in:
-Creepy opening scene with Voldemort, Wormtail and Nagini
-The Dark Mark scene
-The "Potter Stinks" bit
-The skrewts
-The horntail challenge
-The merpeople challenge
-The final challenge (although the spider may NOT be in it, but the Sphinx is)
-Dobby and Winky
-The Portkeys
-Crouch freaking out
-The Pensieve scene
-Cedric's end

Things that are drastically reduced:
-Yule Ball
-Quidditch World Cup
-Rita Skeeter stuff (she's in it, but not as much as the book)
-Harry stressing over the egg clue
-Snape scenes (he's not in it much)
-Hagrid & Maxine love story (it's there, but just reduced to a few brief moments for humor)

Note on the ending: they manage to get it all pretty much in, which is surprising given what's going on.

That's all I've heard at the moment. I know the actors were seen filming the Stoatshead Hill scene and the trial of Barty Crouch Jr. scene. I'll keep everyone advised as I hear more.

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