Oh, right, I was going to make a useful comment, and forgot.
Dumbledore: I've read advice on writing books for kids. One of the things always mentioned is that the kids have to be the ones to solve the problems, no deus-ex-machina adults. This may be why Dumbledore, who is reputed to be so wise and knowledgeable, consistently acts like an idiot, unless he's giving exposition, or handing Harry something useful off-screen. It bothers me that this is handled badly, but maybe lots of people haven't noticed.
As for Goblet of Fire, I wonder how they're going to film something with such an unsympathetic main character. Harry whines for pretty much the entire book. Now maybe that's common for teenagers, but it's damned annoying.
"mystics with uselessly vague prophecies should really be shot in the face." No argument. However, this does follow common real-world examples. The vagueness, that is. It's got to be vague enough that the "mystic" has half a chance of finding some lunk who will say "I have a cousin named Jack!" when the mystic says "It's someone whose name begins with J... or maybe K..."
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Date: 2005-07-06 05:31 pm (UTC)Dumbledore: I've read advice on writing books for kids. One of the things always mentioned is that the kids have to be the ones to solve the problems, no deus-ex-machina adults. This may be why Dumbledore, who is reputed to be so wise and knowledgeable, consistently acts like an idiot, unless he's giving exposition, or handing Harry something useful off-screen. It bothers me that this is handled badly, but maybe lots of people haven't noticed.
As for Goblet of Fire, I wonder how they're going to film something with such an unsympathetic main character. Harry whines for pretty much the entire book. Now maybe that's common for teenagers, but it's damned annoying.
"mystics with uselessly vague prophecies should really be shot in the face." No argument. However, this does follow common real-world examples. The vagueness, that is. It's got to be vague enough that the "mystic" has half a chance of finding some lunk who will say "I have a cousin named Jack!" when the mystic says "It's someone whose name begins with J... or maybe K..."