Accio Nitpickium! The Nitpickers Thread

[Darth Geek]

She actually gets pretty snotty in interviews when asked about American wizard schools.  And correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think any Americans make an appearence in any of the novels.  She comes across as pretty anti American sometimes.  I mean, I don't give a crap personally so I'm not trying to make a thing out of it, but it's something I've noticed.

It's a British series written by a British woman about a British school. There isn't any reason to have Americans or any other nationality in it unless the author really wants them there. Why the hell are they asking the ACTRESS in an adapatation of someone elses work this question?

[ShadowDog]

That's all true, I just don't see why it's necessary for the author to have a snotty attitude when asked.  (And to be clear, I was talking about JKR's attitude, not the actresses)

Also, when you're writing an urban fantasy novel series with worldwide scope, it's not unusual to visit other countries.  Harry Dresden of the Dresden Files (a comparable series) visits Scotland all the time even though the series is set firmly in Chicago and is written by an American.

As far as why they're asking the actress, I think reporters want to think outside the box.  I was a PA once George Clooney was shooting a movie here in North Carolina.  They had a media day where reporters from all the other world came in and interviewed Clooney all afternoon.  Each reporter had 15 minutes to interview Clooney.  I stood there the whole time and I heard some questions 500 fucking times.  I don't know how Clooney didn't just tear his head out.  But he was patient and answered every one like it was the first time it was asked.  But he lit up whenever a reporter would ask an oddball, off the wall question.  See, some of the reporters were savvy enough to know all this, so they start off with a couple oddball questions to break the actor out of the monotony and get them paying attention to the interview.

I'm sure this is behind almost all the times you've heard a celebrity blurb ( "Brad Pitt says he always wanted to be a sauce chef" ) that just seems so off the wall and makes you wonder how the hell they got on that topic.  So just a guess, but I suspect that's how the Hermione actress could get on that subject.

[Lovye]

I apologize for the following:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/atlas/gazetteer/gazetteer-n.html#north_america

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/atlas/gazetteer/gazetteer-u.html#united_states

[ShadowDog]

Quadpot?  Quadpot?!?!?!?  She really needs to be slapped.

[Indomitus]

Quadpot.  It's like quadraphonic marijuana.  We don't like quidditch because duuuude, this is some good s**t.

[ShadowDog]

LMFAO

[Smith Dr John Smith]

I just don't like how they can throw the word magic around to defeat common sense.  "Harry's name came out of the goblet, so it's a binding magic contract"  No other contract would work like that.  It's fraud.  If Harry put his own name in there, he was in disregard of the rules and thus it is fraud.  If someone else put his name in there, then he didn't enter any contract on its own and trying to enforce it is fraud.  They add magic in there so they don't need people in there to make a decision.  We have no power at all over the contest we set up and are running.  We can make all the rules and regulations we want, but the inanimate object we left burning in the hallway has final say 'cause its magic.

Also, notice how everyone fraking cheats constantly, and it's just considered part of the game?  Why is that never really addressed?

That and Dumbledoor putting more kids in danger then the villain really bugged me.  I have never read the books but I get the feeling a lot of stuff was cut out for the movie.