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I just reread what I posted. When I said “voldy himself as a snake”, I mean him possessing nagini, and attacking Arthur.

Good Lord…I nearly had a heart attack.

But for once I’m actually in agreement with the screenwriting. (And it’s even KLOVES! Steve Kloves! Definitely not in Kansas anymore…)

Based on the rough cut, it actually looks like it could be a good edition.

P.S. Did anyone else find the description of Bellatrix as a “crazed woodland nymph” completely hilarious? xD

So the fact that Barron confirmed a scene at the burrow, which demonstrates that no where is safe, doesn’t seem to connect to the scene where there is a fight at the burrow? Hmm JohnBob you are one smart cookie. You should also ignore the evidence of the informant telling us that Fenrir was in it, then 2 weeks later he is cast, or that they filmed a two minute scene of reeds with Bonnie and Dan’s stunt double.

The script is REAL. This same guy posted the OOTP script almost in its entirety months before the movie came out. I remember it because I didn’t believe some of the dialog from it like:

“A wizard’s bread and butter” and “you’ll never know love or friendship and I feel sorry for you”, “get away from my godson”, and Neville’s “about to be avenged”.

I thought it was rubbish because the dialog was terrible. I commented as much on the thread that he posted the script. Fast forward a couple of months to when we got trailers and clips, and I discovered that I was in fact mistaken and all this terrible dialog was real. He’s totally legit. He gave us the entire Hog’s Head scene, the entire ministry of magic scene (which is longer, but they always cut things, and if you read the script you can even tell where they cut in the Hall of Prophesies in the finished film), D.A. lessons, Snape’s memories ( I remember reading “I may vomit” and thanking God that Alan Rickman was given that line so that it wasn’t horrible), and many more scenes.

He’s a stand-in who gets pieces of the script, but not the entire thing and all of the information he’s given us so far has been right., so the scene’s real.

Also remember this is Kloves writing, so we shouldn’t expect anything spectacular. If you read the original POA (on IMDB scripts) screenplay there are many ridiculous descriptions in that as well.

Well, I sure think that it sounds like that is probabaly the added scene and that makes me very unhappy, not just for that scene but for the other snippets we get there. I hate the idea of burning down the Burrow and I detest a lot of the dialogue. It sounds trite and much of it seems out of character, especially ‘Arthur’ ugh! I can only hope that when acted it is better than it looks on paper.

The only good thing about this is that I will go into the movie with really low expectations. I was really looking forward to it, too, but if all the script is like that then I’ll be really sad.

“We don’t often have things that aren’t in the book.”

Someone hasn’t seen Goblet of Fire…

@Nico I guess u never thought that 1/2 the people on this forum have already come up with other ideas for the burrow scene. Or that Fenrir Greyback will proball just be in the end scene. I don’t know about u but it’s going to take more than a couple scenes with a stunt double to convince me!

There are more bits of the script that are even worse. Hermione actually says “Excuse me while I go vomit” to Lavender Brown.

I’m not a big fan of her calling Mr. Weasley “Arthur” either. It’s kind of random.

Nurlomum- No one ever said the Burrow *burns down” just that it catches fire. That doesn’t mean the whole thing is going to burn to the ground. Sheesh! They’re wizards! They can put the fire out.

The majority of the fighting seems to take place running through the reeds near the Burrow, anyway.

Did you read T_D_O’s comment up there. He provided us with almost the entire script for OOTP months in advance. He was also the one who told us that Pansy was to be recast and the Durlseys were to be cut. All of this was given months in advance to WB ever confirming it. And show me one person who had a theory that they would create a new scene where the burrow is attacked in this film, and then I will believe it could be a coincidence.

JohnBob – the guy who leaked the script leaked the new Burrow scene weeks ago. HOW do you explain him nailing the news about Greyback and an entirely new scene WELL before it was known by the general public? Are you saying it’s just a coincidence everything he’s said keeps being proven right?

Hm, that scene from the IMDB seems pretty reasonable. Actually, it seems really good! I hope that’s in the movie, sounds pretty good to me. :) Now I`m happy. =)

I really wish that I saved the OOTP script that he gave us, but I deleted it after the film came out. I could have posted a bit from it so you could see how it was exactly like the final film, and this was script he gave us way before we even got the full theatrical trailer because I remembered the line “every great wizard started out just like we did…” from the script and the “what have you done with Hermione Granger” and that’s what made me begin to believe the guy.

Oh yeah, and I remember disliking the line “Well I guess you’re the young ones now”, and was waiting for it when I finally saw the movie.

Whether we love the scene or hate it, I think it’s high time we simply accept that it’s legit. As others have said, this guy has consistently given us information that has turned out to be accurate, so I’m surprised we’re still quibbling about whether or not he’s legit.

Personally, I like the scene; it strikes me as very cinematic. And it’s always fun to watch crazy-ass Bellatrix, so I’m all for it, heh.

It’s such a shame that The Other Minister won’t be included because it (like The Riddle House chapter before it) DEFINES the Harry Potter feel. I could really care less for the action sequences (they’re most definitely not Jo’s strongpoint, but what do you know? Book seven is full of them). Anyway, this is my second favorite book behind POA because both deal with MYSTERY and both have astounding moods (with the exception of the teenage drama.)

And thank God we wont’ see much of the Bill/Fleur mushy romance, because Shell Cottage was one of the most awful moments of DH (like a forced hiatus for the sake of exposition). I just wish the filmmakers included more of these dark, mystery elements of the story rather than focusing on the teenage sides of things and on the action set pieces. I don’t have a problem with taking scenes out or adding scenes in to adaptations of novels (even my absolute favorites)...I am no purist. And I understand that every story is a matter of taste and that everyone visualizes a story differently, yet often I feel that the mood or atmosphere of a given work is completely off, much like I feel about the ongoing adaption of HBP.

I find it very ironic that my absolute favorite chapters of the Harry Potter series have little to do with the overall plot (if you can even say there is one) or even with Harry himself. What that says about my being a fan, I don’t know…

Also, in almost EVERY interview about this film, David Yates speaks of the story as the “sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll” of the series. That’s not how I view this book at all…Is anyone else bothered by that ongoing statement?

Could anyone provide the link as to where you found the script part for The Burrow part?! I mean, where Greyback and Bellatrix are at?! :) thank youuuu.

Hmmm, I don’t think I made myself clear before. I don’t have a problem with the added scene per se (just the idea of burning down the Burrow, so if it doesn’t burn down I’m almost Ok with that scene) but the dialogue from the surrounding scenes is so horrendous that I just shudder when I think of it. But, I do hold out hope that when spoken the words sound better than they seem on paper. After all, reading those bits from OotP they sound pretty bad, but in the movie most of them really work for me. So I have hope, but my expectations are really low now. Which may be a good thing, as it will hopefully allow me to appreciate it when I do see it.

Still, if that’s the quality of the dialogue, I don’t expect HBP to supplant OotP as my favourite HP movie.

Our informant told us it just starts on fire, it does not burn down. Hagrid’s hut was on fire for a long time before they put it out, and he was still able to use it to throw a Support Harry Potter party the next year.

Nevermind. I found the link. :)