IIRC, that bathtub scene was pretty close to what was in the book-- Myrtle was definitely trying to sneak a peak at Harry in both the book and movie, and in the book, wasn't the mermaid also checking him out (or was she just waving at him in a friendly manner)?
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Kathy A - Jan 17, 2006 12:49:28 pm PST #9889 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Aims - Jan 17, 2006 12:52:18 pm PST #9890 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
See, I don't remember Myrtle getting all that involved with Harry while he was in there. I remember him telling her to close her eyes while he got out to get the egg and then get out to leave. Then again, I pictured a bathtub. Not a giant Prefects Love Bath Jacuzzi.
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2006 12:57:18 pm PST #9891 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Kathy, in the book, the Mermaid's asleep, and most of the insinuation is 1) verbal and 2) in Harry's head. She's not very flirty at all.
I continue to not understand the single-sex schools
Kathy A - Jan 17, 2006 1:04:16 pm PST #9892 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
In the book, the "bathtub" is definitely the size of a pool--he does a few laps before trying to figure out the egg clue. I'll have to go back and reread GoF, because I think I'm getting the movie versions all mixed up with canon, and that's not a good thing!
Aims - Jan 17, 2006 1:13:33 pm PST #9893 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok - yeah. Now I remember that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 17, 2006 1:13:55 pm PST #9894 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Matt, I assume the age difference thing between the actress playing Myrtle is one of them?
Oops, make that three levels. One, that this no-boundaries ghost that could pop out of any bit of plumbing unexpectedly was perving on Harry. Two, on a meta level that someone as young as Radcliffe had to act out that scene. Due to makeup and translucent CGI, I didn't even realize at the time that, Three, the Myrtle actress is years older than I am.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2006 1:32:06 pm PST #9895 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
My husband said that the adult woman in pigtails trying to look young screamed "imitation teenager porn" to him, which just added to the squick.
Mr. Broom - Jan 17, 2006 1:36:23 pm PST #9896 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
To say nothing of Myrtle's voice. It helps you see her as a kid, sort of, but it also really, really enhances the creepiness. Couple that with some uncomfortable sexuality and you got the wiggins.
Steph L. - Jan 17, 2006 2:04:33 pm PST #9897 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Perhaps Mike Newell was trying too hard to be like Alfonso Cuarón....
DavidS - Jan 17, 2006 2:30:15 pm PST #9898 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That scene didn't bug me.
Except with Matt's first point where you wondered how to keep the skankier ghosts at bay.