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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.
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.
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.
Perhaps Mike Newell was trying too hard to be like Alfonso Cuarón....
That scene didn't bug me.
Except with Matt's first point where you wondered how to keep the skankier ghosts at bay.
What about the single sex schools (not sure why that's whitefonted) don't you understand, Debet?
Why they decided to do that. It makes no sense to have a single-sex school if its the only (or even the premiere) wizarding school in the country.
And I want there to be a justification if they're going to change something from the books. There are valid reasons to change some things (leaving out the whole Fleur's part Veela thing, for example), but I fail to see the reason for that.
Single sex schools are so common in the UK, though. I'm sure they didn't give it a second thought.
They weren't single sex in the books? I can never remember this stuff.
They weren't single-sex in the book, no.
I think they were changed in the movie for the visual appeal, nsm for the logic.
And for contrast. Highlights the differences between the two schools in a very movie-friendly way, and without harming the story, which is a nice bonus.