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Has Harry Potter forever altered the way people look at this film?

posted 17 years ago by de_niro_2001
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Many people have described Professor MacGonagall as Jean Brodie in a witch hat. Well, Professor MacGonagall is a much more sorted out and sensible person. But I'd loved to see a Harry Potter film where Professor MacGonagall comes out with lines like "Gryffindor are the creme de la creme", "To get me away from Hogwarts they'd have to assassinate me" or "If I were to receive a proposal of marriage from the head of the Grand Order of Wizards it would not take me away from Hogwarts". We know now that Dumbledore was gay. What about Professor MacGonagall's romantic past? Maybe she had a lover, he was in a great battle with the Death Eaters and was killed. Picture a scene in Harry Potter where Professor MacGonagall is telling the class of her long dead fiance, she tells them how "he fell like an autumn leaf" and Hermione finds it so sad that she bursts into tears.

[–] hawktwo 17 years ago

Entertaining and fanciful! I never associated the two films until now. I guess the imprint of Jean Brodie as a role was so strong that one is tempted to do this with all of Dame Maggie Smith's movies.

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[–] Forsaken_Amaranth 16 years ago

No way. McGonagall would have been a Miss.Mackay type and would have hated everything Ms.Brodie stood for.

Still, a cross between HP and POMJB does sound interesting. Maybe it can be my little side project during the holidays.

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[–] luvehorror 16 years ago

This is the most humorous thing I have read in days...Thanks!

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[–] bobr549 16 years ago

They need to get Pamela Franklin to play a Parent ... better yet, Potter's grandmother etc

[–] suzycreamcheese1 13 years ago

why the caps? "parent"

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[–] bobr549 13 years ago

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[–] Will-35 16 years ago

Funny, I don't really see the connection, but then, I never really thought of Miss Brodie as a teacher, not in the sense that the character in the Potter books/films is
Miss Brodie is a manipulator and a mentor all at once, but rarely a teacher...LOL.. I always wondered when the "little gels" learned to read and write and do sums. Prof Mac would ensure that every student left with everything learned... or else!

[–] MalContentUSA 15 years ago

I myself was kind of looking forward to hearing McGonagall roar at Umbridge, "I am a teacher, first, last, always!" Unfortunately, have not got around to actually viewing any of the Potter films since "Prisoner of Azkhaban."

[–] Prince_Of_Bratty_Angels 15 years ago

Actually I read an article that stated that JK Rowling always had Dame Maggie Smith in her mind as Professor MacGonagall after seeing POMJB -- both in novel form and in the big screen.

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[–] TheEtiquette 15 years ago

I've always thought that McGonagall might've been quite rebellious in her youth and same kind of a teacher as Miss Brodie. But as time goes by, we all become like Miss McKay. But there is something left of the young McGonagall in Professor McGonagall as we can observe espeacially in Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows.

As the saying goes... the time to make up your mind about people is never

[–] Sunshine1910 15 years ago

Ha ha your post was hilarious de niro ! It would be so funny if MacGonagall did some of those things! How would Hogwarts deal with a teacher like Jean Brodie!

[–] saralynn1357 13 years ago

Professor McGonogall did have a colorful romantic past. You can read about it on Pottermore. (It's opening up to the public w/in the next month hopefully!)

I really don't see many similarities between Ms. Brodie and Prof. McGonogall though...

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