Movie Moments, Part I

So I’ve realized something: I latch on to little parts of movies that can’t really stand on their own, or are overlooked by most viewers, but that bring me great joy. They make me smile when I see them, and sometimes laugh, which makes other people think I’m crazy. They are the parts that I will specifically watch a certain movie for, and I think it’s time to let the world in on the secret, to show it that there are little things happening all the time in movies that people don’t recognize. Some of them are blink and you’ll miss it moments. Others are snippets of dialog that either bring forth a thought or are just delivered in such a way that it makes them memorable. Anyway, I don’t know how long this list is going to last, but I thought I’d give it a shot (it’s something to do, right?).

I’ll kick things off with a character that I believe deserves to be recognized. He’s probably known as Student 129, or Student in Library or some other nondescript title. Who am I talking about, you ask? I’m talking about the kid that you’ll miss if you blink during Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or Philosopher’s Stone, whichever way you want to see it). He’s the kid in the library who’s trying to study at the same table Harry and Ron are sitting at talking about something. When Hermione appears with her Big Book of Magic and drops it on the table, if you’re watching closely, you can see him give our heroes "The Sideways Glare of Death," and you can almost hear a frustrated sigh of disgust. After all, he was probably there first, and just wants to get some work done, but those three are making it impossible to do that. It’s probably my favorite part of the movie. It’s one of those things where if it’s on television and it’s close to that point, I keep watching, and once it’s over, I change the channel. I just love seeing that look and how those three are completely oblivious to it. I guess that’s why he deserves to be first, to get that little bit of the recognition he doesn’t get in the movie.