JK Rowling

[Gibber19]

I understand the title may be confusing, but let me explain. JK Rowling recently (I believe) said that she thought it was funny that almost no one noticed the snake in the first movie was Nagini, the snake Harry kills in the last movies.
If you were just watching the movies, there is no way for anyone to have noticed this. The people who rendered the snakes did completely different species!
The snake from the first movie clearly resembles a burmese python, while the other snake is unmistakably a retic.
First movie
http://thechive.com/2011/11/16/daily...ump-dar-36-14/

Seventh movie
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Nagini

While I do have great respect for the artist actually making the CGI for real snakes, it is equally ridiculous for them not to even do the same species.
I also think that in the seventh movie they switched between a regular retic and a tiger, but I'd have to watch it again to be positive.

Thoughts?

[Daybreaker]

I guess I need to refresh my memory of the first movie because I don't even remember him killing any snake!

I did notice the retic used in the last movie and while I didn't make the connection that the snake in the 1st movie was suppose to be the same as the one in the last, I did like that they used some real footage of a real retic and it wasn't 100% CGI.

Edit: Read your post wrong (about him killing a snake in the 1st movie) -whoops- but regardless I didn't notice the species switch (like menioned, I need to watch the 1st movie again now)

[JLC]

The thing I remember the MOST about the snake from the first movie is how it BLINKS when it looks at Harry. So much for skilled CGI rendering.

I haven't seen the last movie yet (either of the last two, actually). But I did read all the books and it never occurred to me that the snake he sets loose in the first book was the same snake that he encountered in the last. If that was her intent, she was wayyyy too vague about it.

[SilverDemon]

And the craziest bit?

In the first book during the snake scene, it's specifically mentioned that Nagini is a BOA CONSTRICTOR.

*Looks between pics*

*Looks at a boa*

... Nnnnope.

[CoolioTiffany]

LMAO,

I suppose none of them were snake people so they wouldn't think it was too big of a difference .

That is quite funny though, I'm glad I was able to read this thread. Definitely have got to tell my Dad about this.. He'll even scratch his head like the rest of us (him and I are major Harry Potter fans).

[SilverDemon]

More that I thought of after my last post:

Nagini has to be older than Harry to be a horcrux. This is a fact (all the horcruxes but Harry had to be done before Voldie went after the Potters), since I doubt Voldie would use a baby snake less than a year old (not impressive enough).

The snake in book 1 was specifically said to have been BRED in the zoo and raised in captivity. Aka, Voldemort likely never got his mitts on it.

Also, I believe in the books that Nagini was mentioned as being venomous.

Boas aren't venomous.

*Headdesk* Rowling, just take back what you said right now before the reptile community embarrasses you.

Also, yosh for eidetic memory!

[JLC]

*Headdesk* Rowling, just take back what you said right now before the reptile community embarrasses you.

"The problem with Internet quotes is that one can never be sure they are accurate."
-- Abraham Lincoln

[KLMuller]

"The problem with Internet quotes is that one can never be sure they are accurate."
-- Abraham Lincoln

Lol That's funny! Going to have to update my facebook status now

~Karl

[xFenrir]

All big snakes = same species to most people. They're all classified under "big", "scary" and "dangerous".

[Kinra]

More that I thought of after my last post:

Nagini has to be older than Harry to be a horcrux. This is a fact (all the horcruxes but Harry had to be done before Voldie went after the Potters), since I doubt Voldie would use a baby snake less than a year old (not impressive enough).

The snake in book 1 was specifically said to have been BRED in the zoo and raised in captivity. Aka, Voldemort likely never got his mitts on it.

Also, I believe in the books that Nagini was mentioned as being venomous.

Boas aren't venomous.

*Headdesk* Rowling, just take back what you said right now before the reptile community embarrasses you.

Also, yosh for eidetic memory!

In the world of fiction anything can happen. I do remember remarking to my friends after the last movie that retics aren't venomous.

I don't think I ever would have made the connection that the snakes were supposed to be the same and honestly I doubt they are, but if they were supposed to be it wouldn't be the first plot hole in the series.