Continuing in the theme of movie scenes that I particularly like, I just watched The Goblet of Fire again. It's not my favourite of the films but it is also not the worst of them.
The scene I really love from it, however, comes right at the end. Cedric Diggory is dead, Voldemort lives and Harry and his friends are getting ready to return to their homes unsure of what the future will have in store for them.
As Harry, Hermione and Ron meet up again on the grounds of the school, Hermione lags behind them, thoughtful, in a stone archway. When Harry and Ron turn around to see if she's okay, Hermione says in a pained voice, "Everything is going to change now, isn't it?"
Harry takes a couple of steps toward her, touches her arm and says, "Yes", in a matter-of-fact voice, with a decisive nod.
And then Hermione pulls herself together and nods back before rejoining the conversation about their plans for the summer.
Emma Watson plays the scene perfectly, with just enough fear in her voice at first, then making a visible effort to accept the truth and be brave in the face of it. Watson becomes one of the strongest performers in later films and I think that transformation, that maturity as an actor, starts in this scene.
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