The Rufus Scrimgeour regime, Was Scrimgeour an improvement on Fudge? |
 Aug 10 2009, 08:30 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 13 Joined: 8:19am July 20, 2009  |
Do you consider that over the course of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Rufus Scrimgeor is a more effective and understanding administrator of the Wizarding World than what Fudge was? Please let us know what you think.
Not really. In this sense, I think both Fudge and Scrimgeor were exactly the same. Both worried about the image of the Ministry instead of taking action. And more importantly, both men took the popular actions instead of the right actions. While Scrimgeor was infinitely tougher and braver than Fudge, I think they both failed big time in effectively running things. Why does Scrimgeor want to corner an unwilling Harry in conversations about what he could do for the Wizarding World? I think it's as simple as getting the "Chosen One" on his side. Since Harry was the alleged savior of the wizarding world, Scrimgeor needed to do what Fudge couldn't, get Harry on his side. But again, as said above, I believe this was only to raise his popularity more than anything else. Do you think that Scrimgeor did enough to combat Voldemort? Or was his efforts mere window dressing as Harry seems to think? He didn't do nearly enough. As an Auror, his first priority should have been properly training an army - Fred and George made a bundle of money by creating items that protected people from basic hexes and jinxes. Apparently a young teenager did a better job at training his classmates than the Minister of Magic did. What else could Scrimgeor have done to protect the Wizarding World from Voldemort? See above. Should Stan Shunpike have been put into Azkaban for boasting about his Death Eater connections? In theory, no. However, anyone going around boasting about his connections to Death Eaters during a time like that deserves it. Should the scenes at the beginning of HBP, involving the British Prime Minister, Fudge and Scrimgeor, be shown in the film? I am glad they were not in favor of the bridge scene. That said, however, I wish the movie showed more than just that one scene so that viewers had a better idea of the chaos that was happening to both the wizarding and muggle worlds. Also, I don't recall, did the movie even mention that Scrimgeor took over? |
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