# Harry Potter and the Fluctuating Bosom **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789 "2007-05-04T18:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/1 "2007-05-04T18:58:57Z")
[Emma Watson has larger, more prominently highlighted chest on IMAX poster for new Harry Potter movie than she does on the regular poster](http://posterwire.com/image.php?img_full=/wp-content/images/imax_order_of_phoneix.jpg&img_title=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Order%20of%20the%20Phoenix) Link shows side by side (heh) comparison. Enhanced for IMAX? Or de-emphasized on the other poster? And when the Photoshop Phlunky in the studio’s marketing department got the memo instructing him to do this work, whichever way it went (inflate or deflate), was he as skeeved out as I would have been? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/2 "2007-05-04T19:01:35Z")
Well it _is_ in 3D. Because everything is better in IMAX? Maybe it should have been 3 Double D? Thats all I got. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/3 "2007-05-04T19:04:51Z")
So, essentially, someone’s job involved making a 16 year old girl’s boobs look bigger for a movie poster. What a country! ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/4 "2007-05-04T19:07:41Z")
The entire imax poster is lighter than the regular one (look at harrys shirt.) Maybe just a side effect of screwing around with the brightness? ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/5 "2007-05-04T19:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Septima] The entire imax poster is lighter than the regular one (look at harrys shirt.) Maybe just a side effect of screwing around with the brightness? [/QUOTE] Like, they turned up her headlights? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/6 "2007-05-04T19:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] So, essentially, someone’s job involved making a 16 year old girl’s boobs look bigger for a movie poster. What a country! [/QUOTE] :sniff: “…Sweet Land of Liberty, of Thee I Sing!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/7 "2007-05-04T19:25:40Z")
Not much bigger. I say send it back for some more work. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/8 "2007-05-04T19:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] So, essentially, someone’s job involved making a 16 year old girl’s boobs look bigger for a movie poster. What a country! [/QUOTE] In Soviet Russia, boobs enlarge YOU! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/9 "2007-05-04T19:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] So, essentially, someone’s job involved making a 16 year old girl’s boobs look bigger for a movie poster. What a country! [/QUOTE] I wonder how that will be spelled out in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/10 "2007-05-04T19:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I wonder how that will be spelled out in the credits. [/QUOTE] “Breast Boy Grip.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/11 "2007-05-04T19:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Septima] Maybe just a side effect of screwing around with the brightness? [/QUOTE] Contrast, actually; compare Ron’s right eye in the two versions. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/12 "2007-05-04T19:37:30Z")
And since you are looking at a low res jpeg on the internet, I wouldn’t guarantee that wysiwyg. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/13 "2007-05-04T19:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] [Emma Watson has larger, more prominently highlighted chest on IMAX poster for new Harry Potter movie than she does on the regular poster](http://posterwire.com/image.php?img_full=/wp-content/images/imax_order_of_phoneix.jpg&img_title=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Order%20of%20the%20Phoenix) Link shows side by side (heh) comparison. Enhanced for IMAX? Or de-emphasized on the other poster? [/QUOTE] Hell, Emma’s entire pose is different! Hair, head tilted more, and not only does her bust look bigger but so do her hips. Maybe her pose makes her waist look smaller? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/14 "2007-05-04T19:41:11Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Contrast, actually; compare Ron’s right eye in the two versions. [/QUOTE] Upon closer examination, it looks like they trimmed her waist down, and that had the effect of making he right boob look bigger. The left one looks about the same. Check out the distance between her waistline and the right side of the guy she’s standing in front of in both versions. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/15 "2007-05-04T21:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] In Soviet Russia, boobs enlarge YOU! [/QUOTE] Hell, boobs enlarge me here in the US, too. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/16 "2007-05-04T21:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Upon closer examination, it looks like they trimmed her waist down, and that had the effect of making he right boob look bigger. The left one looks about the same. Check out the distance between her waistline and the right side of the guy she’s standing in front of in both versions. [/QUOTE] \*\*John Mace \*\* - so there you are, at work, face just ::this far:: away from your computer screen, maybe even using your hands to gauge proportions - checking out a 16-year-old’s boob-ettes in a poster you are viewing 😃 I’d love to see the looks on a co-worker’s faces if they stuck their head in your office. NOTE: I am NOT trying to portray you as a perv - merely conjuring up the image of a dedicated Doper attempting to Fight Ignorance and not quite realizing how it might appear to an outsider… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/17 "2007-05-04T21:17:19Z")
It looks like this mystery has been solved, but here’s one where there was no mystery, AND the actress was pissed. [King Arthur](http://www.posterwire.com/image.php?img_full=/wp-content/images/keira_king_arthur.jpg&img_title=King%20Arthur%20poster). -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/18 "2007-05-04T22:12:51Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Upon closer examination, it looks like they trimmed her waist down, and that had the effect of making he right boob look bigger. The left one looks about the same. Check out the distance between her waistline and the right side of the guy she’s standing in front of in both versions. [/QUOTE] That’s Neville, by the way. The seven actors in the picture(from left to right) play Ron, Ginny, Cho, Harry, Luna, Neville and Hermione, respectively(so the Ministry Six + the love interest). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/19 "2007-05-04T22:27:29Z")
Harry’s package looks bigger, too. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789/20 "2007-05-04T22:40:33Z")
Kate Beckinsale asked for a bigger rack on the _Underworld_ poster, but was displeased that the artists made them TOO big, so she had them downsized. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789.md?page=2)