TotchiSnagglepuss5
They gotta give it a bit more oomph in the movie to keep viewers satisfied. I mean, can't have such an important character's death seem less interesting than a lesser character. I'm drawing a blank for an example right now. Work, brain, work!!!
sweatdrop :vein
They
made
him
turn
to
paper.
In a magical battle where people as a rule tend to have spectacular deaths, a slow, silent, irrevocable fall would have set the moment apart just as well, and carried far less potential for stunned amusement.