Probably the most thorough review written...:-D

[Megan]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Andrea" <kattrap_meow at y...> wrote:
> I just wanted to say that I loved your review. There are so many
points that I totally agree with that I can't list them all here. 
> 
> virtualworldofhp said:
> > I have just now realized (and this is an edit), that actually Harry's
> > entire character was incredibly wonky.  WTF is up with that!? 
> > Columbus killed Harry. He is so not Harry of canon.  Okay, maybe
> > KLOVES killed Harry, but someone did & it wasn't Daniel.
> 
> I was wondering if you could give some examples of this?

Well, it was kinda of passing thought & I think I'd need to see the
movie again to be COMPLETELY thorough in this line of thought, but
I'll give it a stab.

I think there were just some scenes where Harry's lines were
quite...just ugh.  Somehow they were all wrong.  I read on someone
else's review that Columbus relies too heavily on the close-up camera
shots of Daniel's face looking politely bewildered...yes those are
valid, but Harry has other feelings, too.  Some of the weirdness
involved clonky editing as in making Harry out to the incredibly smart
problem-solver and Hollywood hero.  I don't think Harry would've hung
around those Petrified people as long as he did in the movie...I know
it says that in the book, but they way they put it on screen, it
looked so UNNATURAL.

Okay, overall Harry seems to be 1 of 3 things at all times: politely
bewildered in his silly naïve way, an almost genuis figuring out the
mystery, and brave Harry who can fight with a sword and get us out of
sticky messes.  Why do these seem to be the only things Harry can
convey?  If it weren't for the fact that he were the focus of this
movie, then I can see how we all might wonder why exactly he's so
good.  He just seems FLAT in CoS.

I think really the only parts where Harry truly gleemed as Canon!Harry
was for a second in Flourish & Blotts when standing up to Malfoy &
then the dialogue in the chamber with Tom before he calls the
basilisk--THOSE were awesome, fleeting moments of Harry's true
character as JKR wants him to be.

Okay, I know that wasn't that good of an explanation, but maybe
someone else can branch off with this and run with the idea.  I think
once I see the movie some more, I can fully develop what I was
thinking when I said that.

Cheers!
Megan