Chris Columbus on -- <gasp>Oh, No! -- Harry's eyes

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Jennifer Boggess Ramon <boggles at e...> wrote:
> At 5:40 AM +0000 10/26/02, Steve wrote:
> >bboy_mn:
> >You've never heard of 'the evil eye'?
> 
Boggles replied:
> Well, of course I've heard of it, silly.  ;P  I was accused of having 
> it more than once as a child.  However, our dear Harry already has an 
> ability traditionally regarded as Evil, the Parseltongue.  Surely he 
> doesn't need *another* one?  I'd hoped the eye-magic wouldn't be Yet 
> Another Reason for the Respectable Wizards to look askance at Harry. 
> Something, in other words, more like the phoenix tears than the 
> basilisk's gaze.
> 
> Then again, that could be part of the hard look Harry's supposed to 
> have to take at his parents - all those questions that he hasn't 
> asked yet (but we sure have!).
> 
>   - Boggles, aka J. C. B. Ramon	

bboy_mn responds:

Your point is well made and well taken. True, Harry doesn't need one
more 'evil thing' filling his life with angst.

However, I think you missed my point. The key word to my point isn't
'evil'. While it is refered to as the 'evil eye', what it is really
about is the ability to cast a curse (or charm or spell) with a look;
to perform magic with your eyes being the focusing device as opposed
to a wand.

Actually, maybe you did get that point. Either way, I still agree that
last thing Harry needs is one more source of suspicion that has the
potential to lead him to more misery.

Sadly, I see a lot of misery ahead for him. I swear when him and Ron
were mad at each other in GoF, it nearly broke my heart. Now, on top
of  Draco, Voldemort, and Snape, he has *girls* to worry about. Poor kid.

Anyway, with regard to eye color and the movie, I think it's something
they can blow off until it becomes critical to the story line. 

bboy_mn