[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Film Theorist Question

[Matt Huber]

Hoopefully I will become less anonymous if the group likes what i write :) Anyhow, as for the much maligned scene with Harry showing disrespect towards Snape, I can understand both sides.  First, it makes sense to increase the tension between two of the more developed characters in the books.  On the otherhand it shows that early on Harry has no respect for authority, which doesn't make sense for his character, as it was authority that had been his whole life until 2 weeks before that.  We all have to remember that Harry was a "muggle" and had no idea of his real life until very recently.  He is still coming to grips with that, and it should be noted that the scenes that don't make sense (in the snow around christmas is meant to protray loneliness) are to highlight that concept.  You can tell this by watching the deleted scenes in CoS when they cut all the scenes invloving the school turning on him.  In Reality Harry is a lonely young boy who has to live with celebrity.  Lockhart, albeit a humorous character, was one that was created to explain more about Harry's fame and how it affects him.  "Fame is a fickle friend"  Very true statement.  Let me also wonder about if the scene where Harry snaps back at snape is left in, the audience will wonder why Harry doesn't do it more often when Snape seems to do worse things to him.  Overall, the scene is out of character for both Harry to do it and Snape to allow it. --Matt

daughterofthedust <daughterofthedust at yahoo.com> wrote:--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Matt Huber <mhuber92211 at y...> 
wrote:
> I am glad that my question has been recieved and such well 
formulated answers have been created. I would like to apologize if I 
had been previously offensive as this was not my intent.... 

If I had been offended, I would not have wasted my time 
responding...as it would have been a sure sign to me (getting pissed 
at an anonymous poster) that I need to get a life. ;-)

I do however, love to contribute my opionion.

>I wonder how the filmmakers could have strayed from the story and 
shown more development.  

"A few set-piece scenes (Harry gazing out of his Hogwart's room 
window, Harry staring at his owl in the snow for example) could have 
been cut in favor of (the much discussed in here) scene where Harry 
snaps back at Snape in the Potions class for exmaple." 


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