[HPFGU-Movie] Dan's showing

[TACtalk at adelanta.co.uk]

me previously:-
> >Towards the end of CoS, the confrontation with Lucius Malfoy in
>Dumbledore's study. Lucius says "Let us hope that Mr Potter will always be
>around to save the day" and Harry replies; "Don't worry... I will be".
>BookHarry would *never* say something so egotistical. I have heard that
>these lines were Jason Isaac's idea. He should stick to acting.<
>

This was Beth:-
>Hmm. I never took that line to be "egotistical", though I see how it could
>certainly be taken that way. I took Lucius' line as a subtle threat, which
>Harry picks up on. Harry's reply (IMHO) is defiance, not egotism. He's not
>saying, "I'm Harry Potter, of course I'll be here." He's saying, "I know
>you're against me, and I plan to fight back." The challenge has been issued
>and, to Lucius' surprise (I think), acknowledged and accepted.

In either case, I cannot imagine the Harry of CoS acknowledging and
accepting such a challenge. He has the courage to rise to the occasion when
necessary, but doesn't consider himself in any way exceptional, and
certainly would not judge  himself capable of confronting seriously evil
wizards. I find it infuriating that the filmmakers took out bona fide
examples of Harry standing up for himself  (for example, when he answers
back to Snape in their first classroom confrontation), and then try to
redress the balance by inventing heavy-handed, non-textual ways of getting
the point across. I mean, they *filmed* the damn Snape-confrontation scene,
why did they edit it out? (maybe you have already discussed this one to
death; I have only been part of this list for a few months).

Regards,
Nicholas