[HPFGU-Movie] Titanic Reference

[clshannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/11/04 6:18:23 PM, hp at plum.cream.org writes:


> Nevertheless, it's
> a creative decision I don't consider to be of particularly great
> importance, and it's one of the few scenes in the movie when Harry appears
> to be genuinely happy
> 

I agree. I loved that the movie allowed us to see Harry genuinely happy and 
carefree on two occasions - the Buckbeak ride and the dorm room antics with the 
candy. The poor kid goes through hell in this book and movie - he deserves to 
have a few moments of giddiness and exhilaration. And I don't care a bit if   
the book didn't have the dorm scene or if he didn't enjoy the Buckbeak ride - 
the film needed to have those scenes.
And I don't find the ride cheesy at all. I felt a real sense of his joy when 
he opens his arms wide and lets loose that joyous yell ;-) 
I don't think we really got to see Harry that happy in the first two movies - 
he smiled some and maybe laughed softly, but he never really let it loose. 
Considering everything else going in POA, not the least of which is the 
Dementors sucking every drop of joy and happiness out of him and replacing it with 
screams of his own mother's murder...he needed that release and we, as viewers, 
needed it as well - at least, I needed it ;)
Cindy


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