Lack of tears

[huntergreen_3]

 Jo Serenadust wrote:
>>Harry. Does. Not. Cry. Period.
His eyes may tear up during the boggart lesson, he may be at the
point of breaking down at the end of GoF, but he is quite the stoic
and he would never allow anyone to hear him sob out loud, and
*certainly* not in front of Ron (who he knows darn well is right
there). A Harry who would cry at that point in the story would
never be tough enough to keep himself under control at the end of
GoF when he actually sees a fellow student murdered. The Harry who
cries in POA would break down sobbing after witnessing Sirius die.
Frankly, No actor in the world could have made me believe in a
weeping Harry at that point in his story because it simply goes
against my own perception of who Harry is.<<

Richard responded:
>>My own view is that Harry should simply have been silent.<<

I think that would have worked *much* better. I agree with Jo that 
its completely out of Harry's character to run off and cry like that 
(especially when he knows that Hermione and Ron are outside and will 
follow him). Personally, the scene didn't work on *any* level for me. 
The acting and the sound of the crying was forced (although my 
personaly preference for cinematic crying is the more dramatic silent 
tears), and the scene didn't seem emotional enough to warrent tears. 
Anger? Yes. Tears? That's a stretch. Maybe if Harry were over-
emotional would it make sense for him to break down and cry at that 
point, or if the scene were as strong as it was in the book (with the 
statement that Sirius and James were *best* friends, and the whole 
sectret-keeper thing), but as far as it went in the movie, him 
running off to be alone made sense, but not crying. 

Richard also wrote:
>>As for the screenwriter for OotP, I have a suggestion which a lot 
of people will consider strange, especially coming from me. I suggest 
that the job be given to... Chris Columbus.<<

You know, I think that's not a bad idea. Whoever they choose for 
movie five has to stay in the same adaptation style as Steve Kloves, 
and I think Columbus would do a fine job. I read or heard somewhere 
that he loves the books, and he favors keeping as much of the story 
in as possible (which is good with that long of a book, since another 
screenwriter could end up cutting it to shreads). And anything he'd 
write would be re-interpreted through a directer (and I know I'm not 
the only one hoping Cuaron will come back for OotP). Could be an 
interesting choice.


-Rebecca