Lack of tears

[Diana]

Lynda wrote:
 I paid CLOSE ATTENTION to that scene.  I was looking for his 
> nose running (poor kid, can you imagine someone LOOKING for that?? 
but since 
> someone mentioned it, I looked for it), and in that scene, when he 
turns his head 
> sharply up to look at Hermione while he's yelling, you can see his 
right cheek 
> (his right, my left) was shiny wet with tears.  Not a stream or a 
droplet, 
> nothing that subtle, but actually wet -- and how else did his nose 
start 
> running?  He'd been crying hard in THAT take, whether he was in 
the others or not.  
> Maybe it was the lighting, that the sheen of tears didn't show so 
well.  It 
> certainly was the director's fault for not doing a closeup so 
everyone could see 
> the result of Dan's hard work at crying.  

You're right Lynda, I just saw PoA on an IMAX screen and there 
*were* tears on Harry's face.  He had wet tear tracks down both 
sides of his face all the way to his mouth.  Whether or not book!
Harry would cry his eyes out, I still love this scene in the movie 
because it shows Harry veering from sad to angry in a split second, 
which is how Harry behaves for most of GoF and OotP.  Harry is so 
contained most of the time that it's nice to see a portrayal of him 
that shows his vulnerability.  

His vulnerability was also emphasized by the extreme close-up on his 
face as he watches Lupin change into a werewolf and attack his past 
self and friends by the whomping willow.  In that moment, I could 
see him realize that he had it all (leaving the Dursleys and going 
to live with Sirius)...and then lost it all in a single moment....  
A very sad moment for Harry.  

Diana L.