Coming of Age [was RE: I think i understand]

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Lanthiriel S 
<isilvalacirca at y...> wrote:
> --- Estama02 at a... wrote:
> > Cuaron stayed true to 
> > the spirit by showing what it was like to be
> > thirteen and going through all 
> > those adolescent changes, but the part of the book
> > he missed was this mystery 
> > and the conclusion of the mystery. 
> 
> I really enjoyed the film - I've seen it twice now and
> I think it is my favorite of the three. But I must
> admit that I too was disappointed by Cuaron's emphasis
> on the whole "coming of age" perspective. That wasn't
> the central focus of PoA, at least not in my opinion -
> as you said, it was the mystery: of Harry's parents,
> their pasts, their relationships, and how that
> connects to Harry's future. SNIP
> It seems that Cuaron was stuck on the idea of coming
> of age after making "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and decided to
> emphasize it in a film where it didn't really belong.
 
SNIP
I just hope the whole emphasis on
> "coming of age" isn't carried over and magnified even
> more by Mike Newell in GoF. At least he has already
> stated that he envisions it as an action film.
> 
> Lanthiriel 

Jennifer here,
You touched on an important point, Cuaron rushed the "teen age" 
thing to the point that if Mike Newell doesn't put the focus back on 
Harry and his fight with LV, we won't have anywhere to go in OOTP. 
That is the biggest reason why this movie doesn't seem true to the 
book. Forget the plot holes. Harry wasn't wrestling with his 
hormones in POA, he was fighting conflicting impulses and fears and 
very real creatures that fed on those feelings, not an easy thing to 
depict but having little to do with the trivialized notion of teen 
aged angst. I had a thought, if POA doesn't catch up to COS in 
profits, Warner might put the blame on Cuaron's less book-oriented 
adaptation, even if it gains critical acclaim and ask Mike Newell to 
stay closer to the book, if they haven't already - given the press 
about GOF being a "thriller."
Jennifer