sloppy school uniforms

[huntergreen_3]

Valerie Flowe wrote:
>>I think what bugs me a bit about the drastic change in attire is 
that when the kids are in their "street clothes" it throws us into 
the Present. It's 2004; Hermione is wearing her fashion-conscious 
pink jacket and hiphugger jeans; Harry has on his sweats, jeans and 
hip Timberland-type shoes. Whereas in the first 2 movies, you have no 
clue what the time period of HP is. <<

I think you may be looking too hard at their clothes. Kids have been 
wearing jeans for some time, so wearing jeans is not really specific 
to a *particular* decade (any time after 1980, I suppose). 
Personally, I had a pink jacket like that in my younger years (when I 
still liked pink), and that was about 1988, so IMO, it didn't call 
out a certain year either.

>>To me, that makes the story more magical and otherworldly. Making 
it "too too" realistic, which Cuaron may have done here, takes away a 
bit of the whimsical world of witches and wizards.<<

But, on the other hand, it doesn't make sense that Hermione and Harry 
wouldn't have average looking muggle clothes, since they're both from 
muggle familes. I guess I'm not looking for a complete fantasy 
experience from the movie, and maybe you are. Personally, I get 
pulled out of the movie when I see them wandering around in clothes 
you'd never see kids wearing (like that outfit Hermione has on the 
end of PS/SS). To me, going *too far* with the clothes would be if 
they were wearing shirts with obvious logos, or with little sayings 
on them (like 'Princess' for example), or if Harry started sagging 
his pants or something (perhaps, though, I'm thinking too American, I 
don't really know what the average British teenager would wear in 
their free time).


-Rebecca