One Scene from POA

[susanbones2003]

Hi fellow film lovers,
I have been reading posts from when POA was released and I am 
learning a lot about a film I formerly dismissed. Nicholas wrote 
some very interesting things about color,water,time and other motifs 
and I am starting to see why "filmistas" dislike Chris Columbus. I 
want to discus this film in conjunction with GOF but I have one 
general question about POA that I have not been able to answer. Why 
put in the "Crying Scene?" Various and sundry of you all weighed in 
back then. Most of us who are way too emotionally attached to Daniel 
(I speak for myself firstly) thought that the tears were there, that 
the emotion was believable and we worked hard to overlook the 
bizarre sound coming from under the cloak. Then there was Richard 
and a few others who didn't buy the whole premise for the scene. I 
have must say that upon contemplation I must agree. Harry didn't do 
anything like that in the book (never stopped Cuaron before, I 
realize) but the curiosity is why do it at all? Cuaron made so few 
missteps in this film. He used beautiful and creative images so 
effortlessly. He brought out the playful side of things and gave us 
a weird new hippy sheik Dumbledore. On the whole he showed himself 
to be a wonderful off-kilter fluid quirky and poetic kind of 
director. Why in the world use that dreadful scene? To what end did 
it serve? Was it an unavoidable mistake? Did it give us something 
necessary about Harry? Please, if you have any thoughts, share them.
Jen D