One Scene from POA

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> wrote:
>
> 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. ...edited...
>
> Why put in the "Crying Scene?" [in PoA] Various and sundry of
> you all weighed in back then. Most of us who are way too 
> emotionally attached to Daniel ... 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. 
> ...edited... 
> 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
>

bboyminn:

I think it's a matter of expedience and time compression. When you are
racing the clock to squeeze a four hour movie into 2.5hrs, you take
shortcuts. 

This scene would have played out more believably if the Director had
taken some time to establish the mood, time for emotions to build,
time for Daniel to get into the character and reflect his emotions.
Unfortunately time was one thing they didn't have. So, they started
from a wide angle with Harry sobbing, no explanation needed, then
zoomed in on Hermione pulling Harry's I-Cloak, Harry yells, then we're
off to a new scene. Short, quick, and off you go.

Simple as that.

Steve/bboyminn