POV: Dan and Dakotta, and Morality

[Jeri]

>>The anger, fear, screaming, crying, etc, made me wonder how >well Dan would handle that level of emotional acting (again >recalling the mediocre crying snow scene in POA).>>

Hi Valerie,

I watched all four movies in reverse order. For some reason, it helped me to see how much Dan's emotional range has improved over the life of the movies.  I think his scene in the graveyard in GoF was phenomenal. I said on a forum that in the book, in the graveyard scene, Harry went from feeling absolute terror, to hatred, to the the decision to die fighting, standing on his feet just like his father.  However, in the move,Dan has very little dialog in the graveyard scene.  He has to portray that wide range of emotions using only his face. I think he did a magnificent job.  He has already stated that the director of OOTP has pushed him further psychologically and emotionally than he's ever been pushed. Equus will do that in spades. He will learn from it and even if some critics pan his performance, (which is inevitable) he will grow from having had the courage to take the chance. I wish him luck.

Lily

 
 		
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