Movies making Harry seem weak?

[susanbones2003]

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wrote:
>
>   I'm disappointed that the movie's do not show more of what Harry 
is 
> capable of. 
>  In the SS/PS movie we have no idea that Harry can, without wand 
or 
> magical knowledge, grow back his hair overnight or find himself on 
the 
> school chimney when Dudley and his gang had been chasing him. 
>   In the GOF movie Harry was not shown shaking off the imperious 
> curse.  The movie also decided to show Cedric fight off Krum in 
the 
> maze when indeed it was Harry who stupefied Krum.  Non book 
readers 
> are missing out on the subtle hints that Harry is more than he 
seems.  
>   Shouldn't more of these hints be included in the movies?  
> 
> Regina
>
Hi Regina,
This could be a long and elaborate message but to cut to the chase, 
I don't think the current director included anything that didn't 
directly contribute to his "take" on GOF. He saw it as a thriller 
and he included what he needed to keep things on the "thriller" 
track. That doesn't explain why he did re-arange things that could 
have been given to Harry, such as stunning Krum, but it does explain 
why we see so little of the ga-zillions of details that JKR writes 
as if she were breathing. I do think that Harry has been portrayed 
as very powerful at times. It only took him two tries to get a very 
impressive patronus in POA. In the book, it took weeks and weeks! 
And when he got angry at Aunt Marge, lots of weird things took place 
and there was no wand anywhere to be seen. He made the glass 
disappear in SS/PS. That was pretty impressive too. And he did so 
much of this stuff without meaning to, or even understanding what he 
was doing. It may be more subtle than the books, but I think it's 
there, that Harry is powerfully magical. Sorry, this was supposed to 
be short!
Jen D.