[HPFGU-Movie] Re: geeky Harry?

[Valerie Flowe]

>  geebsy replies:
>  Do you think Harry is meant to be geeky?  Isn't James portayed as a
>  player. The way James went after Lily and how some of the physical
>  discriptions are I thought James was quite good looking.  And of 
> course
>  since Harry "Looks just like his dad" I always got the impression he
>  was growing into his looks as well.  Movie Dad comes across as more
>  geeky than he should be.  It is Hermoine who is much too good looking
>  for the movie.  Emma should have had false teeth and a frizzy wig so
>  that her transformation at the ball was that much more spectacular.
>
>  Roxane
> 	
I did get the impression that Harry is supposed to be an underdog.  He 
has physical limitations of sight (glasses - having terrible eyesight 
myself, I know what a handicap this can be). He's been downtrodden in 
his upbringing. He  is described in book as skinny; he's 
self-effacing...In GOF he definitely feels inferior to "Super-Cedric", 
Mr. Popular that all the girls swoon over. I think there is a reason 
that JKR decided to make Harry wear glasses. Not your typical "hero 
stud". Rather the anti-hero. Similar to Frodo, who though small, 
destroys the ultimate evil. Is stronger in the end than Aragorn (aka 
Cedric) or Gandolf (aka Dumbledore) The weak (Harry = good) will 
overcome the powerful (Voldemort = evil. At least I hope he will! That 
remains to be seen in Book 7. Am I making any sense here??!
Though up till now everyone talks about how Harry resembles his Dad, I 
still think of OotP, which talks of how he struts and shows off to the 
girls. I get the impression that Harry is much more like his mother; 
sweet, considerate, loyal.

And yes, I agree that Hermione, instead of Neville, should have had the 
buck teeth and frizzier hair (a la Professor Trelawny).
Valerie


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