Dan Radcliffe's comment ... And 'My Boy Jack'

[Steve]

---  "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Dan Radcliffe comments in a new, very short interview: "Harry
> is unhappy for a lot of this film [HBP], mainly because people
> keep trying to kill him. And his love life is awful, too."  
> 
> Huh? I thought that he was obsessed with Draco Malfoy, 
> suspecting him of being behind the necklace and poison that 
> nearly kill *other* people, and his "love life" consists of 
> occasionally seeing Ginny kissing Dean and feeling a bit of 
> jealousy. ...
> 
> Carol, finding it impossible to reconcile Dan's comment with
> either the book or what she's already learned about the HBP 
> film (it sounds more like OoP)
>

bboyminn:

As I often say, in real life, people don't speak in absolute
truths. I think you can't reconcile this because Dan wasn't
making a complete absolute all-inclusive statement of fact. 
He was viewing the movie from a certain aspect and in a 
certain context, and felt his comments fit the context of his 
momentary view point.

If you'll shift your own view point, you will see that his
statements can be made to fit certain aspects of the story.

Harry life isn't constantly threatened in the movie, but on
the other hand, Harry's life is always under constant threat.
It's all in how you look at it.

Not worth much I'm sure, but there it is.

Off on a side note: I though Dan did a good job in 'My Boy 
Jack'. On one hand it was a touching story about the horrors
of war and in that it did a good job. But on the other hand,
it as just a 'made for TV' movie, and in that sense it did
its job as well as any 'made for TV' movie ever does. 

Overall, I have a very positive view of the whole experience.

Steve/bboyminn