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

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Carol earlier:
> > >
> > > 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? ... ...
> > > 
> > > 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 responded:
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > 
> > If you'll shift your own view point, you will see that his
> > statements can be made to fit ....
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> >
> 
> Carol:
> Nevertheless, it's not a very accurate summation and, as you 
> say, has to be *made* to fit. 
> 
> ...long list of things that support my case...
>
> Carol, hoping that this film is as much like the book as 
> possible ad that no crucial scenes are cut or significantly 
> altered ...
>

bboyminn:

Again, this sounds like a 'sound bite' statement, made off-
the-cuff to an interviewer, so again, it must be taken 
very generally.

First, 'Harry is unhappy', well, in a 10 second sound bite
what does unhappy mean? Angry, frustrated, distracted, etc...
All of which Harry is, and you list, which I snipped, more
that proves that. Harry has many things on his mind 
contributing to his general 'unhappiness'. He's worried about
Draco, he's worried about Ron, he's worried about Snape,
he's worried about potions (being found out). He's worried
about his growing feeling for Ginny. 

No Harry isn't /personally/ nearly killed but people are
being nearly killed all around him, and that is certainly
cause for concern.

As to his love life, well, it's always been a bit of a 
disaster and now he has very conflicting feeling around
Ginny and Ron. As a broad and general statement of internal
emotions, 'disaster' doesn't seem that far off.

I will admit it is a bit of an odd statement by Dan, but I
suspect it was, as I said, an off-the-top-of-his-head 10
second sound bite. It is not meant to be absolute and all
defining. 

Hey...I'm just saying.

PS: Thoughts on 'My Boy Jack"?

Steve/bboyminn