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

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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67@> 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
>
Steph:

I'm jumping in a bit late on this one, but I just wanted to comment
that Dan might be referring to the scene that's been added to show
that bad stuff is happening in the wizarding world as a result of
Voldie's return.  Specifically, they've added (with JKR's blessing) an
attack on The Burrow. Forgive me if you've already gone over this, I
haven't been able to participate here in a long while.  I believe it's
also going to be used as a Harry/Ginny Moment to show their developing
relationship. 

I also saw My Boy Jack, and I agree that Dan was terrific.  I really
enjoyed it and am planning to use the film (thanks to my lovely DVD
recorder) in my classes to show the horrors of trench warfare.