Oh my Goodness!! Final HBP trailer

kempermentor kempermentor at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 26 04:08:07 UTC 2009


> Carol replied:
> <snip> At 1:33 (where you told us to pause this time), I see Hermione on the verge of tears ...? I don't understand why you think that's "a picture that rolls a thousand eyes." 
 
> Kemper again:
> It deserves even more eye rolls.  Is there a movie in the series where she's not on the verge of tears?

> Carol, coming back to this oldish post from a new perspective:
> I just came across an amateurish site that identified this shot as "Hermione crying for the death of the headmaster." If that's the case, and she's not on the verge of tears over Won-Won and Lavender, maybe it's not so eye-rolling.

Kemper now:
I'm curious as to the amateurish site.  Link?
If Hemione is on the verge of tears or crying for the death of the headmaster, I wouldn't roll my eyes... unless she is the only one of the trio to do so.  

As I'm thinking about tears, it would be nice to see Harry cry and not that forced, uncanonical cry in the third movie.  Reflecting on themes over in Main (Harry: Everyman v Christ figure), I'm wondering if he is neither of those--and maybe I should bring my thoughts back to Main--but instead he is Superman (with that saving people thing) whose kryptonite doesn't exist.  Like Superman, Harry's an alien (perhaps a body snatcher) able to go through the motions of being human but not quite mastering emotions of one.  Yes, he has anger and envy and love.  But what about grief and a natural fear of dying?  Even Jesus, a god made everyman, wept at his friend's death and sweated over his inevitable crucifixion praying that he might get a pass.  But I don't get a sense that Harry feels with as much complexity.  This is just a long way saying I want to see Harry cry or even tear up in HBP upon or shortly after DD's death.  And if it's only Hermione who is on the verge of tears or crying, then it will require super slow and exaggerated eye rolling by everyone in the theater or at the keyboard with a pirated download.

Not sure if I'm adding to the discussion, but there you go :)

Kemper





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