Limitations of Harry's PoV (was: Re: Interesting article on Salon)

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> the massiveness of the threat of Voldemort wasn't conveyed
> > effectively in the movie.
> 
> This, I feel, has to do with the limitations of film as an entertainment
> medium as well. Don't forget that, in the books, we are viewing everything
> through Harry's eyes. In film, we are viewing everything in third person --
> and cannot see inside Harry's mind.
> 
> Also, let's not forget that (a) Harry might not, as a Muggle-raised wizard,
> understand the whole Voldemort thing (unlikely IMO because of the New 
Scene
> at the beginning; and (b) it might have been cut to death in the
> cutting-room floor.

Hmph.  Since the Voldemort threat is so crucial to creating any sense of 
tension or continuity in the series, they could have at least left in a few of 
the comments or explanations that other wizards contributed in the book.  
Just a couple more lines from Hagrid in that hut scene would have helped a lot, 
IMHO.  

The film never even makes clear that Harry not only survived the attack, but 
caused Voldemort to become virtually helpless and hence liberated the wizard 
world from years of fear, misery, and deaths.  Did I nod off, or did Hagrid not 
get to say the lines from the book that are roughly, "some say he died as a 
result of his enounter with you, but I think he's out there waiting to get strong 
enough to return"?