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

[John Walton]

Joanne0012 at aol.com wrote:

> Seems like just a very wordy, roundabout way of agreeing with people who
> have said that 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.

Bah. Where's my Director's Cut? :D

--John

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John Walton -- john at walton.vu
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