Clues to 6&7 in POA film - Don't cry for me Harry Potter

[samnanya]

No: HPFGUIDX 100086

meriaugust
> > > samnanya wrote:
<snip>
> > > As Harry turns to face her and express his pain, his face
> > > is DRY, particularly his eyes, as if he was incapable of
> > > shedding a tear.
> > > This scene was one of the few in POA that was actualy shot
> > > in close-up. For some reason  a lot of the film was done in
> > > medium to long shot, and the scene was filmed this way to 
> > > make sure that we are paying attention to Harry, and Harry
> > > alone.
> > > I have commented here before about Harry's inability to shed
> > > tears throughout the series, and the movie empahsizes this.
> > > JKR has always talked about eyes being significant and this
> > > scene may provide yet another clue how this is indeed so.
> > 
> > --------
> > Reread the following pages:
> > *OotP, Page 856 (US)
> > *PS, Page 299 (US) 
> > 
> > Harry has cried tears before.  
> > 
> > Arya
> 
> Harry also cries in one of the boggart scenes in PoA when Lupin is 
> teaching Harry the Patronus charm and and telling him about JAmes 
> and Lily. I believe he disguises it by bending down to tie his 
> shoelaces and wipes his face on his robes. [Is that proof of
crying ?]
Harry also nearly cries in the hospital wing after Cedric is killed 
and LV is reborn in GoF. 
> I wasn't so much bothered by the tears as by the fact that he cired 
> in front of Ron, which we know from GoF that he won't do. 
> Meri

Samnanya
I get REALLY REALLY pissed [as opposed to shedding a tear}
when people here infer that I can't read while it is obvious
that they havent carefully read what I said and worse yet,
quote canon to support their argument when the canon in fact
supports my own...

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The key word is TEARS as in SHEDDING TEARS
Wiping a wet face is not crying TEARS
Hiding your face in your robes does not infer TEARS
Harry's eyes can still be wet without him shedding a TEAR

For those of you who think there is no difference....
what would have been the result at the end of COS 
if Fawkes had wiped his eyes on Harry as opposed to shedding
phoenix TEARS ... 

and for those of you who are not so sure about how carefully 
JKR writes, read the last sentence of ch 37 in oop

"Harry looked up at [Dumbledore] and saw a tear trickle down 
Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard."

JKR can describe a tear quite well when she wants to ...

If nothing else in this series, JKR has been VERY careful
with her words, far more careful than some people have been
with their reading. JKR has also said many times in many 
interviews that EYES are important and I am certain that 
she has chosen her words very carefully. AND I am certain 
that the scene I referred to in the movie was not shot in 
close up by accident. 



Being pissed off {does NOT imply drops of urine are leaking
down my thigh}
Samnanya