Clues to 6&7 in POA film

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 100177


> Bonny wrote:
> 
> The way the shots were set up also said a lot to me. Throughout the
> film, we see Harry as seperate from Ron and Hermione. The best frame
> in which to see this is when Hagrid is skipping rocks. There is a
> close up of his head, taking up all the screen except the two upper
> corners. R and Her. are in one, and Harry is in the other. There are
> also other instances, in which R and Her. are dressed in colours,
> and Harry walks beside them dressed all in black. We also see images
> of Harry, dressed in black, standing behind an onimously ticking
> clock. A ticking time bomb, perhaps? And, finally for now because
> supper is ready, we see many instances of Harry examining his
> reflection, and it appearing dark. He looks at his reflection in the
> window of the train, and in the lake, and it looks very creepy.
> Maybe Harry will be forced to examine his dark side more thoroughly.
> 
> vmonte responds:
> 
> I noticed the same things! The groupings, Harry's reflection, the 
> creepy pendulum. Harry is often separated from his friends and cut-
> off from living. Even when he can join his friends at Hogsmeade he 
> can not be seen; he must wear a cloak, and be undercover.  Harry is 
> always looking at life from the outside.  He observes people live, 
> yet he does not really live.  He seems to be always reminded that 
he 
> is the "other."  He has moments of unity with his friends but in 
the 
> end JKR always makes us know that he is not like them.  Harry does 
> not have intimate interactions with Hermione, at least not like Ron 
> does. (The sexual tension in the movie is between Ron and Hermione, 
> not Harry and Hermione.) 
> But aside from the movie...
> The only person that has experiences remotely in common with Harry 
is 
> Ginny.  Why did JKR add this character?  Remember the scene where 
> Sirius chases the Hogwarts train (in dog form)?  Well, Ginny also 
> chases the train in SS/PS.  Sirius loved Harry but could not keep 
up 
> with him, I wonder Ginny will be able to. 
> 
> vmonte

Susan (teilani):
This really makes me think about what all you posters have said about 
the last book and the prophecy.  Paraphrase: for one to live the 
other must die.  K, I know that wasn't exact.  What I'm saying is 
that lots of you already pointed out that Harry's hardly living these 
days, and really he's getting more and more withdrawn and 
melancholy.  Maybe these movie scenes are some of the indicators that 
JKR was talking about re: 6&7.  Like Bonny says, perhaps he has to 
examine his dark side and get out of his funk before he'll even be 
strong enough mentally and magically to destroy LV.  Once he does 
that, I would imagine a great burden will be lifted from him (well, 
duh)and he can have that family and home life he wants (Ginny?!
OBHWF?!).  

I mean, at the Dursleys', he's always going to be an outsider because 
he's a wizard.  But in the WW, he's THE Harry Potter.  He's not only 
supposed to fit in, he's _supposed_ to be this great hero.  Now, I'm 
definitely familiar with super heroes, and I realize that they 
normally have to be outsiders to protect their identity, but that's 
not the case here.  HP can't go into a phone booth, rip open his 
shirt, and reveal his powerful, magical scar and set about kicking 
$^%.  Everyone already knows he's Harry Potter.

This also makes me think of "Unbreakable".  If anyone here's seen 
that movie, the hero has to come to terms with his powers and his 
life before he can go about saving innocents, yeah, but more 
importantly, he has to do so specifically so he can be able to fight 
the big baddie, his _opposite_.  So, in PoA movie, we get scenes 
showing Harry as isolated and introspective, perhaps foreshadowing 
the internal struggle he must face before he can confront the major 
external struggle with LV.  Whadda ya think?

Susan (who knows this post is a bit all over the place, but didn't 
get much sleep last night ;-)