Megan reminds me of the thing that really bothered me about the HPB scene
in the tower.
In the book, it was gripping and tense, made so much more so by
Harry being constrained from acting. His sense of helplessness and anger, both precipitated by Dumbledore's binding curse were so painful to read.
In the film version,
he just stood there, dumbly watching the action.
Which seem so counter to
what he will be expected to do as the story unfolds.
Much less, how
he has reacted in previous movies. Given his less than strategic thinking to that point, I can't imagine he wouldn't have jumped out and tried to fight, regardless of Dumbledore's admonition. In fact, in the book, the wise old man knew Harry couldn't be trusted to behave. So he took drastic measures.
It would have been so easy to include that element.
I liked the movie, but I agree... Harry should have been immobilized in the tower scene, and it wouldn't have been difficult to portray.
Loved Rickman's voice when he spoke the killing curse. It was perfect. I thought Felton did really well too.
It would have been so easy to include that element.
From a writer's point of view, you don't want to take agency away from a character.
On rewatch, I saw how much narrative emphasis was put on (a) Harry following Dumbledore's instructions exactly and without deviation (standard magical/fairy tale trope, really) and (b) the trust between Harry and Dumbledore.
The scene in the tower then becomes a continuation of the scene in the cave, and I can see Kloves using these to set up
Harry's scenes of sacrifice and suffering while facing Voldemort in the last book/movies.
Harry is also learning that Dumbledore is playing "a long game" that may include losing some battles to win the war.
Finally, I think that Harry was a bit stuck by
Snape's arrival, trusting in Dumbledore's admonition that Snape is the only one who can help.
ita, because I really despised what Jackson and company did with LotR and really like Ten Inch and McAvoy.
We are opposites! I thought the movies were highly entertaining and couldn't get past the first couple chapters of the first book.
I did read all of
The Hobbit
and thought it was an interesting story but the writing was just so bad.
Hmmm...could they have
had Snape be the one to petrify Harry? Then you get Harry being allowed to make the choice, but still be restrained at the really critical moment?
cries
I think it's one of those books like
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
that I should have read when I was a kid and didn't have such an active internal editor.
but the writing was just so bad
It's like I don't know you . . .
It's like I don't know you . . .
I know! My best friend is a HUGE Tolkien fan and she is just appalled. But I can't get into it! Such a slog for me.
But I can't get into it! Such a slog for me.
::sits with the pretty rocker chick::
