Harry Cruelty
I took my kids to see GoF for the second time this afternoon. As many people have noted, you can really only take it all in the second time, when you aren't so visually overwhelmed, and can think while it's going on.
I was particularly struck by the cemetery scene at the end. There have been some discussions on lj (and I've had a couple with friends, off lj) about how hard it was to watch Harry suffer, in that sequence. But while I was watching it, I was reminded, all over again, that cruelty to Harry is integral to the entire series.
And I want it that way. It needs to be that way.
This is more about canon than the movie. But I've cut it for very mild movie spoilers
I was particularly struck by the cemetery scene at the end. There have been some discussions on lj (and I've had a couple with friends, off lj) about how hard it was to watch Harry suffer, in that sequence. But while I was watching it, I was reminded, all over again, that cruelty to Harry is integral to the entire series.
And I want it that way. It needs to be that way.
This is more about canon than the movie. But I've cut it for very mild movie spoilers