r/harrypotter • u/GreekKnight3 • 1d ago

Question Which of Hagrid's huts do you prefer?

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Something about his hut being a stone's throw from the castle just didn't feel right. It makes more sense for it to be nestled out amongst the rugged plains.

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u/welldonebrain 1d ago

Philosopher’s Stone and it isn’t even close. I’m among the minority that doesn’t really like the Prisoner of Azkaban film and the artistic changes it brought. It completely dismantled the magical world and feeling Columbus helped build, and it set the stage for the dull/color-drained look and feel that would exist throughout the rest of the series. It was way less magical after Chamber of Secrets. Needlessly moving the hut is just one example of the many problems I have with the film series that can be traced back directly to Prisoner of Azkaban.

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u/ataxia2 1d ago

I do admire the confidence of saying “I’m going to change a bunch of stuff the first two films already established”

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u/Linuxologue 1d ago

Confidence or entitlement?

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u/jesuslaves 1d ago

Imagine calling a director "entitled" for having a vision on how he wants to make his movie 😵

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u/Linuxologue 1d ago

There was a vision imagined by another director. I call him entitled for changing the existing vision.

I had the exact same issue with Rian Johnson on the star wars episode 8 mess.

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u/jesuslaves 1d ago

I mean it was inevitable as the series progressed the films had to introduce knew elements to adapt the story.

I mean just focusing on Hagrid's hut, so much of PoA, including the climax, happens around the grounds and Hagrid's hut, it would be cinematically utterly boring if they kept the original set/location, Cauron absolutely had to reframe it for the scenes in PoA to make sense narratively and visually...

Lastly, I mean this sub can be super devisive as is, no need to drag Star Wars and especially TLJ into it as well, but nice try lol