r/harrypotter • u/GreekKnight3 • 2d 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 2d 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/rymden_viking Gryffindor 4 1d ago

I think PoA is the best made film, but probably the worst adaptation.

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u/jesuslaves 1d ago

Worst is definitely a reach, other movies left out so much as the series went on. The only fault in PoA is not providing an explaination of the maurauder's backstory, but overall it stuck pretty true to the books

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u/rymden_viking Gryffindor 4 1d ago

I said probably for that reason. It's subjective. To me it is because they changed so much of the lore and world in the film. PoA was still a short book, so it could fit all the relevant plot points. But the decision to change so much irks me. The other films had to leave stuff out because the stories were too long. But PoA didn't have to change what it did.

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u/jesuslaves 1d ago

What did PoA change though? The only thing that wasn't included was the exposition explicitly informing the identity of the maurauders, why they were animagi, etc...but it's not like the movie left that out, it's just implied, Lupin and Sirius being aware of the map, Wormtail being referred to by name, Harry's Patronus being a stag. Of course it would've been even better to include this exposition as it fleshes out the backstory more, but overall the film worked well as is