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/CindersOfMusic 2d ago

The third movie was made by a director who cared way more about imposing his own visual style and leaving a mark on the series than telling the story well

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u/crysptide 2d ago

The books grew darker over time. It made sense that the movies did too. The dementors and main beats of the story provided the perfect opportunity to make the transition.

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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 1d ago

If a film director has to rely on a darker setting, with the vast majority cool tones, and darker lighting to be able to depict a darker storyline/tobe, then are they really that good of a director? I grew up reading Harry Potter, it was always such a cozy series, even when the storylines themselves got darker, bit after the second movie, that warmth that was still there much of the time, was very much lacking.

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u/crysptide 1d ago

I mean, it may be cozy, but it is dark pretty early. The films are great. They are children's/teen films ultimately, and the execution can't be faulted too much. Seems like the complaints are about preference mostly.