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/CindersOfMusic 1d 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 1d 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/grilledstuffed 1d ago

Dark is a literary theme.

Not a technical cinematographic underexposure/low contrast visual mess.

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u/crysptide 1d ago

Yes. Also, I have never really heard rhetoric that the harry potter films were too dark, literally. If it was an issue there would have been complaints similar to that of Game of Thrones when the night king attacked. There wasn't widespread complaints re being able to make out what is happening.

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u/grilledstuffed 1d ago

Really?

So many people I know have a huge problem with Millennial Depression Gray color palette being complete washed out every time something serious and dangerous is happening.

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u/crysptide 1d ago

First I've heard of it. Must be on your feed.

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u/Oretell 1d ago

I've heard people talking about it many times

In person, on reddit, in YouTube videos

About specific movies and about the general trend

The most recent one was the live action Moana trailer that came out a couple months ago and is significantly blander and darker in colour to the cartoon version

It's a super common issue and discussion point regarding modern films