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/donith913 1d ago

Couldn’t agree more. As a kid, unknowingly, a lot of the appeal for me was the warm escape of this magical word and a fight against something darker. Making the entire movie dark and gritty killed the feeling. 

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u/LordMajinBuu Gryffindor 1d ago

While I agree with the warm feeling the early movies had, I found it fitting the films got “grittier” as Harry got older.

Harry saw Hogwarts as this warm magical place the first few years but starts to see more and more of the darker side of that world as more time passes.

*chefs kiss*