'Harry Potter 6' Has "Sexual Energy and Drug Parallels"
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Family Films, Harry Potter, Remakes and Sequels
I didn't get beyond the fifth Harry Potter novel, so I'm not familiar with what goes on in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I never would have thought, however, that it features an adorable version of Voldemort (which reminded our own Kim Voynar of the young Anakin of The Phantom Menace), nor would I have ever imagined, in my wildest years, that it is anything like Trainspotting. Yet that's what Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe told Empire regarding the upcoming movie adaptation. He specifically likened Half-Blood Prince to the heroin-heavy movie, admitting that it is indeed strange to mention those two films in the same sentence. He also stated that in his movie, "there's a fair amount of sexual energy and drug parallels."Now, of course, that doesn't mean there's actual sex and drugs featured in the movie. And this wouldn't be the first time the Harry Potter films included suggestive imagery or content. One of the early installments (I think it was the original, Sorcerer's Stone) features a scene in which Harry experiments with his wand under the covers late at night. Like with a similar scene from Spider-Man, in which Peter Parker wakes up in his own sticky web, it's pretty obvious what real-world experience the scene is meant to parallel. So, I'm not surprised that as the Harry Potter movies get darker and the cast grows up that we'll be seeing other kinds of innuendo. And knowing the franchise so far, even if the suggestive imagery or content is easily deciphered, there's sure to be good messages tied in. It's not like Warner Bros. would permit improper subliminal encouragements.
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7-02-2008 @ 10:00PM
Liz said...
Harry practices spells under his covers in the third film, Prisoner of Azkaban. The scene does not exist in the book and opened the film.
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7-02-2008 @ 10:51PM
Christopher Campbell said...
Thanks for the reminder, Liz.
7-03-2008 @ 1:19AM
Seen K said...
Yeah, "Half Blood" has an annoying amount of snogging, which I was hoping would be toned down for the film. This will be a favorite installment for tweenage girls. As far as the "drug" aspet, I can only assume Radcliffe is referring to all the Pensieve-ing Harry does throughout the story to spur the Voldemort flashbacks.
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8-01-2008 @ 5:50AM
g.o.d said...
i don't know about you, but for my generation that pretty much reflects how things really did progress - JK's just showing that these kids are in fact real kids, not just pawns to her story of the magic school
10-20-2008 @ 10:35AM
VOLDERMODE said...
chia'right. but i think this scene is for the men who really think that is for girls. we will see.......
7-03-2008 @ 3:37AM
Marty J said...
Of course its not going to be anything like 'Trainspotting'. Radcliffe is another posho, who desperately wants to be considered hip, trendy and cool. He loves the Sex Pistols for their rebellious anti-authoritarian attitude but has no problem attending the Queen's birthday celebrations. Hmm, yeah, You are like so cool.
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7-03-2008 @ 7:58AM
Christopher Campbell said...
I think even Johnny Rotten would attend the Queen's birthday celebrations these days. But I get what you're saying.
7-03-2008 @ 5:13AM
bongo123 said...
i don’t get these half baked real world parallels, harry is practicing under the cover so as to conceal the light from his wand!!!?? what the feck else can you read from that...
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7-03-2008 @ 12:02PM
lp said...
"w*nking"
(self-censored to protect fragile little minds & conservatives)
Also, to a previous poster - how is referencing a 10 year old film in any way "hip" or "trendy"?
7-06-2008 @ 6:39PM
AJ said...
I don't know about Transpotting, but as far as chemical influences, there are quite a few...
1. Amortentia, which is described in the wizarding world as the most powerful love potion in the world. The smell of it had them a bit dreamy, even Hermione.
2. Ron accidently comsuming another type of love potion that another student put in Harry's cauldron cakes because she wanted to trap him. Ron went all loopy and became so lovesick (cause it was very strong) that he even punched didn't take him seriously.
3. The poisoned mead. After Slughorn gave Ron the anidote, he offered the boys some mead. But, Ron drank it before the toast was finished (they were toasting Ron's birthday) and he almost died from the poison.
4. Felix Felicis, lucky potion. It makes you over confident, reckless, and in some ways silly. If they include the scene where Harry takes it before seeing Slughorn, that will be funny. Totally, different Harry!!!!
5. During that scene, Hagrid was passed out drunk; Slughorn was drunk too. And Harry was a trip. In the real world it would be like giving a quiet person some 'liquid courage.'
So, the book definitely had a lot of chemical influences, but like I said, I don't know about the Trainspotting thing.
As far as sexual references/innuendos,....IDK
1. At one point the Gryffindor common room's password was 'Abstinence.'
2. Ron and Lavender and their kissing (and Hermione's reaction to it )/Ginny with Dean/Harry with Ginny
3. Harry being glad that Ron didn't know Legilimency, because of the 'thoughts' he was having about Ginny.
4. Ginny teasing her classmates about what kind of tatoos Harry has under his clothes.
That's about it, not too many.
Some of this stuff probably won't even make it into the book, but they have a habit of adding stuff to the books, so who knows.
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