There are two qualifications to this entry that must be stated up front. One: the Harry Potter franchise got much, much better as it went along, beginning with (most would agree, right?) the third installment directed by Gravity and Children of Men visionary Alfonso Cuarón; and two: Daniel Radcliffe has developed into a terrific young actor and a seemingly cool dude.
Let’s be real, though. For those first couple of movies, these kids were pretty annoying. I get that the movies were more geared toward younger audiences, but as I’ll go into further on the next page, director Chris Columbus has a way of making his children’s movies extra childish to the point that it can be a bore (I think of that Louis CK bit where he talks about how one of the worst parts of being a parent is having to pretend to be interested in your child’s boring activities).
Others have cited young Ron Weasley as one of the most irritating child characters in all of cinema in recent years, but I’d put Harry right up there with him. He’s probably even worse because he has this whole “chosen one” mentality about him that’s just unbearable at times. It’s hard not to be on Team Snape for parts 1 and 2.
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