Looking back and having seen all these movies so many times I have a hard time being critical of them now. I remember being entertained by them at the time and being left wanting for more.
One thing that bothered me with the books and the movies is the seemingly total lack of communication of any meaning between Harry and Dumbledore. You get the idea they talk often but you rarely are invited to join them, until maybe the later movies, and even then you get the feeling Dumbledore simply leaves out a lot of stuff that might have proved helpful to Harry.
I always thought based especially on movie Dumbledore that he really used Harry more than was a friend to him.
That’s a valid observation. I noticed that too yesterday. I think it’s more that he’s a hands off teacher. He always leaves things out for Harry to find, both in the book and the movies. He rarely talks to Harry directly and is usually busy elsewhere, but he leaves enough clues out that Harry is able to learn things on his own. I always figured this was a philosophy of teaching.
That was great. I also liked their comment that given the Hogwart’s teaching methods ”I’m surprised it took four years for them to manage to kill one of their students.”
