10 Problems With Harry Potter Movies That Nobody Wants To Admit
10. Why Isn't Time Travel Used To Solve Problems More Often?
Youd expect a storyteller with as much foresight as J.K. Rowling to avoid a plot device like time travel: introducing it into your universe creates multiple issues from the off, especially if its presented as something that characters are able to use again and again and then dont. Which is to say, the Time Turner was a mistake on Rowlings part. Initially used in The Prisoner Of Azkaban by Hermione as a means of attending more lessons in a single day, the device is eventually utilised to prevent the deaths of Buckbeak and Sirius Black. Its a cool idea and a well-executed one (at the time, at least), but it also means that - after Azkaban - audiences are left asking: Why doesnt anyone use the Time Turner to prevent all disasters in the Wizarding World? You can try to justify it, of course, but the fact is that there is no explanation: Rowling wrote herself into a hole with this one and failed to come up with anything resembling a satisfying explanation; imagine all the deaths that could have been prevented, though - heck, Dumbledore could have stopped Voldemort from killing Harrys parents.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
