User blog comment:LilyLovegood/ The films do not take place during the 90's/@comment-85.210.85.166-20110804221005

The films do take place in the 90's. All the mistakes that take place aren't because the films are set in an 'Alternate Universe' or because of a magical time jump wherein the 90's are completely erased from history. It's just the directors etc being lazy: the lack of lenses in Harry's glasses, the fact they didnt do anything about radcliffe's blue eyes when Harry's GREEN ones become very prominent and important in the story, even Hermione's dress which was changed from blue to pink. Alot of senseless drama is often put into films too just for the sake of it e.g the millennium bridge. Although that had the side bonus of showing LV upping the terrorism. Some parts (like the tv etc) could even be because the books and therefore the films are directed at young children. The Dursley's are supposed to be somewhat wealthy and if they had a tv that looked like it came from (the bargain bin) the ninties it wouldnt register with them (the younger audience). The flashier something is, the more expensive it is. You can say I'm nitpicking all you like but I've given various possible reasons for various things that, in the end, add up. You can't wave everything away and say: 'oh, they MEANT it that way.' Writers, directors whatever aren't infallible, they do and always will make mistakes. These sort of things happen and not just in the Harry Potter films.