REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

[alxndrjosephine]

DISCLAIMER: SPOILERS BELOW.

I was dreading to watch this movie; as always, I feared the worst when it comes to its adaptation, but more so because it will be the part one of the last two movies of a series that has captivated my imagination for the last 12 years.

The first time I saw the trailer for Deathly Hallows, my immediate reaction was: “

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[rumpelsnorcack]

Hermione will never be so vain as to wear a perfume whilst she’s on the run. More than the tent dance, it was the scene that made me “WTF?” because it was so un-like Hermione.

It's funny how everyone is different, isn't it? This didn't bother me. I saw it as Hermione wearing that perfume Ron gave her in one of the books as a way to show him she appreciated it and him. I kinda liked it -- also how it led to the jealousy of Ron. I'm totally reading into it but I liked the idea that it was a connection between them and Ron misread it.

The thing that actually made me (and several people around me in the theatre) gag was the ball of light speech. It was almost as bad as the line in Pearl Harbour 'it's not my nose that hurts, it's my heart' both of those things threw me right out of their respective movies. FAR too sickening for me, far too long a line and just ... bleh. That was the part of the movie I most dreaded second time because I cringed first time and I just wanted to skip it.

I'm glad you enjoyed this though :D

[uponadream]

lol, you're not the only one who's gone on at length about how Ron's speech was very cringey-worthy. It didn't bother me the first time, but the second time I noticed a lot of giggles in my theater during it and I was like "oh dear, this is going to be a moment people laugh at..."

Thankfully it's saved by Harry's line the next scene, the movie opens itself up to the fact that YES, that was a little cheesy, let's laugh at it.

[rumpelsnorcack]

Hah, yeah -- at least Harry realised it was corny.

Unfortunately, then we got ruined again by Ron's 'Dumbledore knew I'd need to come back and knew she'd lead me' line afterwards. I found that one just too corny as well after the ball of light stuff.

[pennylane_4]

...I am so glad to see someone else say this about Ron's speech. I honestly thought it was just my general dislike of R/Hr that was coloring my perception of that scene, but perhaps not. Perhaps it really was a rather eyeroll-inducing moment.

But it could have been worse: Rupert did the best he could with such a corny speech, and he's the one who I think saved it from being completely unbearable. I think it's because of him that I was able to watch it again without dying of secondhand embarrassment. LOL.

[rumpelsnorcack]

Rupert definitely saved it -- a little. But I still found it totally awkward and cringeworthy. I thought it was just me until I saw it second time and my friend next to me was making gagging noises, lol.

I think I just don't like ultra soppy things that are so clearly designed to make us go 'awwwwww' -- I love romance, but not when it's this forced.

[alxndrjosephine]

I honestly thought it was just my general dislike of R/Hr that was coloring my perception of that scene, but perhaps not. Perhaps it really was a rather eyeroll-inducing moment. Watching it the second (third, fourth, fifth.... nth) time around made it corny, tbh. But I still liked it, maybe because movie!Ron wasn't given much leeway to profess her feelings for Hermione before that moment; Rupert delivered it so well.

The"taking off the glasses" was the one I really, really liked.

[stumps101]

*HIGH FIVE*

I found it pretty cringey too hehe.