How is it that you wrote almost exactly the same review I wanted to write?? :D I was seriously with you just about right up to the epilogue (which I didn't *hate* but I still felt sort of "eh" about it) which I called "Justin Bieber goes to Hogwarts." :P pauraque and I were also puzzling over why there was just Harry's one kid, because doesn't he have two? Maybe it was already too confusing, there sure were a lot of kids!
For me, the pivotal ending would have been the scene with Snape, but understandably they did have to go by the book. I also felt the scene with Snape's memories worked really well for me, particularly because it had Dumbledore absolutely saying, "yep, you're right, I totally manipulated both you and Harry!"
I didn't come out of the theater with utter joy either because the book really wasn't among my favorites, but I did feel like everyone (except poor Bonnie Wright. WTF) did a stellar job and the acting between Dan and Ralph was downright amazing. Also much with Ciaran Hinds love and Warwick Davis. I just wanted the movie to STAY in some places and then wind off into a different direction, like more about the goblins. The dragon! Oh man, I so want fic just about the dragon.
Neville has always been one of my favorites and Matthew Lewis hit it out of the park. Not to mention that little grin between Neville and Luna (who in my mind, always totally got together) was just what I needed. Come to think of it, it's almost impossible not to mention nearly the whole damn cast. And I LOVED having some kick-ass McGonagall. eeeeeee!
why there was just Harry's one kid, because doesn't he have two? Maybe it was already too confusing, there sure were a lot of kids! Yes, you could see James right alongside Albus, with Lily there too; they just didn't identify him as James. He was already going on ahead, confident because it was his third year (or second; I forget canon!). Lily didn't get any lines either, I recall.
How delightful it was to watch the impression that Snape had been the undercover good guy all that time--man, they even whitewashed out the whole "mudblood" thing, didn't they?--and Dumbledore was the master manipulator. Intense! Snape deserved a bit of whitewashing, though, I thought, after all this damn time. ^_^
For me, the pivotal ending would have been the scene with Snape, but understandably they did have to go by the book. I also felt the scene with Snape's memories worked really well for me, particularly because it had Dumbledore absolutely saying, "yep, you're right, I totally manipulated both you and Harry!"
I didn't come out of the theater with utter joy either because the book really wasn't among my favorites, but I did feel like everyone (except poor Bonnie Wright. WTF) did a stellar job and the acting between Dan and Ralph was downright amazing. Also much with Ciaran Hinds love and Warwick Davis. I just wanted the movie to STAY in some places and then wind off into a different direction, like more about the goblins. The dragon! Oh man, I so want fic just about the dragon.
Neville has always been one of my favorites and Matthew Lewis hit it out of the park. Not to mention that little grin between Neville and Luna (who in my mind, always totally got together) was just what I needed. Come to think of it, it's almost impossible not to mention nearly the whole damn cast. And I LOVED having some kick-ass McGonagall. eeeeeee!
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How delightful it was to watch the impression that Snape had been the undercover good guy all that time--man, they even whitewashed out the whole "mudblood" thing, didn't they?--and Dumbledore was the master manipulator. Intense! Snape deserved a bit of whitewashing, though, I thought, after all this damn time. ^_^
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