Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II) - Midnight Screening
I need to post about my trip to London, but this is far more important!
I just got back from watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Mum, Dad and I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) earlier tonight (though we didn't quite have time to reach the very end before we had to go out). Watching them back to back was great - though I do still wish that I'd managed to convince them to go to the cinema for the back-to-back screening. Never mind.
Warning: SPOILERS below the cut.
It's fantastic. Honestly it is.
There's no way I can record everything here, but I'll say a few things.
The Gringotts dragon was every bit as beautiful and majestic and pitiful and amazing as I always wanted the Harry Potter dragons to be. (I was very cheated by Goblet of Fire. We didn't get mini dragons, just the Hungarian Horntail. This kind of made up for it.)
Snape. SNAPE. SNAAAAAAAAPE. Deathly Hallows was the book that made me understand him. (And, in a way, love him. He'll never be my favourite, but I do admire him. I do actually care quite a lot for Snape now. I'll never like him, especially not in the earlier books, but understanding him makes me feel for him. I'll stop rambling now.) The film ... the film made me cry! They dealt with his memories in a way that made complete sense, and was really powerful.
Watching this film has made me want to write an AU even more. (An AU where Snape tells Dumbledore about them being in danger earlier. Where he finds out about Wormtail and goes to warn Sirius/Dumbledore/someone who can do something. Where Lily and James survive. Where Regulus survives, and tells the Order about the Horcruxes. Where Voldemort gets defeated in 1980-whatever. Where Lily finds out what Snape did, what he sacrificed ... and doesn't know if she can stay with James when he still can't even respect Snape, even though Snape's responsible for them all being alive ... Yeah, I basically want to write a big gooey stupid Snape/Lily love story and I feel all wrong about it because I love Lily/James and argharghargh pairing crisis.) ... I'm totally writing that thing, though.
Speaking of Snape/Lily. I think they may have hinted at Lily being in love with Snape. Or Harry being Snape's. Or something, anyway. Dumbledore says at one point that, when he thinks about it, Lily and Snape having the same patronus isn't strange at all (or words to that effect). So ... Lily loved Snape too? Deep down somewhere? IDEK.
Also, because they have the same patronus, and patronuses only change with strong feelings - eg: Tonks's becoming a wolf after she falls for Remus - does that mean that Lily's patronus isn't a doe becuase she loves James, but rather that James's animagus form/patronus is a stag because he loves Lily? Basically, I'm asking: Which came first? James's patronus/animagus form, or Lily's - and therefore also Snape's - patronus?
I think the filmmakers were having a non-book-canon pairings field-day, by the way! Neville/Luna (YAY!)!!!! JKR, JSYK, that is what should have happened, your canon alternatives are basically sutpid. :P Tons of Harry/Hermione tit-bits for those who wanted to see them (ugh, pointless, stupid). Lots of Harry&Hermione are BFFs forget Ron, Ron isn't Harry's BFF, why would he be?! (I am kind of angry about that, actually, they've been doing it for a few films now and it's not truuuuue.) Possible requited Lily/Snape depending on how you read things.
I'm amazed at how much of the film took place at Hogwarts, actually! I'd forgotten how long the Battle of Hogwarts goes on for. They deal with four horcruxes there! Four!
I'm sad that they took out the memory of Tom Riddle talking to the heir of Hufflepuff (I forget her name) about the cup (I think) and the cutting of the explanation that the Locket was Slytherin's and the Cup was Hufflepuff's. At least they kept Ravenclaw's Diadem.
Back to things they did right. NEVILLE WAS AWESOME! MOLLY WEASLEY WAS AWESOME! ("Not my daughter, you bitch!") PERCY WAS THERE BEING ALL UNITED WITH HIS FAMILY! (In my headcanon, it was Percy who went and worked in the joke shop with George. Not, y'know, creating jokes. Ron could've helped with that I guess, if I want to work with JKR's canon. Nah, Percy'd be in the back room doing all the boring background things like accounts and ingredients orders. :P)
Fred, Remus and Tonks's 'deaths' were done excellently. Though I don't like Tonks/Remus, I did like them reaching across the gap between them at the start of the battle (and not quite making it) and their hands being stretched across the space between their bodies (but not quite touching). Personally? I'm going to read that as they were a 'close but not quite' relationship. She loved him and that's fine. He was with her because he was basically shoved into it (by Molly Interfering Weasley did you see all that matchmaking?! :P) and he thinks she's lovely but he's not in love iwht her/is in love with someone else. *cough*Sirius*cough* So, well done filmmakers for making it really easy for me to still ship my ship! :D
The bit with the resurrection stone was heartbreaking but done to perfection. (Didn't like the way they just shoved Teddy in there to give Remus something to say, but whatever. It's nice that he's kind of there in the wings.) Lily gets all the best lines.
Hm, what else?
The Malfoys were epic. Narcissa was just perfect (though I wish she looked like this!). Lucius being all cracked around the edges and twitchy and frigthened. Draaaacooooooo, you twitchy little ferrety coward! <3 (Haha, I always felt sorry for Draco in Deathly Hallows; the film just cemented that and made me want to hug him and squish him and feed him cake.)
Question1: Did Harry let Albus have a pet ferret (see the epilogue scene, the ferret is sooooo cuuuuuute!) because it amused him to have a reminder of Draco the Amazing Bouncing Ferret and Mad-Eye Moody?
Question2: Do Harry and Ron secretly snigger to one another every time they see Albus's ferret because they're remembering Draco the Amazing Bouncing Ferret?
I THINK THE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS DEFINITELY YES! :P
Also, how adorable was little Albus?! He was so perfect! *loves him*
I love that the epilogue was in there. It makes me so happy! (I know, I know, I'm in the minority, but I love it and I'd rather not argue with people over whether it's awesome or not because I know there are many reasons for it not being awesome but even so I still love it and I always will because I'm a sucker for happy endings, even if they are tagged on. :P)
I don't know what else to say. There was just so much in there, and it was all great. But I can't talk about all of it, because there's too much and I'd just be repeating each scene. Loved it, loved it, loved it! :D
Basically, go away from this post and watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I). Then, immediately afterwards, go to your local cinema and watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II).
:D
.
I just got back from watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Mum, Dad and I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) earlier tonight (though we didn't quite have time to reach the very end before we had to go out). Watching them back to back was great - though I do still wish that I'd managed to convince them to go to the cinema for the back-to-back screening. Never mind.
Warning: SPOILERS below the cut.
It's fantastic. Honestly it is.
There's no way I can record everything here, but I'll say a few things.
The Gringotts dragon was every bit as beautiful and majestic and pitiful and amazing as I always wanted the Harry Potter dragons to be. (I was very cheated by Goblet of Fire. We didn't get mini dragons, just the Hungarian Horntail. This kind of made up for it.)
Snape. SNAPE. SNAAAAAAAAPE. Deathly Hallows was the book that made me understand him. (And, in a way, love him. He'll never be my favourite, but I do admire him. I do actually care quite a lot for Snape now. I'll never like him, especially not in the earlier books, but understanding him makes me feel for him. I'll stop rambling now.) The film ... the film made me cry! They dealt with his memories in a way that made complete sense, and was really powerful.
Watching this film has made me want to write an AU even more. (An AU where Snape tells Dumbledore about them being in danger earlier. Where he finds out about Wormtail and goes to warn Sirius/Dumbledore/someone who can do something. Where Lily and James survive. Where Regulus survives, and tells the Order about the Horcruxes. Where Voldemort gets defeated in 1980-whatever. Where Lily finds out what Snape did, what he sacrificed ... and doesn't know if she can stay with James when he still can't even respect Snape, even though Snape's responsible for them all being alive ... Yeah, I basically want to write a big gooey stupid Snape/Lily love story and I feel all wrong about it because I love Lily/James and argharghargh pairing crisis.) ... I'm totally writing that thing, though.
Speaking of Snape/Lily. I think they may have hinted at Lily being in love with Snape. Or Harry being Snape's. Or something, anyway. Dumbledore says at one point that, when he thinks about it, Lily and Snape having the same patronus isn't strange at all (or words to that effect). So ... Lily loved Snape too? Deep down somewhere? IDEK.
Also, because they have the same patronus, and patronuses only change with strong feelings - eg: Tonks's becoming a wolf after she falls for Remus - does that mean that Lily's patronus isn't a doe becuase she loves James, but rather that James's animagus form/patronus is a stag because he loves Lily? Basically, I'm asking: Which came first? James's patronus/animagus form, or Lily's - and therefore also Snape's - patronus?
I think the filmmakers were having a non-book-canon pairings field-day, by the way! Neville/Luna (YAY!)!!!! JKR, JSYK, that is what should have happened, your canon alternatives are basically sutpid. :P Tons of Harry/Hermione tit-bits for those who wanted to see them (ugh, pointless, stupid). Lots of Harry&Hermione are BFFs forget Ron, Ron isn't Harry's BFF, why would he be?! (I am kind of angry about that, actually, they've been doing it for a few films now and it's not truuuuue.) Possible requited Lily/Snape depending on how you read things.
I'm amazed at how much of the film took place at Hogwarts, actually! I'd forgotten how long the Battle of Hogwarts goes on for. They deal with four horcruxes there! Four!
I'm sad that they took out the memory of Tom Riddle talking to the heir of Hufflepuff (I forget her name) about the cup (I think) and the cutting of the explanation that the Locket was Slytherin's and the Cup was Hufflepuff's. At least they kept Ravenclaw's Diadem.
Back to things they did right. NEVILLE WAS AWESOME! MOLLY WEASLEY WAS AWESOME! ("Not my daughter, you bitch!") PERCY WAS THERE BEING ALL UNITED WITH HIS FAMILY! (In my headcanon, it was Percy who went and worked in the joke shop with George. Not, y'know, creating jokes. Ron could've helped with that I guess, if I want to work with JKR's canon. Nah, Percy'd be in the back room doing all the boring background things like accounts and ingredients orders. :P)
Fred, Remus and Tonks's 'deaths' were done excellently. Though I don't like Tonks/Remus, I did like them reaching across the gap between them at the start of the battle (and not quite making it) and their hands being stretched across the space between their bodies (but not quite touching). Personally? I'm going to read that as they were a 'close but not quite' relationship. She loved him and that's fine. He was with her because he was basically shoved into it (by Molly Interfering Weasley did you see all that matchmaking?! :P) and he thinks she's lovely but he's not in love iwht her/is in love with someone else. *cough*Sirius*cough* So, well done filmmakers for making it really easy for me to still ship my ship! :D
The bit with the resurrection stone was heartbreaking but done to perfection. (Didn't like the way they just shoved Teddy in there to give Remus something to say, but whatever. It's nice that he's kind of there in the wings.) Lily gets all the best lines.
Hm, what else?
The Malfoys were epic. Narcissa was just perfect (though I wish she looked like this!). Lucius being all cracked around the edges and twitchy and frigthened. Draaaacooooooo, you twitchy little ferrety coward! <3 (Haha, I always felt sorry for Draco in Deathly Hallows; the film just cemented that and made me want to hug him and squish him and feed him cake.)
Question1: Did Harry let Albus have a pet ferret (see the epilogue scene, the ferret is sooooo cuuuuuute!) because it amused him to have a reminder of Draco the Amazing Bouncing Ferret and Mad-Eye Moody?
Question2: Do Harry and Ron secretly snigger to one another every time they see Albus's ferret because they're remembering Draco the Amazing Bouncing Ferret?
I THINK THE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS DEFINITELY YES! :P
Also, how adorable was little Albus?! He was so perfect! *loves him*
I love that the epilogue was in there. It makes me so happy! (I know, I know, I'm in the minority, but I love it and I'd rather not argue with people over whether it's awesome or not because I know there are many reasons for it not being awesome but even so I still love it and I always will because I'm a sucker for happy endings, even if they are tagged on. :P)
I don't know what else to say. There was just so much in there, and it was all great. But I can't talk about all of it, because there's too much and I'd just be repeating each scene. Loved it, loved it, loved it! :D
Basically, go away from this post and watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I). Then, immediately afterwards, go to your local cinema and watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II).
:D
.