My son and I are going to the midnight premier in Augusta tonight. Can't wait. Think I am most looking forward to Molly and Bellatrix. Did they do that scene justice? Also hope we get at least a bit of clarity re: H/G. My son has been on a marathon to finish reading the books by tonight and is started to understand all the grousing I've been doing about the movies. He is particularly agrieved that kreacher didn't get a better shake in the films.
I think you'll find that the H/G scenes were underwhelming as usual, but if you go in without expecting that the filmakers have suddenly become H/G shippers overnight, you won't be too disappointed with what actually came out in the movie. At least there weren't any suggestive H/Hr scenes. It was definitely a Ron/Hermione shipper's dream come true.
The Molly-Bellatrix duel went by too quickly for my taste, but at least it was there, along with the best line in Book 7 - "Not my daughter, you b*tch!". :)
That is the best line in the book! BTW, I seem to recall you were working on a fic last time we spoke. How's that coming? Sadly I haven't worked on anything in months. My dad passed last week after having a stroke back in April so life has been pretty consumed with work and that for the last few months. I am hoping my creative juices get flowing again after the dust settles.
I'm sorry to hear about your dad. My writing has taken a back seat to my pregnancy. I don't have any energy to think of even continuing my story, plus I've begun to notice that I seem to be stuck in a rut when it comes to writing. Not that I'm switching to angst or anything, but my latest efforts seem to be almost identical to each other. :(
Well, that is not good news. I hope your muse returns soon as you are one of my favorites.
Saw the movie and I loved it. I think it was a good film irrespective of being part of the series. After first viewing I would say it is probably the best adaptation. I thought Ron and Hermione's kiss was better as written, but I realized this morning that it wouldn't have made any sense to movie viewers only because they left out S.P.E.W. and mostly glossed over the elf rights stuff. I was pretty pleased with the H/G. It was better than expected. Would have liked to have seen Harry see her on the way to the forrest and also his memory of their kiss when he "died". Of course since that first kiss wasn't all that spectacular in the film, maybe it is just as well they didn't. I thought for a moment or two that they weren't going to have Neville actually kill the snake. I thought they did a pretty good job with Snape although I wish they would have shown where he calls her the "M" word to show how their friendship really fractured for good.
R/Hr's kiss was fun, although Rupert's head obscured most of it. For two people (Rupert and Emma) who admitted that they weren't looking forward to kissing each other, they sure delivered a convincing performance. :)
I liked the H/G parts - the one in the RoR where Dan had his sappy look on was particularly good. I was half hoping he would rush to her and kiss her (and thereby giving us the movie version of the Sunlit Days kiss), but overall it went well. Ginny also appeared in more scenes than I was expecting, so yeah, not a bad movie all in all for H/G shippers.
Will try looking at my half-written stuff soonish. Maybe I'll actually get down to doing something about it one of these days.
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The Molly-Bellatrix duel went by too quickly for my taste, but at least it was there, along with the best line in Book 7 - "Not my daughter, you b*tch!". :)
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Saw the movie and I loved it. I think it was a good film irrespective of being part of the series. After first viewing I would say it is probably the best adaptation. I thought Ron and Hermione's kiss was better as written, but I realized this morning that it wouldn't have made any sense to movie viewers only because they left out S.P.E.W. and mostly glossed over the elf rights stuff. I was pretty pleased with the H/G. It was better than expected. Would have liked to have seen Harry see her on the way to the forrest and also his memory of their kiss when he "died". Of course since that first kiss wasn't all that spectacular in the film, maybe it is just as well they didn't. I thought for a moment or two that they weren't going to have Neville actually kill the snake. I thought they did a pretty good job with Snape although I wish they would have shown where he calls her the "M" word to show how their friendship really fractured for good.
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I liked the H/G parts - the one in the RoR where Dan had his sappy look on was particularly good. I was half hoping he would rush to her and kiss her (and thereby giving us the movie version of the Sunlit Days kiss), but overall it went well. Ginny also appeared in more scenes than I was expecting, so yeah, not a bad movie all in all for H/G shippers.
Will try looking at my half-written stuff soonish. Maybe I'll actually get down to doing something about it one of these days.
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