Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows review (Spoilers ONLY behind the cuts)

[gioiamia]

ABOUT SPOILERS: This post starts out with a general, spoiler-free review.  I have tried very hard to put anything that might be considered a spoiler underneath an LJ-cut ( click here if you don't see the cuts).  I've even used fake LJ-cuts below so I don't give away where the film ends. However, if you consider discussions of the film sets,

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[aggiebell90]

Here via stmargarets (and rumpelsnorcack is on my flist, too, actually!)

Here's a question, from one parent to another. Did your daughter do okay with the scary/intense scenes? I'm asking because my 10 year old son wants to go see it, but like your daughter, he hasn't read the books yet (he's in the middle of PoA right now). Other than the constant explaining (which I'm going to have to do, too), what did she think of it? My hubby and I are actually going without the kids (on, like, a real, live date!) on Friday before I take the the two oldest to see it, so I'll get an idea then, but thought I'd ask another parent.

On another note, based on your comments, I'm going to have to take a whole case of Kleenex with me, so I don't drown the rest of the audience.

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[gioiamia]

Hi, there! I actually had this conversation today after my sister called with the same question in regards to her kids. “Pookie” rolled her eyes at me and said nothing was scary at all. So I don’t think your son will have any trouble with it, unless he is like my 11-year-old nephew and easily prone to having nightmares. Just in case your son is prone to bad dreams, here are the only scenes I could think of that might be an issue

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[gioiamia]

Also from a parent’s perspective, there might be a couple of other scenes for you to be aware of, which I did not mention above. I’m rather over-sensitive and conservative about some things, though, so these may be no biggie to y’all

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[aggiebell90]

OOh, thanks. This helps a lot. I don't mind being spoiled at all, really (I figure I know the plot already, so...) but I can also wait--it's only 2 more days. In fact, I think I can probably guess the "side-boob shot" scene, just based on other things I've heard so far. :P

Based on this, I think No.2 son will probably be fine. He says he likes to be scared (not horror movie scary, but this kind of scariness seems to be right up his alley), and he's done fine with the other HP movies (even the Inferi in HBP didn't seem to faze him too much--creeped me the heck out, though!). No.1 son's 17, so he won't have a problem with it (the other two are 6 and 4 so they're going to have to wait a bit--I can't wait until I can properly introduce them to the whole HP Universe.)

I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing it after reading your review. :)

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[gioiamia]

Thank you! I'm so glad the review and the parental opinions were a help!

Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!