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Finally saw HBP last night. It was quite good... but a few things REALLY jarred with me.
The attack on the Burrow... why?! What was the point? It didn't really add anything to the plot, it just made the Order look inept at dealing with the bad guys! The grown ups are left standing a bit bewildered and the kids run off to fight the deatheaters... really? That and the fact that it's not mentioned again in the film. Surely Ron and Ginny would feel slightly put out that they lost their home? It just felt like the writers/producers felt they needed something exciting to happen in the middle and just stuck something in. An attack on Hogsmeade would have made more sense!
Missing out the Battle of Hogwarts. Really they should have stuck that in and left the Burrow out. It would give the feeling of no where being safe and stop the last few minutes of the film being so anticlimactic. Honestly Dumbledore's demise just felt silly. There's half a dozen death eaters just standing around looking menacing and then they all walk away. It just made it all feel a bit pointless.
The very very end. Ron had no lines in the last scene and they didn't even let him stand beside Harry and Hermione til the last few seconds! Once again Hermione stole all the best lines. Not impressed. I didn't even realise he was in that scene til they panned the camera!
There was some stuff I did like though! I liked how they kept hammering home Harry and Hermione NOT being interested in each other! And Ron with the love potion made me laugh! I loved all the interactions between the trio - you can see through the 'acting' that they are actually mates - which is really nice! I liked the cave scene too. Lav-Lav was great - the bit on the train with the steamed up window was painfully long - and brilliant! I think the films are funnier than the books, and that's all due to the way the characters interact with each other. Harry on the Felix Felicius was hilarious. His face!
I think in general though the films are entertaining but they aren't a patch on the books. The scenery is usually spot on, as is the casting (how brilliant was Draco in this film? He was like some 1930's gangster!) but the storytelling always seems to fall flat. I guess there's just so much going on in the books they couldn't hope to get it all into the films. I just wish they would get the 'jist' of them a little better.
The attack on the Burrow... why?! What was the point? It didn't really add anything to the plot, it just made the Order look inept at dealing with the bad guys! The grown ups are left standing a bit bewildered and the kids run off to fight the deatheaters... really? That and the fact that it's not mentioned again in the film. Surely Ron and Ginny would feel slightly put out that they lost their home? It just felt like the writers/producers felt they needed something exciting to happen in the middle and just stuck something in. An attack on Hogsmeade would have made more sense!
Missing out the Battle of Hogwarts. Really they should have stuck that in and left the Burrow out. It would give the feeling of no where being safe and stop the last few minutes of the film being so anticlimactic. Honestly Dumbledore's demise just felt silly. There's half a dozen death eaters just standing around looking menacing and then they all walk away. It just made it all feel a bit pointless.
The very very end. Ron had no lines in the last scene and they didn't even let him stand beside Harry and Hermione til the last few seconds! Once again Hermione stole all the best lines. Not impressed. I didn't even realise he was in that scene til they panned the camera!
There was some stuff I did like though! I liked how they kept hammering home Harry and Hermione NOT being interested in each other! And Ron with the love potion made me laugh! I loved all the interactions between the trio - you can see through the 'acting' that they are actually mates - which is really nice! I liked the cave scene too. Lav-Lav was great - the bit on the train with the steamed up window was painfully long - and brilliant! I think the films are funnier than the books, and that's all due to the way the characters interact with each other. Harry on the Felix Felicius was hilarious. His face!
I think in general though the films are entertaining but they aren't a patch on the books. The scenery is usually spot on, as is the casting (how brilliant was Draco in this film? He was like some 1930's gangster!) but the storytelling always seems to fall flat. I guess there's just so much going on in the books they couldn't hope to get it all into the films. I just wish they would get the 'jist' of them a little better.