Harry Potter & The Adaptation of AWESOME
OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS, HOW AWESOME WAS THAT MOVIE?
SO AWESOME. LET'S GO SEE IT AGAIN. WHO'S WITH ME?
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I have never been a huge fan of the adaptations. I thought 1 and 2 sucked MAJOR ass, and 3 was all RIGHT, but when you're dealing with an adaptation of your FAVORITE book, no matter how hard they try, they will always fail. (Plus, that was the worst werewolf CGI ever. What the fuck was that? HE WAS NOT A WOLF. GIVE ME A WOLF. Also, I am one of those annoying people who was never a dan of David Thewlis cast in this particular role. And it is the role of my heart. ♥_____;)
ANYWAY. I've only seen GoF twice, I think, and - it was fine! Totally cool! But IDK.
OotP was my favorite when it came out - it condensed a hugely flawed (obviously, imo) book into a gorgeous and gripping and atmospheric film that cut through all the crap I hated in the book. I was THRILLLLED that David Yates stayed on for the rest of them, and he's REALLY not disappointed me. (I loved the sixth movie, too, but I have only seen it once. I should really own that shit and re-watch it. Hmmmm.)
SO, THIS MOVIE, HUH. *________________________*
THIS IS WHERE I AM GOING TO GO IN AND OUT OF CAPSLOCK.
ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. How happy am I they split the book into two parts? OH MAN OH MAN. They have NEVER taken such great care with building the tension and really taking the time to show the journeys these characters are on. The beginning was simply GENIUS: where the trio all are and how they're dealing with what's ahead of them, which they know is TERRIFYING and uncertain and HORRIBLE, for sure.
(Hermione obliviating her parents - God, that killed me. Way to tug those heartstrings like a CHAMP, Emma Watson. I am SO impressed, and I've never been a huge fan of hers. (Her eyebrows used to do the bulk of her acting for her. /o\) But just. Her walking out of her house, with not even a single bag, heading down the street. What a gorgeous image. <3<3<3)
The scene with the seven Potters was GENIUS. Man, I fucking love those twins. (AND HELLO, BILL WEASLEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING. O.O He was a lot younger than I pictured Bill being by that point in the story, but I AM NOT COMPLAINING.) It brought the necessary lols before the first bloodbath. /o\
HEDWIG. DDDDDDDD:
MAD-EYE. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD;
The fight scenes were just as tense and horrible and terrifying as they should have been.
UHM WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE. I DON'T KNOW. I JUST. IT WAS REALLY FUCKING AMAZING, YOU GUYS.
Luna will ALWAYS be my favorite, like. FOREVER. I love that girl SO MUCH, she is PERFECT. Her line about Harry being too polite to say he doesn't want to be talking to them was SPOT ON. She gets that THING of Luna's, where she's able to go straight to the heart of the matter without much hurt, SO WELL. Oh man. Plus, cute as a BUTTON. ♥
The way they told the story of the Deathly Hallows was STUNNING. Holy shit, I did not expect that from the movie at ALL. I don't mean that in a BAD way, but there was so much originality and gorgeous animation in there, I was just STUNNED. I would watch a full-length feature in that style, it blew me away. My face was like *_____________________* the entire time.
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The infiltration of the Ministry! OMG! First of all, I love the actress who played "Hermione" so I was thrilled to see her. And the actor who played Rancor (sp?) got Daniel Radcliffe's weird little walk down PAT, oh my God, I was DYING. That whole scene was incredibly well-done and I was tense THE ENTIRE TIME. I actually couldn't remember exactly how it all ended up, because it's been a while since I reread the books, but MAN OH MAN, I was on the edge of my seat and watching through my fingers.
OMG, Ron's arm getting splinched. DDDDDDDDDDD: I'm so glad they didn't shy away from the horror of all of it, and that was pretty brutal. (Like George's ear. ;_____;) Yikes. Again, another scene that Emma Watson fucking NAILED. WAY TO GO, GIRL.
I loved all the little trio moments, like them getting reunited in the beginning, and then AFTER the battle in the sky, Harry pouncing on them both. ♥__________♥
Ron's slow breakdown was HEARTBREAKING to watch, and I remember just wanting to GET THROUGH IT. JUST GET THROUGH IT. Ugh ugh ugh.
They dealt with the whole "wandering around the forest" bit really well, and changed it up enough that it was never dull like it kind of had been in the book. Really, it was just so COOL the way the movie built and built and built, but never DRAGGED. The pacing was super well-done.
OMG, I couldn't watch the super-awkward dancing scene, it was so mottsy, but the part where Ron comes back and gives Hermione his speech? It was a LITTLE cheesy, but it WORKED, especially after they had Harry make a tiny joke about it. It brought it down to a human level, I thought.
(BUT, omg, the Horcrux-destroying scene was SO AWESOME. AND TERRIFYING. AND AWESOME. And drlense is TOTALLY right: they got Hermione down JUST as they should have, "more beautiful and more terrible" than she is in life, and OH POOR RON. The nekkid make-outs were RACY, yo, and looked like fanart, which was hilarious. STILL NOT AS MOTTSY AS THE DANCING, THOUGH, I HATE TO SAY. I actually enjoyed the racy nekkid make-outs.)
WHAT ELSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
OH, ALAN RICKMAN. Man, NOT enough Snape in this movie, but he was SO amazing. The scene with Voldemort killing the Muggles Studies teacher was horrifying and Snape's FACE, you guys. ;______; Talk about between a rock and a hard place, that dude got NO break.
Tom Felton was awesome, as always, and really managed to convey his own "rock and a hard place" with very few lines. Still can't get past the fact that he looks like Eminem, but the scene between him and disfigured Harry was crackling with tension. I'm sure all the Draco/Harry people were happy. :D
UHM UHM UHM
DOBBY. Yeah, I totally cried, I'm not even gonna lie. ;___________; He was awesome and hilarious and everything he should have been. DOBBY. ;_______________;
Just. I don't KNOW. It was AMAZING. I want to watch it all over again, this time with less tension about WHEN IS IT GOING TO END, because I spent legit, like, an HOUR of the whole thing worrying the next scene was going to be the last. I had no idea where it would end! Would it be when Ron left? No. When Ron came BACK? No. WHEN??? DDDDDDDDDDD: So I'd like to go in appreciating exactly how much they crammed into this movie. ♥
God, I have SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT SO MANY THINGS. I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM.
Oh! NEVILLE. THAT'S OUR BOY. Oh God, I clutched my heart a little bit. YOU TELL THEM, BABY. RAWR!
The snatcher scene was SO TENSE OMG. AND SCARY. And Bellatrix torturing Hermione BROKE MY HEART INTO A MILLION PIECES. YOU LEAVE HER ALONE! DDDDDDDDDDDD:
Also also also, OMG GODRIC'S HOLLOW. NAGINI. HOLY SHIT, I THINK I SCREAMED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL. AUGH AUGH AUGH HORRIBLE. And I had somehow totally forgotten that Harry lost his wand that night, and was properly horrified all over again. It was just. SO AWESOME.
Fleur's wedding dress perplexed me. But that may just have been me.
Hermione is my hero.
RON. ♥
OMG, the doe Patronus. AUGH SNAPE AUGH! ;_________;
IDK THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THEM HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN.
Is the end of my thoughts for now. I THINK.
We went to see it at 8am today with drlense, and I sat in the middle and clutched both T & drlense a LOT. There was a LOT OF CLUTCHING. And FLAILING. And HITTING. I JUST. I WANT THE NEXT MOVIE, LIKE, YESTERDAY. *_______________*
Hi. Talk to me about this, you guys. *___________________*
SO AWESOME. LET'S GO SEE IT AGAIN. WHO'S WITH ME?
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I have never been a huge fan of the adaptations. I thought 1 and 2 sucked MAJOR ass, and 3 was all RIGHT, but when you're dealing with an adaptation of your FAVORITE book, no matter how hard they try, they will always fail. (Plus, that was the worst werewolf CGI ever. What the fuck was that? HE WAS NOT A WOLF. GIVE ME A WOLF. Also, I am one of those annoying people who was never a dan of David Thewlis cast in this particular role. And it is the role of my heart. ♥_____;)
ANYWAY. I've only seen GoF twice, I think, and - it was fine! Totally cool! But IDK.
OotP was my favorite when it came out - it condensed a hugely flawed (obviously, imo) book into a gorgeous and gripping and atmospheric film that cut through all the crap I hated in the book. I was THRILLLLED that David Yates stayed on for the rest of them, and he's REALLY not disappointed me. (I loved the sixth movie, too, but I have only seen it once. I should really own that shit and re-watch it. Hmmmm.)
SO, THIS MOVIE, HUH. *________________________*
THIS IS WHERE I AM GOING TO GO IN AND OUT OF CAPSLOCK.
ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. How happy am I they split the book into two parts? OH MAN OH MAN. They have NEVER taken such great care with building the tension and really taking the time to show the journeys these characters are on. The beginning was simply GENIUS: where the trio all are and how they're dealing with what's ahead of them, which they know is TERRIFYING and uncertain and HORRIBLE, for sure.
(Hermione obliviating her parents - God, that killed me. Way to tug those heartstrings like a CHAMP, Emma Watson. I am SO impressed, and I've never been a huge fan of hers. (Her eyebrows used to do the bulk of her acting for her. /o\) But just. Her walking out of her house, with not even a single bag, heading down the street. What a gorgeous image. <3<3<3)
The scene with the seven Potters was GENIUS. Man, I fucking love those twins. (AND HELLO, BILL WEASLEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING. O.O He was a lot younger than I pictured Bill being by that point in the story, but I AM NOT COMPLAINING.) It brought the necessary lols before the first bloodbath. /o\
HEDWIG. DDDDDDDD:
MAD-EYE. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD;
The fight scenes were just as tense and horrible and terrifying as they should have been.
UHM WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE. I DON'T KNOW. I JUST. IT WAS REALLY FUCKING AMAZING, YOU GUYS.
Luna will ALWAYS be my favorite, like. FOREVER. I love that girl SO MUCH, she is PERFECT. Her line about Harry being too polite to say he doesn't want to be talking to them was SPOT ON. She gets that THING of Luna's, where she's able to go straight to the heart of the matter without much hurt, SO WELL. Oh man. Plus, cute as a BUTTON. ♥
The way they told the story of the Deathly Hallows was STUNNING. Holy shit, I did not expect that from the movie at ALL. I don't mean that in a BAD way, but there was so much originality and gorgeous animation in there, I was just STUNNED. I would watch a full-length feature in that style, it blew me away. My face was like *_____________________* the entire time.
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The infiltration of the Ministry! OMG! First of all, I love the actress who played "Hermione" so I was thrilled to see her. And the actor who played Rancor (sp?) got Daniel Radcliffe's weird little walk down PAT, oh my God, I was DYING. That whole scene was incredibly well-done and I was tense THE ENTIRE TIME. I actually couldn't remember exactly how it all ended up, because it's been a while since I reread the books, but MAN OH MAN, I was on the edge of my seat and watching through my fingers.
OMG, Ron's arm getting splinched. DDDDDDDDDDD: I'm so glad they didn't shy away from the horror of all of it, and that was pretty brutal. (Like George's ear. ;_____;) Yikes. Again, another scene that Emma Watson fucking NAILED. WAY TO GO, GIRL.
I loved all the little trio moments, like them getting reunited in the beginning, and then AFTER the battle in the sky, Harry pouncing on them both. ♥__________♥
Ron's slow breakdown was HEARTBREAKING to watch, and I remember just wanting to GET THROUGH IT. JUST GET THROUGH IT. Ugh ugh ugh.
They dealt with the whole "wandering around the forest" bit really well, and changed it up enough that it was never dull like it kind of had been in the book. Really, it was just so COOL the way the movie built and built and built, but never DRAGGED. The pacing was super well-done.
OMG, I couldn't watch the super-awkward dancing scene, it was so mottsy, but the part where Ron comes back and gives Hermione his speech? It was a LITTLE cheesy, but it WORKED, especially after they had Harry make a tiny joke about it. It brought it down to a human level, I thought.
(BUT, omg, the Horcrux-destroying scene was SO AWESOME. AND TERRIFYING. AND AWESOME. And drlense is TOTALLY right: they got Hermione down JUST as they should have, "more beautiful and more terrible" than she is in life, and OH POOR RON. The nekkid make-outs were RACY, yo, and looked like fanart, which was hilarious. STILL NOT AS MOTTSY AS THE DANCING, THOUGH, I HATE TO SAY. I actually enjoyed the racy nekkid make-outs.)
WHAT ELSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
OH, ALAN RICKMAN. Man, NOT enough Snape in this movie, but he was SO amazing. The scene with Voldemort killing the Muggles Studies teacher was horrifying and Snape's FACE, you guys. ;______; Talk about between a rock and a hard place, that dude got NO break.
Tom Felton was awesome, as always, and really managed to convey his own "rock and a hard place" with very few lines. Still can't get past the fact that he looks like Eminem, but the scene between him and disfigured Harry was crackling with tension. I'm sure all the Draco/Harry people were happy. :D
UHM UHM UHM
DOBBY. Yeah, I totally cried, I'm not even gonna lie. ;___________; He was awesome and hilarious and everything he should have been. DOBBY. ;_______________;
Just. I don't KNOW. It was AMAZING. I want to watch it all over again, this time with less tension about WHEN IS IT GOING TO END, because I spent legit, like, an HOUR of the whole thing worrying the next scene was going to be the last. I had no idea where it would end! Would it be when Ron left? No. When Ron came BACK? No. WHEN??? DDDDDDDDDDD: So I'd like to go in appreciating exactly how much they crammed into this movie. ♥
God, I have SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT SO MANY THINGS. I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM.
Oh! NEVILLE. THAT'S OUR BOY. Oh God, I clutched my heart a little bit. YOU TELL THEM, BABY. RAWR!
The snatcher scene was SO TENSE OMG. AND SCARY. And Bellatrix torturing Hermione BROKE MY HEART INTO A MILLION PIECES. YOU LEAVE HER ALONE! DDDDDDDDDDDD:
Also also also, OMG GODRIC'S HOLLOW. NAGINI. HOLY SHIT, I THINK I SCREAMED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL. AUGH AUGH AUGH HORRIBLE. And I had somehow totally forgotten that Harry lost his wand that night, and was properly horrified all over again. It was just. SO AWESOME.
Fleur's wedding dress perplexed me. But that may just have been me.
Hermione is my hero.
RON. ♥
OMG, the doe Patronus. AUGH SNAPE AUGH! ;_________;
IDK THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THEM HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN.
Is the end of my thoughts for now. I THINK.
We went to see it at 8am today with drlense, and I sat in the middle and clutched both T & drlense a LOT. There was a LOT OF CLUTCHING. And FLAILING. And HITTING. I JUST. I WANT THE NEXT MOVIE, LIKE, YESTERDAY. *_______________*
Hi. Talk to me about this, you guys. *___________________*