Deathly Hallows part 2
Well, I finally watched it after having tried to put it off for ages. I'm glad I didn't watch it in the movie theaters; I'd have been a blubbering idiot. I don't think I can put together a coherent review or anything right now, but just some thoughts.
Overall:
I loved, loved, loved it. Very well done. It was a very intense watching experience, so I doubt I'll watch it again anytime soon, though.
Loved:
-Snape right at the start. <3
-McGonagall's "I've always wanted to try that spell" giggle and McGonagall overall.
-The Harry-centredness (is that a word?) of it: "Emmione" has usurped time and lines from many characters and almost seemed like the main character in the previous movies, but now Harry was at the centre stage, just has he should be, and Hermione and Ron were equal as his sidekicks. Loved that dynamic.
-Snape's memories. I just watched them speechless: could it be that the moviemakers got something so right? Well, they did. The scene where Snape cradles the dead Lily was particularly amazing. The only thing that made me go "whut" was how distorted Snape's face was at the beginning of the memories when he was talking to Dumbledore on that cliff. They had obviously digitally altered his face to make him look younger, but in that scene I was expecting him to polyjuice into someone else bc of the face morphing. ;-)
-Neville & Luna. I thought it fit this movie pretty well, but I do wonder why the filmmakers made such a change.
-Bill Weasley. Because he and his flaming hair just rock my socks.
-The epilogue. I never got people's hatred for it bc it is the ultimate payoff that at least I wanted ever since the first book: Harry having a family. Loved how he gave advice to Albus, and I thought the trio and Ginny looked pretty good, not too young at all.
Didn't quite love:
-Snape's "death" scene. Nothing like I had imagined. "Look at me" was the worst part, not enough impact in it. I always imagined it to be a very passionate plea.
-Fred's death: he's been in the movies since the beginning, so please show him die, for wandssakes. Now he just lay there, and I bet some people never realized it was one of the twins. I did like Ron's reaction to it, though, very well done by Rupe.
-Now, you probably know I'm an insane R/Hr shipper. Now you also know that I didn't think the R/Hr kiss was that good. Yes, I've seen it on Youtube many times, but I never saw it in its proper context and frankly, my little shipper heart has been happy with any small crumbs that fall from the table of Kloves & Co.
Anyway, first of all, the kiss came from nowhere. At least in the books we had the falling fangs and stuff, but here it was just *bam* water *bam* kiss. I really wish they had at least made R/Hr look at each other for a second or two before. Also, as much as I like Rupe, I wasn't too fond of staring at his scalp during the kiss. But still, it's a kiss. :-)
Can't think of anything else right now...oh, one more thing: Snapeneverdiedthankyouverymuch. ;-)
Overall:
I loved, loved, loved it. Very well done. It was a very intense watching experience, so I doubt I'll watch it again anytime soon, though.
Loved:
-Snape right at the start. <3
-McGonagall's "I've always wanted to try that spell" giggle and McGonagall overall.
-The Harry-centredness (is that a word?) of it: "Emmione" has usurped time and lines from many characters and almost seemed like the main character in the previous movies, but now Harry was at the centre stage, just has he should be, and Hermione and Ron were equal as his sidekicks. Loved that dynamic.
-Snape's memories. I just watched them speechless: could it be that the moviemakers got something so right? Well, they did. The scene where Snape cradles the dead Lily was particularly amazing. The only thing that made me go "whut" was how distorted Snape's face was at the beginning of the memories when he was talking to Dumbledore on that cliff. They had obviously digitally altered his face to make him look younger, but in that scene I was expecting him to polyjuice into someone else bc of the face morphing. ;-)
-Neville & Luna. I thought it fit this movie pretty well, but I do wonder why the filmmakers made such a change.
-Bill Weasley. Because he and his flaming hair just rock my socks.
-The epilogue. I never got people's hatred for it bc it is the ultimate payoff that at least I wanted ever since the first book: Harry having a family. Loved how he gave advice to Albus, and I thought the trio and Ginny looked pretty good, not too young at all.
Didn't quite love:
-Snape's "death" scene. Nothing like I had imagined. "Look at me" was the worst part, not enough impact in it. I always imagined it to be a very passionate plea.
-Fred's death: he's been in the movies since the beginning, so please show him die, for wandssakes. Now he just lay there, and I bet some people never realized it was one of the twins. I did like Ron's reaction to it, though, very well done by Rupe.
-Now, you probably know I'm an insane R/Hr shipper. Now you also know that I didn't think the R/Hr kiss was that good. Yes, I've seen it on Youtube many times, but I never saw it in its proper context and frankly, my little shipper heart has been happy with any small crumbs that fall from the table of Kloves & Co.
Anyway, first of all, the kiss came from nowhere. At least in the books we had the falling fangs and stuff, but here it was just *bam* water *bam* kiss. I really wish they had at least made R/Hr look at each other for a second or two before. Also, as much as I like Rupe, I wasn't too fond of staring at his scalp during the kiss. But still, it's a kiss. :-)
Can't think of anything else right now...oh, one more thing: Snapeneverdiedthankyouverymuch. ;-)