OMG I'm so going to have to read the book again. I went into the theater literally thinking, "Is this the one where Sirius Black dies? Oh no wait, that was the last one. Is this where they all go on a hugely long camping trip for five chapters? Nope, that's the next. Oh, this is the one that's in two parts!" I seriously thought this was the two-parter. O_O
As the movie went on, I remembered more and more of the book, but I actually remembered very little about Dumbledore's death scene. Yeah, it so didn't ring true. I couldn't remember what happened in the book but I knew it wasn't like that.
And they skipped the entire emotional impact and the importance of Dumbledore's death. Wasn't there a whole huge funeral? Grieving, mourning, general wailing and beating of chests? Harry leaving Ginny?
I'm with you on Remus and Tonks too, man it is just so tacked on. She was all "oh sweetheart!" to him for a second in this movie and I honestly could not remember them even having mentioned that in the last movie.
The thing about these films is that they are made for people who've read the books. When you try to show them to people who've never even cracked the book they are invariably like, "WTMFF? How the hell did this come to be?" Then you sit there going, "Err, well, in the book she went into much more detail and, yeah..."
How funny is it that we saw it at the same time!
ETA: Sorry for the edit, had to re-word something. :)
I never even saw the 5th movie, and I'm not sure I will. How sad is that?
And they skipped the entire emotional impact and the importance of Dumbledore's death. Wasn't there a whole huge funeral? Grieving, mourning, general wailing and beating of chests? Harry leaving Ginny?
Ah, I knew there was something else that I forgot. Also kind of big that they left out.
Yeah, my mom came with us kids and had no bloody clue what was going on, lol. I understand that, in a sense, but I can't stand when they completely fuck up a character. Boo!
Funny, and cosmically preordained! Even the sore ass cheeks. ;D
I used to go and see these movies with my Gran, who was just about the biggest HP fangirl there was. So that's why I went to see this one by myself. I knew I'd get all teary when the opening theme started up. :)
My Mom read all the books but my Dad never did, and sometimes when I'd go to their house with various cousins etc. for movie nights, my Dad would be all, "Buh?"
My reply to your entry made me want to add a few more things to my own review so I'm going to edit to add. Mind if I link to your review too?
As the movie went on, I remembered more and more of the book, but I actually remembered very little about Dumbledore's death scene. Yeah, it so didn't ring true. I couldn't remember what happened in the book but I knew it wasn't like that.
And they skipped the entire emotional impact and the importance of Dumbledore's death. Wasn't there a whole huge funeral? Grieving, mourning, general wailing and beating of chests? Harry leaving Ginny?
I'm with you on Remus and Tonks too, man it is just so tacked on. She was all "oh sweetheart!" to him for a second in this movie and I honestly could not remember them even having mentioned that in the last movie.
The thing about these films is that they are made for people who've read the books. When you try to show them to people who've never even cracked the book they are invariably like, "WTMFF? How the hell did this come to be?" Then you sit there going, "Err, well, in the book she went into much more detail and, yeah..."
How funny is it that we saw it at the same time!
ETA: Sorry for the edit, had to re-word something. :)
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And they skipped the entire emotional impact and the importance of Dumbledore's death. Wasn't there a whole huge funeral? Grieving, mourning, general wailing and beating of chests? Harry leaving Ginny?
Ah, I knew there was something else that I forgot. Also kind of big that they left out.
Yeah, my mom came with us kids and had no bloody clue what was going on, lol. I understand that, in a sense, but I can't stand when they completely fuck up a character. Boo!
Funny, and cosmically preordained! Even the sore ass cheeks. ;D
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My Mom read all the books but my Dad never did, and sometimes when I'd go to their house with various cousins etc. for movie nights, my Dad would be all, "Buh?"
My reply to your entry made me want to add a few more things to my own review so I'm going to edit to add. Mind if I link to your review too?
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