Hermione as Bellatrix in Gringotts, panicking because she has been asked for her wand (Bellatrix's wand). Everyone panics. Oh my God, how can we get past security? Well, gee, I don't know. How about handing over Bellatrix's wand? You know, the one you got Olivander to identify five minutes ago after you won them during the Malfoy Manor duel? Bad film, silly film, lazy film, dumb film. Smack on the nose with a rolled up newspaper for you, film makers!
Slytherin banishment. Oh, for fuck's sake. When the school decide to protect Harry after Voldemort promises to reward anyone who brings him in, and one Slytherin girl says, 'What are you waiting for? Let's get him!' and no other Slytherins respond, why does McGonagall think they should all be stuffed away in the dungeons while the school goes to war, to the cheers of the other houses? There was supposed to be an element of 'not all Slytherins are bad' in the books. This just took the piss and made no sense anyway. What happened to hiding the youngest students away and allowing the older ones to fight if they chose? Sadly Rowling must have had a hand it letting this one happen. Smack on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper for her, too.
McGonagall and Snape smackdown. Anti-climactic (also no obvious Bat animagus, but I can let that slide because it wasn't necessary for the story). Also, painfully obvious that Snape is a spy. Come on, he doesn't every try to hit her. Every character watching should have figured it out at that moment.
Harry duelling Voldemort. Harry is shit at duelling. Why is he not getting killed by Voldemort? Why is he jumping out of Hagrid's arms and launching a stealth attack? Why is he not explicitly doing all of this for the people he loves, which is the whole point of the entire saga?
Neville waking up and grabbing the sword during the fight. Friend of mine laughed her ass off and said it looked like a beer advert. Nuff said.
Dumbledore's past. Either do it, or don't. Don't do some weird allusion to it that makes no sense unless you've read the books; that's bad film making.
Tonks/Remus. Either do it, or don't. When Harry turns to Resurrected!Remus and says, 'But what about your son?' (or whatever it was), the audience have no idea he has a son unless they've read the books. They also have no idea how Harry could possibly know Remus has a son, that it's Tonks', when the hell she found time to pop this sprog out between fighting, or when she was actually pregnant, unless they happened to hear the one second semi-reference Tonks made in the first film to having some good news. Gah.
Grindelwald. Why did they even bother casting someone? There'd better be some deleted scenes to explain this waste of money.
Action!Hermione. Still does my head in. When she bravely leaps off onto the dragon (I forget if it was her idea in the books or not), I would have found it a lot more convincing if she'd been screaming in terror while doing it.
No 'He was Dumbledore's man, through and through' from Harry to Voldemort about Snape. Hate, hate hate!
Snape's memories. In the books, it's alluded to that Lily had feelings for Snape, too. It was Snape's self-sabotage (choosing power over love) and James' maturity-boost that put the nails in the coffin of that potential relationship. So in the books the fact Snape still carries this undying love for Lily isn't creepy and weird. In the film, it just seems like a weird crush gone wrong.
Bah- it looks like I hated the film more than I liked it; not true. I'm always going to gripe at my favourite scenes getting the chop (Harry and Lupin facing off when Lupin's trying to leave pregnant Tonks' alone for her own good? Still mad as hell that never made it in), but I can understand why they go; there's just not enough time to fit it all in. Even over two films ('Breaking Dawn' people, take note- they needed two films. You are going to struggle). It's when they don't bother to make the films make sense in their own right that I get truly pissed off. But hey, it was fun. I cheered (internally) when I was supposed to, I giggled at bits I wasn't supposed to (which is part of the fun for me). Good times.
Grindelwald. Why did they even bother casting someone? There'd better be some deleted scenes to explain this waste of money.
Caius though he'd just drop by and steal the Elder Wand. That's my take on it :P
It's true though, when your so in to something and know it so well, you tend to have more of a nag over it. With me, I barely remember the book, like, I remember Dobby dying and Negiri being in a bubble (thank god that was not in the movie, that would of looked so lame...a massive snake being transported in a bubble, wtf? this is Voldemort's pet/horcrux for Christ sake, not something out of the Care Bears or My Little Pony) Oh, and the 19 years later part...the rest, blank in my head, poof! so hence, I really didn't see any flaws and it felt like a new movie almost :)
Oh and yes, oh my god! yes! about Bellatrix's wand! I thought the same! I was like "I though you just got it identified by the man himself a few minutes ago? now your losing your shit over it? don't tell me you left it at Bill and Fleurs!? oh my god...you did...you idiots" that's what my take on it was anyways. Or like you said, the film makers didn't think to add that in...
The wand thing is weird... I thought they did not want to show Bellatrix's wand because she reported to Gringotts that her wand had been stolen and that whoever showed the real wand was an impostor. I guess the trio cannot know that has been done, so the normal thing would have been for Hermione to show the wand...and get captured. If they knew the wand had been reported to be stolen, the only thing they had to do -instead of panicking- was saying it had been stolen... I hope I made myself clear xDD
Hermione as Bellatrix in Gringotts, panicking because she has been asked for her wand (Bellatrix's wand). Everyone panics. Oh my God, how can we get past security? Well, gee, I don't know. How about handing over Bellatrix's wand? You know, the one you got Olivander to identify five minutes ago after you won them during the Malfoy Manor duel? Bad film, silly film, lazy film, dumb film. Smack on the nose with a rolled up newspaper for you, film makers!
Slytherin banishment. Oh, for fuck's sake. When the school decide to protect Harry after Voldemort promises to reward anyone who brings him in, and one Slytherin girl says, 'What are you waiting for? Let's get him!' and no other Slytherins respond, why does McGonagall think they should all be stuffed away in the dungeons while the school goes to war, to the cheers of the other houses? There was supposed to be an element of 'not all Slytherins are bad' in the books. This just took the piss and made no sense anyway. What happened to hiding the youngest students away and allowing the older ones to fight if they chose? Sadly Rowling must have had a hand it letting this one happen. Smack on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper for her, too.
McGonagall and Snape smackdown. Anti-climactic (also no obvious Bat animagus, but I can let that slide because it wasn't necessary for the story). Also, painfully obvious that Snape is a spy. Come on, he doesn't every try to hit her. Every character watching should have figured it out at that moment.
Harry duelling Voldemort. Harry is shit at duelling. Why is he not getting killed by Voldemort? Why is he jumping out of Hagrid's arms and launching a stealth attack? Why is he not explicitly doing all of this for the people he loves, which is the whole point of the entire saga?
Neville waking up and grabbing the sword during the fight. Friend of mine laughed her ass off and said it looked like a beer advert. Nuff said.
Dumbledore's past. Either do it, or don't. Don't do some weird allusion to it that makes no sense unless you've read the books; that's bad film making.
Tonks/Remus. Either do it, or don't. When Harry turns to Resurrected!Remus and says, 'But what about your son?' (or whatever it was), the audience have no idea he has a son unless they've read the books. They also have no idea how Harry could possibly know Remus has a son, that it's Tonks', when the hell she found time to pop this sprog out between fighting, or when she was actually pregnant, unless they happened to hear the one second semi-reference Tonks made in the first film to having some good news. Gah.
Grindelwald. Why did they even bother casting someone? There'd better be some deleted scenes to explain this waste of money.
Action!Hermione. Still does my head in. When she bravely leaps off onto the dragon (I forget if it was her idea in the books or not), I would have found it a lot more convincing if she'd been screaming in terror while doing it.
No 'He was Dumbledore's man, through and through' from Harry to Voldemort about Snape. Hate, hate hate!
Snape's memories. In the books, it's alluded to that Lily had feelings for Snape, too. It was Snape's self-sabotage (choosing power over love) and James' maturity-boost that put the nails in the coffin of that potential relationship. So in the books the fact Snape still carries this undying love for Lily isn't creepy and weird. In the film, it just seems like a weird crush gone wrong.
Bah- it looks like I hated the film more than I liked it; not true. I'm always going to gripe at my favourite scenes getting the chop (Harry and Lupin facing off when Lupin's trying to leave pregnant Tonks' alone for her own good? Still mad as hell that never made it in), but I can understand why they go; there's just not enough time to fit it all in. Even over two films ('Breaking Dawn' people, take note- they needed two films. You are going to struggle). It's when they don't bother to make the films make sense in their own right that I get truly pissed off. But hey, it was fun. I cheered (internally) when I was supposed to, I giggled at bits I wasn't supposed to (which is part of the fun for me). Good times.
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Caius though he'd just drop by and steal the Elder Wand. That's my take on it :P
It's true though, when your so in to something and know it so well, you tend to have more of a nag over it. With me, I barely remember the book, like, I remember Dobby dying and Negiri being in a bubble (thank god that was not in the movie, that would of looked so lame...a massive snake being transported in a bubble, wtf? this is Voldemort's pet/horcrux for Christ sake, not something out of the Care Bears or My Little Pony) Oh, and the 19 years later part...the rest, blank in my head, poof! so hence, I really didn't see any flaws and it felt like a new movie almost :)
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I hope I made myself clear xDD
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