DH2 rocked me socks - and the rest of me, as well!tsujJuly 17 2011, 04:18:10 UTC
I blinked and missed the beginning of the Draco smile. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to see it again. :D
Actually, I have been very frustrated by the way Draco was portrayed in HBP. That he said to Dumbledore, "He'll kill me," and not to let him add, "He'll kill my parents," makes me as mad as... well, someone who's really, really mad! (metaphor fail)
Re: DH2 rocked me socks - and the rest of me, as well!amanuensis1July 17 2011, 12:18:46 UTC
Actually what I can't remember is if we ever saw Scorpius's face in this! I was looking at Draco, and then I looked at Scorpius and he was just a blond head being hugged by his mum.
I would so have liked the "He'll kill my parents" for Draco too! I haven't been losing sleep over it but I did sigh, when we didn't get that.
Had I been making the choice I would have allowed a moment's encounter between Albus and Scorpius, something to show the parallels of Harry and Draco's encounter, this time ending amiably. I really wanted them to pass each other in the train corridor, size each other up with a look, and then have a comfortable nod of "'S up?" as they go by. THIS. OMG, THIS, TIMES INFINITY
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seriously, didn't they just fight a war because of that shit? I was like, oh, yay, way to perpetuate that shit into the next generation, Ron. Yes to EVERYTHING. Including the use of the word "shit" because there is no other word to describe what all that shit is.
You would think that after seven books, JKR could have seen fit to ad the caveat of "Those do do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it", amirite? You are right you are so so so much right. Fanon's done a better job interpreting the Slytherins interestingly than JKR has. I keep remembering something she said in an interview and it was basically that the Slytherins ARE bad guys, but you have to have a place to put the bad guys because you need to keep an eye on them but want to show them that you do (sincerely) accept them on your side. It's very simplistic, but sticking to that simple interp is less in keeping with the way she allowed other ethical issues in the books to grow.
DH2 was like...Michael Bay, but with a plot. Hee, and I actually like Michael Bay films,
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A tiny part of me was holding its breath when Albus sat down in the train - I so wanted him to say 'Hi, I'm Al Potter,' to which a voice would reply 'Hello, I'm Scorpius Malfoy.' And as the train pulled forward and our view slipped away from the window, we'd see a small blond boy with a smile sitting amongst the others, and my world would have been a happy place. Actually, that's how I'm going to remember it, over here in my bubble, because the idea that they could meet and maybe just be friends would cement for me how the world could have changed for the better in HP land
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A tiny part of me was holding its breath when Albus sat down in the train
Oh, dear one, that part of me was there too but it was so so so so SO tiny, by that point. I had accepted that we wouldn't get it, and when Albus went into that compartment I was telling myself, "Calm DOWN. There will be no white-blonds in that compartment." Which means I wanted it so badly but that tiny tiny part that actually dared hope was just a pinpoint by that point. But can I join you in your bubble and insist that it happened?
I am firmly convinced he was there - and that's how the film ends for me. Repeats viewings will not change this. I can see and hear it, and so it shall be. :D
You are welcome in my bubble always, gorgeous lady. It is a large bubble and very strong - capable of carrying many loved and like minded people.
In honour of my break with reality, I am re-reading BlameBrampton's Sins of the Fathers, to be followed by Fathers who could do with a spot of Sinning - which satisfies both my need for happy next gen resolution, AND my H/D fixation. :)
You could really see how precious Harry's children were to him (even if we all have the feeling Albus in particular is Harry's special boy) and how far he's gone to raise them lovingly. Especially when Albus isn't afraid to be hugged multiple times by his dad in front of other kids at the train station!
So it wasn't just me, thinking I never saw Scorpius's face? Oh, I want the extra footage from that scene badly now, just to see! See what I said to meredyth_13 above, about how I had been trying to crush my hopes about Albus and Scorpius ending up in the same carriage together. How I would have loved that, though!
How is it that you wrote almost exactly the same review I wanted to write?? :D I was seriously with you just about right up to the epilogue (which I didn't *hate* but I still felt sort of "eh" about it) which I called "Justin Bieber goes to Hogwarts." :P pauraque and I were also puzzling over why there was just Harry's one kid, because doesn't he have two? Maybe it was already too confusing, there sure were a lot of kids
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why there was just Harry's one kid, because doesn't he have two? Maybe it was already too confusing, there sure were a lot of kids! Yes, you could see James right alongside Albus, with Lily there too; they just didn't identify him as James. He was already going on ahead, confident because it was his third year (or second; I forget canon!). Lily didn't get any lines either, I recall.
How delightful it was to watch the impression that Snape had been the undercover good guy all that time--man, they even whitewashed out the whole "mudblood" thing, didn't they?--and Dumbledore was the master manipulator. Intense! Snape deserved a bit of whitewashing, though, I thought, after all this damn time. ^_^
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Actually, I have been very frustrated by the way Draco was portrayed in HBP. That he said to Dumbledore, "He'll kill me," and not to let him add, "He'll kill my parents," makes me as mad as... well, someone who's really, really mad! (metaphor fail)
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I would so have liked the "He'll kill my parents" for Draco too! I haven't been losing sleep over it but I did sigh, when we didn't get that.
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Had I been making the choice I would have allowed a moment's encounter between Albus and Scorpius, something to show the parallels of Harry and Draco's encounter, this time ending amiably. I really wanted them to pass each other in the train corridor, size each other up with a look, and then have a comfortable nod of "'S up?" as they go by. THIS. OMG, THIS, TIMES INFINITY ( ... )
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You would think that after seven books, JKR could have seen fit to ad the caveat of "Those do do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it", amirite? You are right you are so so so much right. Fanon's done a better job interpreting the Slytherins interestingly than JKR has. I keep remembering something she said in an interview and it was basically that the Slytherins ARE bad guys, but you have to have a place to put the bad guys because you need to keep an eye on them but want to show them that you do (sincerely) accept them on your side. It's very simplistic, but sticking to that simple interp is less in keeping with the way she allowed other ethical issues in the books to grow.
DH2 was like...Michael Bay, but with a plot. Hee, and I actually like Michael Bay films, ( ... )
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Oh, dear one, that part of me was there too but it was so so so so SO tiny, by that point. I had accepted that we wouldn't get it, and when Albus went into that compartment I was telling myself, "Calm DOWN. There will be no white-blonds in that compartment." Which means I wanted it so badly but that tiny tiny part that actually dared hope was just a pinpoint by that point. But can I join you in your bubble and insist that it happened?
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You are welcome in my bubble always, gorgeous lady. It is a large bubble and very strong - capable of carrying many loved and like minded people.
In honour of my break with reality, I am re-reading BlameBrampton's Sins of the Fathers, to be followed by Fathers who could do with a spot of Sinning - which satisfies both my need for happy next gen resolution, AND my H/D fixation. :)
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So it wasn't just me, thinking I never saw Scorpius's face? Oh, I want the extra footage from that scene badly now, just to see! See what I said to meredyth_13 above, about how I had been trying to crush my hopes about Albus and Scorpius ending up in the same carriage together. How I would have loved that, though!
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How delightful it was to watch the impression that Snape had been the undercover good guy all that time--man, they even whitewashed out the whole "mudblood" thing, didn't they?--and Dumbledore was the master manipulator. Intense! Snape deserved a bit of whitewashing, though, I thought, after all this damn time. ^_^
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