Yeah, I don't have a problem with them showing that Harry and Hermione love each other. Friendship, as JKR no doubt agrees, is not ''lesser'' than romance.
In the book, that's the point Tonks is supposed to tell Harry that they got married, so that's what I'm assuming she was going to say. I don't know how they'll add Teddy in now though.
The barista was knocked out with the two DEs in the coffee shop, so the real odd thing was that Hermione told her to run rather than trying to modify her memory.
I feel the same about the dance. There were moments were it seemed very platonic and other moments where their faces were just too close for comfort.
You know what, I think I clicked on something else by mistake when I clicked on that link, because yeah, I came to another person's entry about the movie. Maybe someone on your flist? I forget the name. But yeah, I was very confused.
I definitely don't think there was a ditzy barista, but I liked that added touch, even though 1997's way too early for iPods. (Which I believe she was listening to.) She should have been holding a portable CD player.
I totally forgot the movies were supposed to be happening in 1997. In all honesty, I don't know if they meant to set in at that time, because Hermione is wearing skinny jeans and ballerina flats, which were pretty much unheard of back then.
On one hand, it definitely felt like they were a bit too close to be platonic. On the other hand, that may have just been me knowing Kloves is a Harry/Hermione shipper.
Well, in the movie theater people's reactions were ranging from "LOL" to "awwww". I got the distinct feeling everyone thought it was silly and unimportant, and neither my boyfriend or my buddy commented on it, while they did comment on the lack of Ginny. So I think that might be fandom's nefarious influence speaking.
I totally forgot the movies were supposed to be happening in 1997. In all honesty, I don't know if they meant to set in at that time, because Hermione is wearing skinny jeans and ballerina flats, which were pretty much unheard of back then.
Good point. Plus, that means the first movie should have taken place in 1991, and nobody had early 90s hair styles, so that doesn't work. I'm not even sure we knew the books were supposed to start in the early 90s until after the movies were being made. I always found it strange that JKR never mentioned it in the books. Then again, she also never mentions that they take place in the Scottish highlands, but if you do the geographical analysis it's apparently pretty obvious.
nfortunately, the Remus-Tonks relationship is pretty much expendable as far as the plot goes - it's only the symbolism of the orphaned baby boy who gets to grow up surrounded by love that is significant and even that isn't really important plotwise.
Yeah, exactly. It was even expendable in the book - I appreciate JKR's intentions, but I didn't get any symbolism out of Teddy being a war orphan. There is one line where Harry briefly likens himself to Sirius, but it's too easy to not really take it in because it's in the middle of all this other stuff going on. I can't even remember when it happened, just that I'm pretty sure Harry was still at Shell Cottage.
I was under the impression that she was going to say that she was pregnant: it came off as "oh, and another thing!" but then Moody shut her up. I did really like how much they interacted in the background (I saw it for a second time this evening and yes, I did pay extra attention to them now). At Privet Drive, there's little moments where they touch, or they stay close together. And then there's that wonderful hug/glomp/grab when Tonks arrives at the Burrow, and they just don't let go, even when the attention's on the other characters by then
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And then I noticed that at Bill and Fleur's wedding, when Harry was talking to Aunt Whatsherface, Tonks and Remus were in the background talking to Molly
I didn't notice that, but that's sweet.
How sad was Dobby! I actually teared up when he died! It really helped that the CGI has really improved, so he felt a lot realer than he did in CoS. He had body language and all that. He got some great laughs, too, at Grimmauld Place and at Malfoy Manor - which turned out to be so sad as he died only a minute later.
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In the book, that's the point Tonks is supposed to tell Harry that they got married, so that's what I'm assuming she was going to say. I don't know how they'll add Teddy in now though.
The barista was knocked out with the two DEs in the coffee shop, so the real odd thing was that Hermione told her to run rather than trying to modify her memory.
I feel the same about the dance. There were moments were it seemed very platonic and other moments where their faces were just too close for comfort.
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I didn't know you had another LJ!
In the book, that's the point Tonks is supposed to tell Harry that they got married, so that's what I'm assuming she was going to say.
Yeah, same. It didn't occur to me that it might be otherwise until I saw other people's reviews.
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I totally forgot the movies were supposed to be happening in 1997. In all honesty, I don't know if they meant to set in at that time, because Hermione is wearing skinny jeans and ballerina flats, which were pretty much unheard of back then.
On one hand, it definitely felt like they were a bit too close to be platonic. On the other hand, that may have just been me knowing Kloves is a Harry/Hermione shipper.
Well, in the movie theater people's reactions were ranging from "LOL" to "awwww". I got the distinct feeling everyone thought it was silly and unimportant, and neither my boyfriend or my buddy commented on it, while they did comment on the lack of Ginny. So I think that might be fandom's nefarious influence speaking.
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Good point. Plus, that means the first movie should have taken place in 1991, and nobody had early 90s hair styles, so that doesn't work. I'm not even sure we knew the books were supposed to start in the early 90s until after the movies were being made. I always found it strange that JKR never mentioned it in the books. Then again, she also never mentions that they take place in the Scottish highlands, but if you do the geographical analysis it's apparently pretty obvious.
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Yeah, exactly. It was even expendable in the book - I appreciate JKR's intentions, but I didn't get any symbolism out of Teddy being a war orphan. There is one line where Harry briefly likens himself to Sirius, but it's too easy to not really take it in because it's in the middle of all this other stuff going on. I can't even remember when it happened, just that I'm pretty sure Harry was still at Shell Cottage.
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I did really like how much they interacted in the background (I saw it for a second time this evening and yes, I did pay extra attention to them now). At Privet Drive, there's little moments where they touch, or they stay close together. And then there's that wonderful hug/glomp/grab when Tonks arrives at the Burrow, and they just don't let go, even when the attention's on the other characters by then ( ... )
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I didn't notice that, but that's sweet.
How sad was Dobby! I actually teared up when he died! It really helped that the CGI has really improved, so he felt a lot realer than he did in CoS. He had body language and all that. He got some great laughs, too, at Grimmauld Place and at Malfoy Manor - which turned out to be so sad as he died only a minute later.
Yeah, that was awful.
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