Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows review (Spoilers ONLY behind the cuts)

[gioiamia]

ABOUT SPOILERS: This post starts out with a general, spoiler-free review.  I have tried very hard to put anything that might be considered a spoiler underneath an LJ-cut ( click here if you don't see the cuts).  I've even used fake LJ-cuts below so I don't give away where the film ends. However, if you consider discussions of the film sets,

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[rumpelsnorcack]

This is fantastic! There are several people on my flist who are worried about this movie based on reviews and this really makes up for that. Would you mind if I link them to this? I think a lot that's here would ease their minds a lot.

Also: *squee* I get to see this in 28 hours! *cough* calms down a little ...

[gioiamia]

Thank you so much!!

Definitely feel free to link this around! I'd love it if you'd link my hubby's official review, too, when I post it in the next few days, if you don't mind. :-)

Just please make sure you warn those that are coming over that if they are really, really sensitive to spoilers, please don't yell at me. ;) I've tried really hard to make everything outside of an LJ-cut be spoiler-free, but I must admit I'm worried that some people might still consider my initial observations to be spoiler-ish. What do you think? Is there anything outside a cut that you think might be considered a spoiler?

[rumpelsnorcack]

I can't see anything spoilery outside the links, no. But then I am *thoroughly* spoiled anyway (because that's how I like it) so I might not pay attention so well. There's no worries about my flist people -- they are all spoiled too. I will definitely link both this and your husband's review when it comes/

[gioiamia]

Awesome! Thank you for the links and thanks so much for your opinion re: spoilers!!

[harmony_bites]

You're making me want to see the film. Damn you!

[gioiamia]

Hehehe!!! I was very seriously (or Siriusly, just to annoy you) thinking of you a lot during this film. You have to go see it so we can talk about it! I'm dying to get your input on the way Ron and Hermione are characterized!

[harmony_bites]

You're scaring me now....

(Even more scared I might be inspired to write or something and get sucked into this insane fandom again...)

Well, just for you....

[gioiamia]

*points to icon*

I can't begin to express how flippin' elated I would be if you got sucked back in.

HP misses you. Hermione, in particular, has been very unhappy about your absence. Honest.

Now go watch the damn movie.

[stmargarets]

Thank you for this review! I won't be able to see the movie for another two weekends (nothing like having a kid in sports to ruin your weekend) so I'm spoiling myself all over the place. Your review is the most comprehensive I've seen yet - so well done!

I don't enjoy Emma Watson all that much, but I'll be happy to change my opinion with this movie. :) I'm not surprised that she is front and center because Harry is distressingly passive during the camping scenes. I do think think DH (the book) picks up in tone after the Silver Doe and those are the chapters I tend to re-read. Probably because Harry steps up and other characters are now involved.

[gioiamia]

Thank you very much for the praise! :oD And I absolutely know what you mean about the impact of a kid in sports to one's weekend (or weeknights...or budget, etc., etc.), lol

[stmargarets]

Oh, that's good to know for the H/G kiss! I'm glad that it stood out for the audience as seeming natural to their relationship. That's great to know!

The way I see it, there just isn't as much time for Hermione to take center stage in the next movie.

I'm really looking forward to Harry's walk in the forest. It sounds like Yates (who says he doesn't like battles) really wanted to focus on the highly emotional scenes. After re-reading DH, I now see Harry's sacrificial walk as being the peak moment of emotion in the novel with the final showdown with Voldemort being the falling action. I wonder if that's what Yates will try to play up? (with howls from the fans for cutting thier favorite bits from the battle scene)

[gioiamia]

I absolutely agree regarding the walk through the forest: it really does feel like the book - or maybe the entire series - was building toward that moment. (And I know JKR has talked a lot about all the emotional investment she had in that scene.)

I hadn't heard the quote from Yates about not liking battle scenes, but in thinking through these 3 movies of his, I can definitely see that he does seem to focus more on the emotional moments. That actually explains some of my irritations with him.

By the way, have you read how JKR was originally asked to play Lily Potter in the Mirror of Erised scene in the first movie? She turned it down at the time, saying that she wasn't an actor and she was sure she'd mess it up. That statement makes a lot more sense now, knowing that she realized the actress cast as Lily would have the Priori Incantatem scene in GoF and the extremely significant walk through the forest in DH.

[janajoh]

Great recap -- thank you! I will probably have to watch this by myself as T doesn't care for Harry Potter, nor do we have a babysitter. But this has made me so excited to see it!!

[gioiamia]

Thank you! I'm so glad it's helped hype up your excitement level! We're all still chattering madly about it around our home today.

And that seriously sucks that you'll have to go alone. I remember going to see the first Harry Potter movie by myself. :) After that, I got my husband addicted, and now he's a bigger geek about it than I am about HP. :)

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