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I just got back from the movie and I feel the need to do some fangirl rambling here so you've been warned. While I laughed at the idea of people having a sense of spoilers for a movie based on a book out for how many years where everyone knows the ending buuuut... anyway, I will LJ cut this for those who haven't seen it and don't want to know what goes on though I'm not going into plot. Just small details.
First off, this movie is based off my favorite book in the series. I love this book and guess what? I love this movie. I only found two major problems with it. Mostly because I already knew there was zero Fleur and the wedding going on in this book so I couldn't really be irked at the total lack of it when I knew it was already missing.
This had to be the funniest movie so far. I mean, really fucking funny. It had great comedic moments and really sweet moments too. Luna was fabulous in all the scenes she had and I seriously went awww when she was walking with Harry to Hogwarts and said it was like having a friend and he looked at her funny and said, "Luna, I am your friend."
Seriously, so much awww for that scene. I love Harry for moments like that. Along with how he went after Hermione to comfort her after Ron's inexplicable weird attraction to Lavender, who, btw, is fucking comic gold in this movie.
Slughorn is perfect in his role but I wish that at least once somebody would have mentioned he's a Slytherin. That was his purpose of sorts, to be the first "nice" Slytherin character to be introduced and they never said that he belonged to that House or that he was Head of the House before Snape came along. Sort of a bummer.
Cormac McLaggen? Awesome! Is it wrong I thought he was a thousand times more handsome than Ron during the Quidditch try outs? Hermione seemed flattered by his attention at first then thought otherwise after the bit with licking his fingers seductively at the Slughorn gathering for her. Just fucking hilarious.
What is so weird to me is I was sort of halfway dreading this movie because I really disliked Order Of The Phoenix. That was never my favorite book, my least favorite in fact, but I somehow expected them to make the movie more interesting but... no. It was dull and I really didn't like how the director handled it. The same director did HBP and is doing the DH movies. I seriously hope he keeps improving because I loved how he handled HBP up until the last 15 minutes.
My only two gripes about this movie and it doesn't keep me from fangirling over it, loving it, and going to see it again. I really do think he did a great job with HBP but these two things genuinely bug me.
1. Where the hell was the Harry and Ginny romance? I'm not the biggest fan of the casting for movie Ginny. I don't think it's an improvement to the character, like the casting of Emma as Hermione has been, and I wasn't really looking forward to a major portion of the plot being Harry falling for her and them having a romance but.... uhhhh... where was it? Because I think I missed most of it.
I mean, we know Ginny likes Harry, she's always liked Harry but I didn't really get Harry falling for Ginny. It was vaguely there but not really and the kiss? What sort of kiss was that? His eyes were closed and she sort of lightly touches her lips to his, sucks, then breathes on him. The kiss with Cho was better. I get the romance is there in a series of subtle, small, scenes between them throughout the entire movie but it just seems very odd that they didn't get a more definitive romantic set up. I think Ron and Hermione got more of an outright acknowledgment as a couple in this movie than Harry and Ginny did despite all the subtle scenes the director gave them.
And just to go off topic, everyone in my theater burst into cheers when the unconscious after being accidentally poisoned Ron said Hermione's name in a mutter. I loved that and I'm someone who doubts the viability of those two as a long term successful couple but it was just a very satisfying scene. Especially with how Lavender goes running out and Hermione is all quietly happy and blushing that Ron said her name in his sleep.
Very adorable stuff.
2. Why the hell wasn't Harry frozen when Snape kills Dumbledore? Okay, they don't kill him in his office. I can live with that. Fine. I get it, they wanted his body to fall in a public place where all could witness and be shocked as hell he's dead but dude, that was the most horrifying and utterly compelling portion of that scene where we knew Harry was frozen by Dumbledore's spell under that cloak and he had to watch helplessly while his Mentor and friend, who was weakened from the poison he fed to him, was betrayed and murdered by Snape. That's what makes the scene so good! Especially since he thinks Snape is there to help at first then he has to watch, not knowing the promises Snape made to both Narcissa and Dumbledore, as Snape kills Dumbledore.
And then there was no fighting at the end! None at all. It was like a fizzle instead of a huge bang. I really am a bit anxious now because the one thing that, to me, would save the DH movies from endless camping and research is the bad ass fighting and I was hoping to get a glimpse of that in the end of HBP but there was nothing in that capacity.
Those are my two big issues with the movie but otherwise, I loved it. I consider it tied with Prisoner of Azkaban as the best movie in the series so far and I will be going to see it again. Though whether it's in 3D is debatable because that tends to make me queasy.
First off, this movie is based off my favorite book in the series. I love this book and guess what? I love this movie. I only found two major problems with it. Mostly because I already knew there was zero Fleur and the wedding going on in this book so I couldn't really be irked at the total lack of it when I knew it was already missing.
This had to be the funniest movie so far. I mean, really fucking funny. It had great comedic moments and really sweet moments too. Luna was fabulous in all the scenes she had and I seriously went awww when she was walking with Harry to Hogwarts and said it was like having a friend and he looked at her funny and said, "Luna, I am your friend."
Seriously, so much awww for that scene. I love Harry for moments like that. Along with how he went after Hermione to comfort her after Ron's inexplicable weird attraction to Lavender, who, btw, is fucking comic gold in this movie.
Slughorn is perfect in his role but I wish that at least once somebody would have mentioned he's a Slytherin. That was his purpose of sorts, to be the first "nice" Slytherin character to be introduced and they never said that he belonged to that House or that he was Head of the House before Snape came along. Sort of a bummer.
Cormac McLaggen? Awesome! Is it wrong I thought he was a thousand times more handsome than Ron during the Quidditch try outs? Hermione seemed flattered by his attention at first then thought otherwise after the bit with licking his fingers seductively at the Slughorn gathering for her. Just fucking hilarious.
What is so weird to me is I was sort of halfway dreading this movie because I really disliked Order Of The Phoenix. That was never my favorite book, my least favorite in fact, but I somehow expected them to make the movie more interesting but... no. It was dull and I really didn't like how the director handled it. The same director did HBP and is doing the DH movies. I seriously hope he keeps improving because I loved how he handled HBP up until the last 15 minutes.
My only two gripes about this movie and it doesn't keep me from fangirling over it, loving it, and going to see it again. I really do think he did a great job with HBP but these two things genuinely bug me.
1. Where the hell was the Harry and Ginny romance? I'm not the biggest fan of the casting for movie Ginny. I don't think it's an improvement to the character, like the casting of Emma as Hermione has been, and I wasn't really looking forward to a major portion of the plot being Harry falling for her and them having a romance but.... uhhhh... where was it? Because I think I missed most of it.
I mean, we know Ginny likes Harry, she's always liked Harry but I didn't really get Harry falling for Ginny. It was vaguely there but not really and the kiss? What sort of kiss was that? His eyes were closed and she sort of lightly touches her lips to his, sucks, then breathes on him. The kiss with Cho was better. I get the romance is there in a series of subtle, small, scenes between them throughout the entire movie but it just seems very odd that they didn't get a more definitive romantic set up. I think Ron and Hermione got more of an outright acknowledgment as a couple in this movie than Harry and Ginny did despite all the subtle scenes the director gave them.
And just to go off topic, everyone in my theater burst into cheers when the unconscious after being accidentally poisoned Ron said Hermione's name in a mutter. I loved that and I'm someone who doubts the viability of those two as a long term successful couple but it was just a very satisfying scene. Especially with how Lavender goes running out and Hermione is all quietly happy and blushing that Ron said her name in his sleep.
Very adorable stuff.
2. Why the hell wasn't Harry frozen when Snape kills Dumbledore? Okay, they don't kill him in his office. I can live with that. Fine. I get it, they wanted his body to fall in a public place where all could witness and be shocked as hell he's dead but dude, that was the most horrifying and utterly compelling portion of that scene where we knew Harry was frozen by Dumbledore's spell under that cloak and he had to watch helplessly while his Mentor and friend, who was weakened from the poison he fed to him, was betrayed and murdered by Snape. That's what makes the scene so good! Especially since he thinks Snape is there to help at first then he has to watch, not knowing the promises Snape made to both Narcissa and Dumbledore, as Snape kills Dumbledore.
And then there was no fighting at the end! None at all. It was like a fizzle instead of a huge bang. I really am a bit anxious now because the one thing that, to me, would save the DH movies from endless camping and research is the bad ass fighting and I was hoping to get a glimpse of that in the end of HBP but there was nothing in that capacity.
Those are my two big issues with the movie but otherwise, I loved it. I consider it tied with Prisoner of Azkaban as the best movie in the series so far and I will be going to see it again. Though whether it's in 3D is debatable because that tends to make me queasy.
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Sincerely, Allaine