All New Harry Potter Thread post July 15, 2011

How did you like DH film, part 2?

  • LOVED IT!

    Votes: 24 66.7%

  • It was OK.

    Votes: 8 22.2%

  • It wasn't good at all.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • HATED it!

    Votes: 4 11.1%
  • Total voters
    36
Sadly, I can't answer on the poll yet... Haven't seen the Deathly Hallows movies yet! Seen every single one before it... HURRY UP, NETFLIX!!! I'm a total Harry Potter LOON ever since I watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It was just so epic! My favorite character is Ginny :) I have a whole album of pictures of my favorite HP starlet, Bonnie Wright!! She is SO pretty! I'm naming my turtle Ginevra Baylee "Ginny" Turtle, after Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley <3
 
Wow, I can't believe you didn't see DH yet! I know NetFlix doesn't have ANY Potter movies available for streaming which is all we have because it was too expensive to get the DVD's in the mail and have streaming. It's horrible cuz I would love to see DH again. The other ones you can see on TV every now and then ... You will like DH. I think. I did.

I like Ginny Turtle!
 
I know I'm a little late, but I actually got to do a marathon event at my local theater with well over 400 Harry Potter fans that led up to the midnight showing of the newest and final movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.
Here is my review, albeit belated:
As an avid reader of the Harry Potter books since I was 11 years old (which wasn't when the books were first released, but the first time I had ever heard of them.) and a member of a family of Harry Potter lovers, I had geared myself up for the completion of the Harry Potter film series, just as I had for the release of the final book released in 2007. As it had been a long-standing tradition with my mother and I, something we had bonded over since the first time we read the books, I felt mixed emotions. I felt like it had to be perfect, and yet at the same time, I knew it never would be. I wished it wasn't ending, if only to preserve the bonding relationship my mother and I had enjoyed over the books, films and every bit of Potterlore we had come across. As I mentally geared up for it, which started back when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released and I came to realization there was only one movie left, I signed up for the marathon at my local theater, thinking it would be a good way to bid farewell to my favorite childhood fantasy series.
I was astounded by what happened the night of the release, and heart-warmed to see how many real fans had come out to witness the marathon with me. It was a huge part of my childhood, and I will admit that seeing, communicating and witnessing first hand how many people had been affected by the same series I had loved as a child gave me what I needed to finally be excited about the last part.

The Review on the Movie Itself:

Though the movie often deterred from what I imagined it would, it was overall great. No movie based off a novel will ever get it 100% right. Reason one is time restraints, reason two, everyone interprets what they read differently, and number three, Hollywood wants things their way. It is the way it is.
Still, I loved the movie. I think a lot of it could have been described better, but I believe it was a beautiful ending to a very wonderful story.
I knew Part 2 would be a lot more action than Part 1 had been, following the progression of the story, but between the battle, there was a lot of good messages to be heard.
Also, there is one word uttered in the film that was rather foul. (The scene where Molly kills Bellatrix) I can't see how they could have done that scene without it. The force of the word is meant for that scene and I believe it adds to it.

Anyway, I know it's likely not a special review. Just wanted to put in my two cents!
 
"Also, there is one word uttered in the film that was rather foul. (The scene where Molly kills Bellatrix) I can't see how they could have done that scene without it. The force of the word is meant for that scene and I believe it adds to it."

I think that was a fan enforced line. There would have been a major uprising if that line was left out.

MrBob
 
There would have been. People would have gone up in arms and started crying and stabbing people. :p

The Studio Tour was just, the greatest. It was perfect.
 
MrBob said:
"Also, there is one word uttered in the film that was rather foul. (The scene where Molly kills Bellatrix) I can't see how they could have done that scene without it. The force of the word is meant for that scene and I believe it adds to it."

I think that was a fan enforced line. There would have been a major uprising if that line was left out.

MrBob
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Oh, yeah there would've been. I mean that line define that moment and the power of Mrs. Weasley. She is gentle, but we have been told her face can get fierce in some parts of the books, or in one of them. We get to see her strong side protecting her children and others. It's the motherly intuition to do that. Just like Harry's mom died protecting him from Voldemort. Plus all of the one's who were kids when the first book came out are young adults now. It was perfect planning on JKR's part. She knew what was going to happen in each book from the beginning, and how the series was going to end, with a few changes and executed it perfectly.
 
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Narnia-bookworm, I hadn't thought of it before but yes mother love is a rich theme in the series... And the lack of maternal-child bonding (such as in the case of Tom Riddle) had disastrous consequences, as did the unhealthy mother-smothering (as in Petunia and Dudley Dursley).

During my recent 13 hour non-stop flight to Istanbul and back, each seat was equipped with its own monitor so I could choose from a huge array of movies (60+ family films to choose from alone), video games, news, etc. All eight Potter movies where available for free viewing, and so I watched the 1st, 3rd, and 8th ones during the plane trip. It was fun to see the triumvirate grow up.

But it was an eerie experience to see the glow of all those screens entertaining us passengers hour after hour... (Like Chris Van Allsburg's The Wreck of the Zephyr)
 
Sweet! The only one that I don't have of the movies is HBP. I kept trying to remember to get it. I love the feeling of that movie, even with all of the stuff they cut out. Especially the Harry and Ginny parts.
 
"I hadn't thought of it before but yes mother love is a rich theme in the series... And the lack of maternal-child bonding (such as in the case of Tom Riddle) had disastrous consequences, as did the unhealthy mother-smothering (as in Petunia and Dudley Dursley)."

Benisse, this was very much the case. In fact, Harry was affected by the four main mothers who were shown. The first one was, of course, his mother. She sacrificed herself to protect him. The second one was Petunia. Even though she despised having to raise Harry, OoP showed that she realley cared for him. The third one was Molly. She basically became his adopted mother, his rock. And finally, there was Narcissa. She was willing to turn on Voldy to save her son.

MrBob
 
Has anyone put the HP books on your Kindle yet? I tried a whle back, but I couldn't do it at Amazon; you had to open an account at Hogwarts site, which I have one but have never used it (too busy! :( )

Anyway, how do you do it? If anyone knows.
 
I don't know why you would have to do that? The Kindle books should automatically go to your device. That's how it works every time I order an e-book. I haven't bought them for the Kindle yet.
 
I know, that is how it usually works, but when I tried before, it sent me to the HP website. Weird. :(
 
My sister has a Kindle but she hasn't downloaded the HP ebooks. She is actually reading our hardback copies at the moment... she's trying to get through all seven in a week. :p She started on Sunday and she's almost done #3, so I guess that's a pretty good pace.
 
I love the books and the movies. I own all of them lol. Probably some of my favorite books and movies if we're being honest. I love how we got to grow up with Harry and everyone else and the different themes in the book. It was never just a simple children's book.

It's so much more.
 
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