Harry Potter and Last Thread About It (Part 2)Follow

I'm a big HP buff, but I just can't stand the movies. The deviation from the books kills my soul (as does any adaptation that doesn't stay true to the original).

I saw every movie up until 5, and then stopped.

The fact that I'm always confused about what's going on, despite completely knowing the book's plot, never helps. >.<

So at the part where SpoilerVoldemort's robes start to wrap around and strangle harry My girlfriend leans over to me and says SpoilerI've seen enough hentai to know where this is going. I giggled.

Also, with some dental work, Neville's actor would be completely adorable.

Until then, he's only moderately so.

This belongs here.

Also, Peter Garrett looks like Voldemort.

Edited, Jul 15th 2011 9:03am by lolgaxe

Then Rick Scott looks like Peter Garrett that looks like Voldemort.

This was definitely my favorite HP movie, and it followed the book remarkably well for an HP movie. I especially loved McGonagall/Molly/Neville during this one.

One part I was hoping they had deviated from the book was the Spoiler"19 years later" part. I think I can speak for most people there, given the massive groan that spread across the theater when it started to play. I was pleasantly surprised though. It was actually pretty cute and not nearly as cheesey and fan-fic-ish as originally written. SpoilerAlbus Severus Potter is still a ridiculous name though. Poor kid will get made fun of for years.

In the end, I loved the whole thing, and will probably go see it again in the next 72 hours.

Given some of the weird names that seem to be commonplace in the wizarding world (like Xenophilius), I'm not too worried.

Why do you think they have so many issues blending in with Muggles?

I forgot this:




Two things: One, they go through so much together and no one could possibly understand them. They have such a bond, and they are truly in love. Two, there are really no other options because these are the characters the readers have grown to love. You don't really think of them as 16 year olds (unless you are 16). You think of them as your own age, in a way.

Luna marries Newt Scamander's son (the one who wrote Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them), who wasn't in the book. :P Draco ends up with someone who was in Hogwarts at the time, but never mentioned (Astoria Greengrass). Most of the future stories haven't actually been commented on/published by JK Rowling--they'll come out whenever she publishes her encyclopedia.

The ones who do marry characters from the books:
George marries Angelina Johnson
Neville marries Hannah
Harry marries Ginny
Hermione marries Ron

I'm pretty sure that's all that has actually been revealed.

Of those, only Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione dated while in school. Neville KNEW Hannah, but there wasn't any relationship. And Angelina was kinda involved with Fred, not George.

As for Arthur/Molly Weasley and James/Lily Potter, it's also not surprising. They make a point to note in the books that, during Voldemort's reign, people were quick to marry and start families, for fear that they didn't have time to do otherwise. If you are looking to be settled by 20, your high school sweetheart is often your only option, since there isn't really Wizard college, and the Wizarding world is a really drawn out place. You literally know EVERYONE around your age in the whole country, because of Hogwarts.

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I am SUCH A NERD. D:

JK Rowling gives interviews and talks. >.<

You're not alone. I hate time leap endings, too. I have an unusual affection for ambiguous endings that's related to it, too.

My best example? FF7. God almighty, I wish they ended that game with the CG where everyone blinks or shields their eyes (it's probably youtube-able, if anyone can't remember the scene). That would have been such a poetic ending. People would have hated it for the ambiguity, though.

Instead, they then cut to the "X years later" CG, with Red XIII and kin. It didn't ruin the ending, by any stretch, but man, they missed a chance.

So, the movie pissed me off. AFAIK it was the best one (I haven't seen the others in years), but every little tiny detail that changed annoyed me. Spoilers ahoy:

Spoiler
-Gringotts, they don't fall off the track in the book, the multiplying cups didn't burn in the movie, there is a LOT less death mentioned in the book, including Griphook dying.
-Neville... ok, to be fair, he's pretty much the best character in the last movie. Funny, awkward, and awesome. I didn't like his speech at the end, though I don't remember if that was in the book. And in the book, he doesn't like Luna! Sigh.
-I thought Hagrid was carried away by spiders. Instead he's just tied up in the forest by Death Eaters without explanation. His brother is missing entirely.
-King's Cross wasn't bad; I think they cut a fair amount of dialogue, but kept the important bits ("Of course it's all in your head!")
-While the fight scene with Volemort was cool, it was also overly lengthy. And i don't recall Voldemort getting hit by Harry's spell, but rather their spells ricocheting and Voldemort basically hitting himself by accident. And while I enjoyed the "Not my daughter, you *****!" line (and everyone applauded in the theater), I actually felt it was poorly delivered.
-Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his in the book; he doesn't snap it in half >_<
-Ok... big personal peeve: Harry's mom Lily. Looking at the actress, I'd put her at... 40? Maybe older? She's supposed to be 21! Almost the same age as her son. Same with Harry's dad James, who looks damn near 50. Why the heck did they age their characters AFTER they died?

So yeah. I was annoyed by a lot of it. I should have watched some of the previous movies again before going; it just felt, eh, not as magical. So, best of the series perhaps, but needs to be connected to the others to really make magic.