SPOILER ALERT FOR THE MOVIE BELOW!!!!!
So I left the island, which in and of itself is a big deal, to see this movie and while my expectations wanted to be high, I was a little dubious after #5 (do NOT get me started on how much I hated that movie and how they ruined the entire story with it). But I’d heard good things and the preview looked excellent, so I suppose I was slightly hopeful.
Okay… So I know I haven’t read the book since last summer, and I’ve only read it 3-4 times (including audio), but does anyone else remember Ron’s house burning down in the middle of the book? I didn’t think so. That said, it was kind of an exciting scene in the movie! But what was with Mr. & Mrs. Weasley just standing in the doorway looking dumbstruck, not even taking out their wands, while Harry and Ginny run after Bella & the werewolf? Yeah, right!
I did think, “Wow! This is a cool scene. I bet J.K. Rowling wishes she wrote it in the book!” Of course, maybe she wrote it for the movie, or maybe she wrote it in the book and it was cut, but either way, it was pretty cool. Except that their house burnt down and well…that can’t really happen, can it because they need that house later in the series to live in…and do ghouls survive fire? Hard to say, but they need that ghoul too.
But you know that’s not all I have to say, right? I mean…they added a cool scene and left out THE FRIGGIN CLIMAX OF THE BOOK!!!! So can anyone tell me what the whole point of Draco fixing the vanishing cabinet was if he was just going to let some Deatheaters into the castle so they could run around and laugh evilly and then leave? And what about Bill? When does he get bit by a werewolf? And I’m sorry, but Dumbledore knew Harry would ignore his orders in a fight and that’s why he immobilized him under his invisibility cloak, so when he didn’t this time and Harry just lurked in the shadows, I was all, “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” Totally unbelievable.
To be honest, I was so disturbed by the fact that there was no battle, I almost didn’t even notice that Dumbledore died! Seriously. The book makes me cry every time and all I could think was, “Why are they all holding their wands up like it’s a 1970’s Rolling Stones concert?”
I’m glad I saw it because otherwise I’d be worried I was missing something, and until the end, I thought it was pretty okay. But as I heard some teenagers say on their way out, “If they cut all the kissing scenes and people looking into each others’ eyes, the movie would’ve only been about half an hour long.”
What did you think?
Unfortunately, the movie people just kicked themselves in the pants, because much of the story that they cut out was central to the seventh book! WHAT are they going to do??
I was OUTRAGED that there was no battle scene… that was kind of why half the teenagers in the theatre even went to see it. I totally agree about the Death Eaters comment, they didn’t even do anything except cackle and run around. Grrrr!!!
Hehe… more to say, but I’ve got to go meet you for coffee! 😀 😀 See you in a bit!
Thanks you thank you! I almost wrote this sme blog post LOL. (But having been a victim of book spoilers I didn’t want to do it LOL)
Anyway, overall I thought they did better than the last one which felt like it was on fast forward.
I did know ahead of time that they added the scene at the Burrow, and cut the funeral scene.
BUT! Why did they not to that water spell and then the repair spell on the house???
The whole story with Bill and Fluer being cut makes no sense to me what-so-ever!
But like you I too could NOT BELEIVE they cut the battle scene from the end!! I just dont understand.
Something fromthe last movie that really bothered me (one of MANY) is the leaving out of the coins that Hermionie came up with the alert the DA members of a meeting. These too will be important in the final movie.
GRRRR!!!!!!
Thanks for letting me vent!
Jennifer
I saw the show the other night with some friends. It was the first time I’ve gone out since I gave birth to my second daughter, and it felt nice to get out. Maybe that contributed to my feelings about the movie, but regardless, I really loved it! I’m a hard-core HP fan, and I LOVE the books, but I also love the movies. I think they depart wildly from the books, so I have to think of them as movies “about” the HP books, not adaptations of the books themselves. Which is kind a gyp for J.K. Rowling. But, I love the books, and so far, I love the movies.
I completely agree. I couldn’t even figure out why I didn’t like it (other than the obvious lack of battle) until you pointed it out. While I liked #5, I was very annoyed by what they left out. I guess that I was somewhat hopeful that they would make up for it in #6…I was wrong.