re: sixth Harry Potter movie.

[samatethecookie]

• I'll admit it: I cried like a big baby at the end. :< Also, my heart was pounding in my throat the entire time because I avoided reading the last few chapters. The movie hit a nerve with me as a whole; to me, it's a good movie if it strikes a cord with me. (I think it's because I KNEW what was going to happen, but .. I forgot most of the details when I finally got to the movie, and some of the scenes really made me uncomfortable and I almost didn't want to watch it.)

• But uh, it was great, considering that I never expect the movies to fully adapt the book material into the movie anyway so my expectations were lower than most. I enjoy the movies immensely while reminding myself that they're not going to be the books.

• I noticed they cut out a lot of unnecessary parts from the book, but also left out, changed or skimmed through a lot of important details, such as Remus's relationship with Tonks. (I'm not a huge fan of the relationship, so it was no loss, but I felt like they really rushed revealing that detail.)

• I don't understand the Ron hate that's going around amongst the fans over this movie? He seemed IC to me.

• The kid throwing up on Snape's shoes? Priceless. XD

• I liked Snape a lot in this movie - mostly because he looked a lot better. I don't know what it is, but he looked a bit different.

• I LOVE that they left the bit in about Ron's brothers running their own shop. That was always my favorite part in the book.

• I felt really, really bad for Malfoy in this movie. I normally don't like him but I felt sorry for him in this movie. He may be a jerk, but he's definitely not cold enough to kill someone.

• I really hated what they did with Malfoy's mother. What the FUCK did they do with her hair?! Brown and blonde? I don't even want to know what they were thinking when they put that character design together. They could've just given her a blond wig to wear and be done with it.

• There was a large amount of Harry and Hermione scenes in this film, but ... I don't really see the Harry/Hermione that a lot of fans saw and complained about. Is it just me?

In short, I enjoyed the movie, despite the mistakes. I can't wait to see what the last movie(s) is going to be like.

Edit: Um, there's spoilers in the comments, too. BEWARE.

Comments

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I did the opposite: I went in expecting I wouldn't cry! I'm very sensitive, though.

Snape was awesome. I've always liked Snape in the series, so I didn't expect anything less from him in the movie.

Lord, Mrs. Malfoy's hair was an eyesore. I normally don't comment on anyone's hair or outfit in these movies, but seriously, it looked too awful to ignore. XD;

Since there were a lot of scenes with Harry and Hermione interacting, some fans think it was built towards Harry/Hermione. I can see how fans can interpret those scenes, but personally I just couldn't see it, or at least not in that perspective. I went into the movie wondering if I'd see any hints at it, but I didn't. As for Ron, I heard a lot of complaints about his characterization in the movie, but he seemed to be okay for me. It's been awhile since I attempted reading book six, so maybe I should pick it up and try again. ^^;

When she was crying over whom, Hermione for Ron or something else? I'm sorry, I'm really sleepy and I'm not sure if I'm reading the comment right. D:

[its-elaine.livejournal.com]

Snape is my fav character. I was telling everyone he was good right up until DH was released but no one believed me.

Oh I see. I'm going to try read it again when I have time. I heard that if you watch the movie and then read the book again, you realise exactly how much they didn't put in the movie.

When she was crying over Ron/Lavender. I didn't like that scene.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Snape seems to be one of those characters fans either really hate or really love. XD I suspected that he was good all along, too. (At the Borders in Chicago, they were selling book markers with Snape around ... either the sixth or seventh book. One side, he was a friend to Harry Poter. Other side, foe. It was hilarious.)

Yyyyeah. They left a lot out of the book, and changed a lot of little details, if I remember right. They've been leaving a lot of material from the books out of the movie canon since the fourth. (For instance, Hermione wanting to free the house elves at Hogwarts. It bugs the SHIT out of me that she's not doing that in the movie canon. Really, that's the only thing that really bothers me about movie canon.)

Really? I don't know, I thought the scene was fine, because she cried in the book too. Not as much as she did in the movie, but she was very upset.

[its-elaine.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time keeping the books and movies separate, but I guess a lot of the things didn't seem so out of the blue in the book because there is a lot of information in them. The movies, on the other hand, if I watched these on their own, I probably wouldn't understand fully what's happening. I mean, they pretty much skimmed the horcrux stuff, which is the base of the next two movies. But I've never really loved the movies, so it's nothing new for me. The only exceptions are the first and second movie (the second only because I really really dislike reading CoS lol).