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

[escalove.livejournal.com]

I don't get Ron-hate, but I hate how any movie written by Steve Kloves seems to relegate him to the background or just comic relief. It was most egregious in the end to me where Ron is sitting away from Harry and Hermione, where in the book it is both Ron and Hermione insisting to Harry that they are going to join him. It is like the movies kind of forget that they are a trio not a duo.

It is not that Ron is out of character, it is just they don't seem to know what to do with him.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

You know, I've noticed that, too, and I was confused as to why Ron wasn't insisting alongside with Hermione, and I forgot to mention it in this entry. Other times I was able to let it go, because Ron still got his awesome moments too, but the end where Ron was sitting away from them seemed ... odd for him. Unless they're subtly building towards Ron's suspicion that something is going on between Harry and Hermione for the last installment of the series, he should've been standing with them.

I think the end of the sixth movie was the only thing that really bothered me, but yeah, that's a good point. It's gotten even more obvious since ... the fifth movie, I believe? I think the easiest way for them to fix it (if they even can, at this point) is to read the books and see what Ron actually does outside of serving as comic relief.