until the very end

[dahlia_moon]

Ugh, I hate now how your gmail and youtube accounts are both linked. Because I have a gmail address but I also have a separate University email address that I only use for school but that's now linked to Google as well. The first year of college, all the student emails were on the campus server or whatever but now it's on the Google server, which before I didn't have any feelings either way. But now to log into YT you have to use your gmail address - or at least I do - they don't accept just user names anymore and so to use YT, I have to sign out of my univ address and into my Gmail address and ugh, it just makes things so much more frustrating.

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I went and saw Deathly Hallows Part II last night with my brother and his fiancee (twin brother, Monkey, is off at summer camp teaching little kiddies lacrosse).

I cried when Ron finds Fred's dead body; I also surprisingly cried when Snape found Lily dead and cradled her in his arms. I cried when Harry meets Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest even though I knew Harry was not really going to die and was just going to fake it until the right moment came. I cried because...because it meant he was accepting death, when Voldemort raised his wand and Harry just closed his eyes, and it was strangely poetic and sad and I don't think the moment would've captivated me as much as if Harry had just stood there and hadn't closed his eyes. And I think I cried the hardest when Lily, James, Remus and Sirius appeared.

The audience clapped when Neville sliced off Nagini's head and when Mrs. Weasley killed Bellatrix - I clapped along with them. And these two characters were such BAMFs and I was so proud that they shined here, as they did in the book. Truly, this story was as much about them as it was about Harry. (There was no question that Harry was brave and strong, but I think being brave came more easily to Harry than it did to Neville or Mrs. Weasley - not that I mean to say that Harry didn't have to muster up bravery and courage but more that bravery and courage were expected of him, but Neville and Mrs. Weasley were the underdogs; they weren't the chosen ones.)

Ah Snape. I loved "The Prince's Tale" and in the movie young!Snape was so very cute and adorable. I'm still not as big a fangirl of his but at least I sympathize with him now and don't hate him.

The ending/epilogue was a bit weird, not that I didn't enjoy it but I think I loved it more reading it than watching it. Just seeing them aged up was a bit disorienting, cool in a kinda freaky, fascinating way of course.

In regards to what TPTB changed/did't include, I'm pretty OK with most of it, but I would've loved to have seen Draco, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry's epilogue interaction, you know the little nod they give at the station when he sees them staring at him at the end. I dunno. That was a pretty memorable thing for me in the book. I also would have loved it more if they mentioned Grindelwald, and more about Dumbledore's history, but no, they didn't. :(

Comments

[achuislemochroi.livejournal.com]

And I think I cried the hardest when Lily, James, Remus and Sirius appeared.

This.  I still can't forgive JKR for killing Lupin D:

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Sirius' death was hard enough and then Remus had to go too. It's like all of my favorite characters met an untimely death. :((((

[herbeautifullie.livejournal.com]

I think the biggest thing I missed was Harry's speech and the lack of outrage from the crowd at his death. I loved how in the book Voldemort kept trying to keep them quiet and it didn't work and it seemed like in the movie they were like, "Well, there's goes that idea.." And I missed Ron's line in the epilogue, "Why are they staring?" "It's me, I'm incredibly famous."

But, other than that, I was pretty happy with the way they did things. I laughed, I cried and I ate a hell of a lot of popcorn! So it gets the seal of approval from me! ;)

[amethysth.livejournal.com]

The "YOU DARE?" "YES, RIDDLE, I DARE!" speech? Because I really missed that too. It was so badass in the books how Harry calls him Riddle and then TELLS him who the real master of the wand is, but Voldemort is too proud and boastful to freaking listen. Just powerful. I really missed that in the film too.

AND YES, RON'S LINE. THAT WAS SO AWESOME IN THE BOOK.

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think when Hagrid, the Death Eaters and Voldemort all walk up to the steps and people realize Harry's "dead", it gets a bit awkward because no one knows what to do now. But it does give Neville a chance to shine again. :D

[loki-onyx.livejournal.com]

I sympathise on the email hijacking, wonder how much the faculty or campus IT dept. were paid to let google rule their worlds and by default everyone else's ? Be interesting to find out, seems freedom of choice and democracy have a caviat when it comes to cyberspace and it is a little unsettlling thinking about that, FB is like that, too.

Oh HP, I am looking forward to catching the movie, it sounds amazing, and I will grab the box set when it comes out eventually, all the extras and behind the scenes stufffies! :DDD I bet it will have audio description so I can follow the visuals.. so glad you enjoyed it! *hugs Ya*

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does seem like Google is taking over the world bit by bit, doesn't it?

Yay! I hope you get to see it! It's awesome. :DDDDD

[loki-onyx.livejournal.com]

Yes! absolutely yes! <33333 :DDD

[amethysth.livejournal.com]

I CRIED DURING THOSE SCENES TOO. But I smiled at the end.

My theater clapped too. Neville was freaking awesome ,and yay Mrs. Weasley. AND YES, THE SNAPE SCENES WERE SO GOOD.

I actually loved the epilogue .Other than Bonnie and Tom, I thought they did a pretty good job with the aging and I loved the children and Harry's bravest man I ever knew quote (SO MANY LINES WERE STRAIGHT FROM T HE BOOK!) and the way the music from the end of the first film, when Harry is going on the train to go home and he says "It's not goodbye, not really", played. That entire scene was actually pretty emotional for me ,so when the kids wave goodbye and the trio smiles at the end, I had to smile. I thought the acting was just amazing in this film. Phenomenal.
But it was weird, lol.

Wait, didn't Draco and Harry nod? I thought that happened? If it didn't and I imagined it, Tom's mentioned it a lot, so I think there's a longer version of the epilogue in the deleted scenes.

I understand why they removed Dumbledore's history (it's back story we don't really need for the films, like lots of Voldemort's parental history that they also removed from earlier films), but it was so essential to have Harry's horcrux VS. hallows debate, and they removed that as well. :/

Overall though, I thought the film was a fantastic finale, and I really really loved it.

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

SNAPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! YES HE WAS SO GOOD!!!

I think only Harry's aged-up look worked, honestly (and hahaha OK, Ron's too, with his little pot-belly and he reminded me of Mr. Weasley so I appreciated that :DD). I dunno - maybe if I see the ending more than once, I 'll get used to it. The children were adorable and I loved that there were a lot of quotes directly from the book.

I actually don't remember the music, lol, by the time the epilogue rolled around, I was just in a haze and everything went by so quickly.

Wait, didn't Draco and Harry nod? I thought that happened? If it didn't and I imagined it, Tom's mentioned it a lot, so I think there's a longer version of the epilogue in the deleted scenes.

I honestly don't remember. I was looking for the nod at the end, but I didn't see it so I thought they left that out. I could be remembering wrong though (the haze-y, sort of dream quality took over my brain functions by then, lol, so it was a miracle I somehow got out of the theater).

I understand why they removed Dumbledore's history (it's back story we don't really need for the films, like lots of Voldemort's parental history that they also removed from earlier films), but it was so essential to have Harry's horcrux VS. hallows debate, and they removed that as well. :/

I guess I do understand, but well, I just wanted more mentions of Dumbledore. :^^:

[amethysth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought Harry aged the best of the boys. He looked a lot like the James they have in the film, actually. It was pretty well done.

I can't specifically remember a nod either, but I THOUGHT I saw one. And Tom Felton's referenced it many times, so I'll have to rewatch. It HAS to be there.

Haha, I know how you feel. I always want more mentions of Dumbledore.