Deathly Hallows

[ericadawn16]

First of all, I want to be shown baby Teddy in Part Two!
I'm not sure how since they don't appear to be at Shell Cottage but I want them to make it happen.

Yes, madkatstar_pir8 was totally right. I was worried that I might end up a blubbering mess and she didn't think so. The film was a nice mix of dark and light...I was actually reminded of The Empire Strikes Back in a VERY good way.

Although that makes me even more worried about Part Two because I actually prefer ESB over Return of the Jedi because ROTJ is too dark for me.

What I liked best was the tiny minuscule moments with Remus and Tonks, knowing what's going on with Snape and what he's doing and Dobby who finally got the respect he should have gotten all along. I just wish he might have said some sort of line alluding to SPEW or was wearing something knitted.

I had hoped when he let her go that she would live but she came back...it was a better death than the book but no less rough.

I finally get Snape's hair. Ever since the first photos were released, it was like, What? Why? And my mom suggesting he must have found Head and Shoulders or something. However, when I saw in the film, it totally made sense. As Headmaster, he would be subject to certain expectations of decorum and dress so he had to change accordingly. This was never stated in the books but there were a lot of little things like that which were in the film and just made sense.

My biggest complaint?

The kiss, I don't think it was so much as who it was since I knew it was coming as the fact that they were NEKKID!

MY EYES! MY EYES!

Basically, it was two people I had seen on screen as ten year olds and I just found it disturbing, like Stop it right now and put clothes on!

Also, Umbridge continues to remind me so much of Sarah Palin, I was so happy when they attacked her.

*is not encouraging violence done to actual people*

Oh my gosh, the Malfoys looked BAD especially Lucius and Narcissa with her half hair, I almost felt sorry for them...ALMOST.

Comments

[not-nahrrington.livejournal.com]

MY EYES TOO! Dx

[kistbyfaeries.livejournal.com]

yeah that scene...totally hallywood, but its a totally valid way of proving the point. as much as i loved it and every other time a character partially disrobed, i was laughing so much

[(Anonymous)]

Aye, I thought it was a better death for Hedwig, but still terribly sad.

I was stunned by nekkidness...and the at the swirly giant blob of sewer-y mass of attacking horcrux. It was like that pollution monster thing from Fern Gully.

The Malfoys were appropriately distressed and down-trodden-ish.

The only change I didn't understand was why Wormtail and his death by silver glove conscience was cut out...unless they want to play it up for the second part.

[meowbooks.livejournal.com]

Darn. I forgot to log in. XD

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I thought SOMEONE must have gotten a reprieve but I couldn't think who! Yep, must be Part Two with everyone else, a real bloodbath.

I HATED, Hated, hated the snake scene. It was really well done, but I hated it in the book as well with corpse and the snake and the confined space...

(shudders)

And that part where it came back up, even though movie cliche dictated it would I still freaking jumped. Plus, Harry gets bit and Hermione patches him up and it's like, why couldn't someone have done that to Snape?

It's been many years since Fern Gully so I was reminded of the mega ghost/House in the House on Haunted Hill.

Have you seen that? If you haven't, let me post this beginning. Sorry about the quality but Lisa Loeb+James Marsters+Geoffrey Rush=Greatness

[meowbooks.livejournal.com]

Sorry this reply is so late...

I've seen part of the Geoffrey Rush version, but not the entire thing.

Oh yes, the snake scene was very similar to the book. Icky.

Aye, poor Snape/ :( Unfortunately Nagini was much crueler with him and Harry isn't as good with mending things.

[meowbooks.livejournal.com]

Sorry this reply is so late...

I've seen part of the Geoffrey Rush version, but not the entire thing.

Oh yes, the snake scene was very similar to the book. Icky.

Aye, poor Snape. :( Unfortunately Nagini was much crueler with him and Harry isn't as good with mending things.

[sea_thoughts]

Return of the Jedi is too dark for you?? Wow, I've never heard that before, I'm intrigued!

The kiss, I don't think it was so much as who it was since I knew it was coming as the fact that they were NEKKID!

UGH YES. I was resisting the urge to cover my eyes, I wanted to yell out "STOP JUST STOP DAMN YOU!" The bit before that, though, that was fantastic, they were so creepy and horrible.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously Revenge of the Sith outdarks it now but it's still darker than ESB to me.

Okay, to explain, I suppose I should go back to the beginning. I didn't go to ROTJ when it first came out because my mom was not about to let 9 and 10 year old boys be in charge of a five month old. It was re-released in 1985 but I think my mom would have thought I was still too young. As best as I can tell, my first film was Top Gun when I was three and a half.

So, my first experience with ROTJ beyond commercials on television was either:

A. Coin-Operated VideoDisc Player
I don't remember this well and the internet doesn't back me up, but my brothers have told me all about it. In the mid-80s, when video games were having a slump because of home video game players, arcades were coming up with fresh ideas to bring in patrons. At this particular mall, they put a coin-operated video disc in a small room. It's possible that ROTJ was included although my brothers say we mainly watched Time Bandits over and over.
Apparently, as a 3 or 4 year old, I LOVED Time Bandits.

B. They did show it on television in 1988 or 1989.

Either way, I was quite young and very attached to small people/creatures. I would have been more familiar with the Ewok animated series and television movies. Plus, I LOVED Muppets and Sesame Street so I already loved Ewoks and Yoda before seeing the films.

I should also explain my very first actions figures that were all MINE and not borrowed off my brothers was a set of the Max Rebo Band so I loved them, too.

So, I'm watching the film and it's going well. I like the action stuff, but then it starts going wrong. My brothers like Boba Fett...he dies. They blow up the pretty ship and I ask about my band.
My brothers: They got blown up.

My band was blown up!

Then, Yoda dies! Yoda DIES! Devastating.

Luke is all depressed and sad for almost the entire film which also bothered me. He wasn't like that in the other ones.

The Ewoks are a nice respite until the battle when some of them die. DEAD.

You have Luke and he's battling Darth Vader and then, the other bad guy is zapping him which looks REALLY painful until Darth picks up the other bad guy so you can see Darth's skeleton which looks really freaky. Then, Darth Vader DIES and Luke burns his body.

To a six year old, it was like a whole film of DEATH and I guess I never really got past that. Whereas when I watch ESB, I can pretend like everyone lives happily ever after and as I grew older, I added other reasoning like more Yoda, more Han/Leia interaction and it seems to me at least...better writing.

I'm so glad you agreed about the kiss because as I was writing it, I couldn't help thinking, I sound like the stereotypical, prudish American.

[sea_thoughts]

Thanks for explaining, it makes more sense now.

I felt the kiss went on way too long.

[baine.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knowwwwwwwwwww. It was so awkward! It's like, aren't you still too young to be doing that? lol!