Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

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I went today to the cinema and watched this in 3d.

I have a hard time remembering when was the last time i was so dissapointed/angry with a movie. What in the ****ing hell, they made everything so predictable, they changed a lot of important things and made them a lot more lame, for those who read the book and want some spoilers, or for those who already watched it here it is a couple of things that comes to my mind, in no order in particular.

#1 Snape: SWEET BLEEDING JEGUS. In the book he said "look at me", his death was misterious, left you with a strange feeling. Why did he say that? It was a "dark" character's death, but still it didn't feel right, Harry still pretty much hated the guy because he killed Dumbledure, after, and only AFTER, you read his memories you could connect the events and realise what was it all about. It was like a shocking revelation. All the way until there were no hints at all of where did his true loyalties were, speculation only at most.

In the movie its like "oh harry, you have your mother's eyes :CHappy" tears and all. Could they make it even more predictable? Like when they made Snape sush Harry in the previous film before killing Dumbledore? What in the ****ing hell way to spoil what was supposed to be an important revelation.

#2 Neville: Remember the book, brave Neville who got tortured after Harry's death, in front of everyone and then with a huge pain he pulled ****ing Griffindor's sword out of the hat and beheaded the snake in a dramatic resolution of events? In the movie he's a) crippled b) takes the sword out of the hat in a totally casual way, before time and does nothing with it until half an hour later c) They don't even torture him or do anything, he just gives a short speech and thats it. d) he gets knocked out and then comes back to his senses and looks at the sword, then he knooows Ron and Hermione are randomly having troubles with the snake in some part of the castle, because, yeah, they have to hog the spotlight somehow. So he forgets he's crippled, waits until the last moment to kill the snake, though he was even less stealthy that when Ron tried it and bam, done.

#3 Snape's memories: Way too brief, you don't get a shit. They knew each other as children (Lily and him) "She's jealous because you're special and she's not" "Oh, haha" then a few shots as she is in Griffindor, then another as she's kissing James, then slightly a bit more as the parents die. Leaving the espectator with little to no idea about how their relationship went, if it was a crush or what. A childhood friendship, an affair?. That was (in my opinion) the most important thing in the book, Snape's memories, it was like the missing pieces of a big puzzle, yet in the movie nothing is explained properly.


#4 Bellatrix vs Ron's mother: That was so, so incredibly lame i can't explain. Instead of the dynamic, vivid fight that happens in the book, in the movie they're just a few meters from each other, and after she tries to attack Ginny she says "not with my daughter lalala" they exchange generic short tiny lightbeams without even moving or making anything at all, until a few seconds later Bellatrix dissolves herself into little bits. Just like that, nothing else.

Among other things that i can't get myself to write down right now.
 

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Oh boy lol, comparing the book to the movies is only going to cause frustration. It's obvious they can't put everything from the book into the movie, I mean they broke the final book into two movies so that they could try and please the fans. (Probably to make some more money as well but I'm glad, just imagine what one movie would have been like >.>)

I put the next part in spoiler only because I said something regarding your points and I don't want to ruin the movie for anyone.

As for your points I won't argue against them. Everyone has their own opinions, and while I agree on some of it, especially Neville's thing of waking up and randomly coming out to save the day (like wtf lol), was dumb, but you can't expect a clone of the book to come onto the screen.

I'm sure you understand that though and are just letting out your frustration. And I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, maybe she will write another book (if only) and keep the universe going.
 
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I'm sure you understand that though and are just letting out your frustration. And I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, maybe she will write another book (if only) and keep the universe going.

I surely would enjoy another book, if its as good as any of the last. The movie should have lasted a tad longer, and sticked more to the book IMO, i can understand some differences between them, but this time it just killed it for me :C. Could've of been much better.
 

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If she did put out a new book, like if it was post DH, or even a book about the marauders, (Though there is a ton of stuff on ff . net) I'd pick it up in an instant.

And yea I can see what you mean, there were parts that fans of the books were probably wondering WTF? I had a few of them myself. The only other gripe I had with the movie were the kissing scenes. Now I don't expect them to be great, but it just looked wierd and forced. But that's just me.
 

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If she did put out a new book, like if it was post DH, or even a book about the marauders, (Though there is a ton of stuff on ff . net) I'd pick it up in an instant.

And yea I can see what you mean, there were parts that fans of the books were probably wondering WTF? I had a few of them myself. The only other gripe I had with the movie were the kissing scenes. Now I don't expect them to be great, but it just looked wierd and forced. But that's just me.

I'll have to agree on that, i can think of a scene that was completely unnecessary too
 

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If she did put out a new book, like if it was post DH, or even a book about the marauders, (Though there is a ton of stuff on ff . net) I'd pick it up in an instant.

And yea I can see what you mean, there were parts that fans of the books were probably wondering WTF? I had a few of them myself. The only other gripe I had with the movie were the kissing scenes. Now I don't expect them to be great, but it just looked wierd and forced. But that's just me.

All the actors talk about how awkward it is to kiss one another, whether it's Bonnie Wright and Daniel Radcliffe or Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. They say they've all become so close that it's like kissing your brother or sister.
 

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I'll have to agree on that, i can think of a scene that was completely unnecessary too

Oh which one?

@ Brandon

I understand, but that little voice in my head says, they are actors, isn't this what they are paid millions of dollars to do?
 

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Oh which one?

@ Brandon

I understand, but that little voice in my head says, they are actors, isn't this what they are paid millions of dollars to do?

You can only be so convincing if you feel like you're kissing your sister.
 

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You can only be so convincing if you feel like you're kissing your sister.

At first I wanted to say that if it was Emma Watson then I would have been more than happy to make it convincing.

But I thought about it and being on a movie set for about 10 years with her would probably change those thoughts real fast. Oh well. Cheers to Rupert!
 
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I don't know I just wasn't a big fan of this series. I saw the first movie in theaters. The second movie during a time I vaguely remember. What number was the prisoner of ask4chan or w/e? I saw that one when I last had HBO which was several years ago. I didn't bother seeing this movie, read Wikipedia, saw it ended exactly how I thought it would, and -insert joke about Daniel Radcliffe being too old here-. That's about as far as I got with this series. I don't even know why Volderama is such a dick either and I don't know where the death eaters came from. I can sum up my whole knowledge of Harry Potter in one sentence:

It exists, who cares?​
 
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I don't know I just wasn't a big fan of this series. I saw the first movie in theaters. The second movie during a time I vaguely remember. What number was the prisoner of ask4chan or w/e? I saw that one when I last HBO which was several years ago. I didn't bother seeing this movie, read Wikipedia and saw ended exactly how I thought it would, and -insert joke about Daniel Radcliffe being too old here-. That's about as far as I got with this series. I don't even know why Volderama is such a dick either and I don't know where the death eater's came from. I can sum up my whole knowledge of Harry Potter in one sentence:

It exists, who cares?​

Uh huh....sorry I dozed off halfway through your trolling. But thanks for your opinion, the fact you gave an opinion and didn't ignore the thread completely shows me how much you care!
 

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Uh huh....sorry I dozed off halfway through your trolling. But thanks for your opinion, the fact you gave an opinion and didn't ignore the thread completely shows me how much you care!

I shared a general apathy for the whole series of movies because I just couldn't get into or relate to the characters. It wasn't trolling though; that summed up virtually my entire knowledge of the series. I am dead serious.
 

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Lovely, next time why don't you just say that, it'll save me a couple of minutes of having to look through a post that doesn't even have anything to do with the actual movie itself.

Also I'm sorry you didn't find Harry Potter enjoyable, maybe you'll find something else to care about.

Peace
 

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I don't know I just wasn't a big fan of this series. I saw the first movie in theaters. The second movie during a time I vaguely remember. What number was the prisoner of ask4chan or w/e? I saw that one when I last had HBO which was several years ago. I didn't bother seeing this movie, read Wikipedia, and saw it ended exactly how I thought it would, and -insert joke about Daniel Radcliffe being too old here-. That's about as far as I got with this series. I don't even know why Volderama is such a dick either and I don't know where the death eaters came from. I can sum up my whole knowledge of Harry Potter in one sentence:

It exists, who cares?​

Here's the relevant part. Also I kinda think you can see this is going to be the kind of post you won't like from the first three sentences. Don't blame me because you read my WHOLE opinion on the movie and series and got mad about it. What did someone put a gun to your head and say "read it"?
 

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I loved every nanosecond of this movie, so gettin the dvd.
 

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i cant look at movie/book/video-game relations worth a grain of salt anymore. i essentially look at them as 2 entirely different works with the same plot, the same names and the same scenario. The fact is you pretty much cant expect a movie to be faithful anymore, it just doesnt happen. too often do we find movies that make better book than do we find books that make better movies.
 

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Here's the relevant part. Also I kinda think you can see this is going to be the kind of post you won't like from the first three sentences. Don't blame me because you read my WHOLE opinion on the movie and series and got mad about it. What did someone put a gun to your head and say "read it"?

Nope, you're right. My fault. Good to know. Sorry again.
 

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Put me in my place...yea...anyways, I'm sorry for derailing this thread.

But to answer your original question.

As of June 2011, the book series has sold about 450 million copies

Wiki

Thats a rough estimate on how many people care.
 

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I do really like Harry Potter, the books mostly. If she makes another book, it'll probably be about the 19 years later thingy, not that i would complain, when i got to the end of the 7th book my thoughts were pretty much "no wait it can't end!!ª!1´11!!"
 
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