Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

I was sorely disappointed by the last one, and I consider it the weakest of the series, but I'll definitely be in on this one opening weekend.
 
vcassel said:
I was sorely disappointed by the last one, and I consider it the weakest of the series, but I'll definitely be in on this one opening weekend.
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It did great justice to the book. Unfortunately because the sixth film was so botched, many things in the last one feel rushed or unexplained or "deus ex machina" or whatever. I was disappointed to see how badly the sixth film affected the seventh myself.
 
I highly enjoyed the last one and found it to be the most "mature." This last one looks like it'll be pretty EPIC as the trailer suggests LOL.
 
The last film failed for one reason, IMO, and that's that there just wasn't enough *magic*. All the little goings ons that usually happen in the Potter films were just not present in the last flick. Half the time you couldn't even tell you were watching a fantasy film which, to me, is a fail.

I actually thought the 6th BOOK was kind of weak, as was the 5th. I actually prefer the 2nd thru 4th opposed to the later chapters (Chamber of Secrets being my favorite to re-read).

To date the third film is my favorite. It's the only movie that gave me that cool *chill* feeling when he first fully realizes his Expecto Patronum spell to *****-smack all those dementors.

I have a feeling this will be the best film to date, though. The book was written with a severe intention of being filmed. They're not going to leave anything on the table.

(But how about we get Harry with Luna in the end instead of staying with Ginny? I swear had Rowling seen these films before writing the last book she might have changed her mind. The chemistry between Luna and Harry far exceeds the uncomfortabel fumblings he has with the Weasley girl)
 
I've yet to see a single harry potter movie but after seeing that trailer, I'll be watching all six before July. Looks very awesome
 
Brian_Rice said:
I actually thought the 6th BOOK was kind of weak, as was the 5th. I actually prefer the 2nd thru 4th opposed to the later chapters (Chamber of Secrets being my favorite to re-read).

To date the third film is my favorite. It's the only movie that gave me that cool *chill* feeling when he first fully realizes his Expecto Patronum spell to *****-smack all those dementors.

I have a feeling this will be the best film to date, though. The book was written with a severe intention of being filmed. They're not going to leave anything on the table.
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The sixth book was one of the best, imo... which is why the contrast between it and the abysmal film is so staggering.

The fifth film however, imo, is easily the best. The greatest mix of maturity, darkness, magic, action, suspense, plot and character development, etc. And the best visuals the series has seen yet (though it appears this film could top it). The third film is my immediate runner up though.

Saharanturtle said:
I've yet to see a single harry potter movie but after seeing that trailer, I'll be watching all six before July. Looks very awesome
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Be advised that the first two films are more "kid-friendly" than the rest, as the characters are 11 & 12 years old in those stories. As the characters mature, so do the storylines (and the visuals). The third film is where things really start to kick off, as the first two films have effectively set the stage for the rest of the story.

Either way though, they're a lot of fun.
 
Just caught the early showing. About what I thought it would be. Felt a little sad to see it go; felt likewise when I'd finished reading the 7th book a few years back.

There were a couple of quasi-important plot points that were left out, but overall it was solid. Except that some tween boys and girls couldn't stop talking during the movie. Always happens at Potter films, not sure why.

Also, like the book, I felt the final Voldermort/Harry battle slightly underwhelming. Maybe it's because in my mind I'm always comparing it to Jedi and, I mean, sorry for the spoiler, but Darth Vader ***** slamming the Emperor over that railing is just plain tough to top.

Still, 97% rating on tomatoes. Pretty amazing.
 
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I thought it was good. It felt a bit slower than was healthy, but overall I much preferred this to a rushed mess (that being the most typical for hollywood/book adaptions).

The climax of Voldemort dying really fell short. The battle stuff was fine by me. The followup seemed dismal. The FIRST SHOT after Voldemort dies is a shot of Luna sitting down next to Neville, both seemingly oblivious to what just happened. Seriously? Could've done MUCH better than that. A bit of celebratory feel from the first movies would have done wonders here.
 
Yea I too felt the movie fell short in many areas.

Pacing was very slow in some places with scenes a little overlong, almost trying to milk the last movie for every moment it could even if the moment was unnecessary. The greatest of these being after Harry breaks the elder wand and throws it over the bridge. They're all standing there next to each other and instead of doing the pullout there before the "19 Years Later" they chose to have them all walk 3ft over to face the camera and hold hands with Hogwarts behind them. It was so awkward because it took them so long to get into position then the camera played out its thing. I understand they wanted to show the end of their journey together with hogwarts behind them, but better blocking would've saved them the need to have them move over into an obvious position just to visually say something.

The greatest annoyance for me was when V "killed" Harry he sends a lady over to check to see if he's dead instead of checking himself, then blatantly believes her when she lies and says "dead." You telling me after all those movies searching for the boy for this very moment you don't MAKE SURE??? That was just asking me to accept too much. That was poor screenwriting IMO and if that's how the book did it, lame...

The scene of Harry in the "in-between" or whatever it was really sucked the moment from what it could've had. The pacing built up to that moment in the forest where you think this is it, but then the movie slows to a screeching halt in that scene which got me ancy.

V's death was a bit underwhelming I'll admit, it could've been better and yes as TheReverend said, there should've been a bit more cheering going on. Everyone just seemed like they were thinking "well, thank goodness that's over..." Are you kidding? Make it a sappy cheer and fist pumping moment I don't care, I've been waiting 7 movies for that crap and that's what you give me?

I still think the movie had a lot going for it and while it might seem like I didn't like it at all I figured it was more fruitful explaining what I felt was wrong then what they did right, which is easy to see. The movie was still enjoyable but it could've been better...then again, it could've been FAR worse. Thank goodness it wasn't.
 
Fairly dissapointed thought it was gonna be at the same pace as part one but this did not work for me...could have been so much more...a good ending but I just felt there was so much missing.
 
KyleProhaska said:
Yea I too felt the movie fell short in many areas.

Pacing was very slow in some places with scenes a little overlong, almost trying to milk the last movie for every moment it could even if the moment was unnecessary. The greatest of these being after Harry breaks the elder wand and throws it over the bridge. They're all standing there next to each other and instead of doing the pullout there before the "19 Years Later" they chose to have them all walk 3ft over to face the camera and hold hands with Hogwarts behind them. It was so awkward because it took them so long to get into position then the camera played out its thing. I understand they wanted to show the end of their journey together with hogwarts behind them, but better blocking would've saved them the need to have them move over into an obvious position just to visually say something.

The greatest annoyance for me was when V "killed" Harry he sends a lady over to check to see if he's dead instead of checking himself, then blatantly believes her when she lies and says "dead." You telling me after all those movies searching for the boy for this very moment you don't MAKE SURE??? That was just asking me to accept too much. That was poor screenwriting IMO and if that's how the book did it, lame...

The scene of Harry in the "in-between" or whatever it was really sucked the moment from what it could've had. The pacing built up to that moment in the forest where you think this is it, but then the movie slows to a screeching halt in that scene which got me ancy.

V's death was a bit underwhelming I'll admit, it could've been better and yes as TheReverend said, there should've been a bit more cheering going on. Everyone just seemed like they were thinking "well, thank goodness that's over..." Are you kidding? Make it a sappy cheer and fist pumping moment I don't care, I've been waiting 7 movies for that crap and that's what you give me?

I still think the movie had a lot going for it and while it might seem like I didn't like it at all I figured it was more fruitful explaining what I felt was wrong then what they did right, which is easy to see. The movie was still enjoyable but it could've been better...then again, it could've been FAR worse. Thank goodness it wasn't.
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Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the in-between space in the book, either.
 
Just got back from seeing it at the AMC in Burbank. I enjoyed it. It's not the kind of movie that's going to stick with me, but I'm really glad I don't have to watch any more of these. It's much better than the last one, BTW. I don't even really remember what happened in the last one.
 
Also I think it's worth noting that any issues the film had the book had as well.

I was just talking about the film and book today, again thinking on why in the world Voldermort would keep calling off his troops when he was *winning* the battle. It just made no sense. Half of the people he was fighting were mudbloods and the other half were protecting them. Why would he not want to decimate the lot of them?

And then he lets Neville give this speech rallying the troops? Why not torture and kill him right there?

Also, the fact that they left out of the film the *reason* Harry was still alive after Voldermort used the killing curse on him seemed like a relatively large error.

Anyway --
 
Brian_Rice said:
Also, the fact that they left out of the film the *reason* Harry was still alive after Voldermort used the killing curse on him seemed like a relatively large error.

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I never read the book, so I didn't even know there was a reason. I just assumed "A wizard did it". But they should have included an explanation, they definitely had the time to do it.

Still better than the conclusion to Lost.

Can't wait for the remake/reboot.
 
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Having never seen or read anything Harry Potter before watching this (well, I did read 3/4 of the first book 11 or so years ago in high school), I really enjoyed it.

That being said, the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer almost made me throw up.
 
Good book. Decent film. Way too short. So many important and key emotional details were left as a small detail on the side of a shot that just passes you by. Could have been an hour longer.
 
Everts said:
Fairly dissapointed thought it was gonna be at the same pace as part one but this did not work for me...could have been so much more...a good ending but I just felt there was so much missing.
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There was obviously never intention for them to wrap up a 7 film series with the pace that was set in part 1, that would just be a 30 hour film, probably longer, I felt the pace was right but for me there was so much detail left out that I really wanted to see. There where a couple of plot holes which really bugged me, even carried over from the book that they should have changed for the film.
 
I liked the last film alot better than this one. The last one was more mature and the stakes in the game seemed much higher. There was real danger and scary danger. I think this one was good, but I was disappointed, probably because I expected so much more. I had to do a little soul searching to figure out what my biggest problem with this film was and I realized that it was Daniel Radcliffe. To make my point, Harry Potter has been essentially facing and fighting basically the devil from the time he was around 10 years old. He's much older now and therefore much smarter, stronger and experienced. By now Harry Potter should be a subsequent bad a** and somewhat cool and clever, but he wasn't. He was the same wide-eyed, scared kid he's been from the very beginning. I feel like if Daniel had some growth in his acting abilities that we would have seen some of that translate on screen. Take for instance the Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and the one you see in The Return of the Jedi. Not all that much time had passed and Luke went from a kid having the potential to be a kick a** jedi to actually being the kick a** jedi.

Sorry big time HP fans. I'm still a fan though!
 
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