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[merelyn]

Just back from it, and here are my vague overall impressions:

*So. Good. I had a few minor quibbles with the stuff they cut (Sirius' death should have had more coverage, IMO), but overall I thought they did an excellent job considering how freakin' huge the novel is. Though I have no idea how it would work for someone who's never read the books.

*Ron/Hermione! Thank you, New Screenwriter Dude, for *finally* getting this right and not creating tons of weird Harry/Hermione moments. Though the whole Harry-possessed bit when he saw the two of them and then flashed back on all the happy times made we wibble, because OT3, yo. OT3.

*The ending action was (save Sirius' death) badass.

*McGonagall and Trelawney are totally girlfriends, and if I wasn't a lazy person who should be in bed already, I'd track down the fic that proves this.

*Harry was way less whiny and angry, and the ending was way more hopeful than I remember the book being. Which I think I liked.

*Sirius calling Harry 'James' broke my heart into tiny tiny pieces. I really really wanted a Snape/Sirius confrontation (yeah, yeah) but at least we got some of Snape's Worst Memory.

LASTLY, AND TOTALLY MOST IMPORTANTLY:

PERCY PERCY PERCY. I'm so glad the kept him in, though they could have had one line to at least MENTION the whole 'betrayed his family over the Ministry' thing. Still PERCY. My favorite pompous misguided twat, you make me so sad, but ILU. Hence ye olde P/O icon. Dude, I cannot wait to find out what happens to him next week.*bites nails*

Book 7, come on already!!

Comments

[lillianloop.livejournal.com]

So, in one of those creepy Voldemort-mind-rape scenes, the voice over is like "The Dark Lord wants something he didn't have the first time around", and I sez, "YEAH, YOUR VIRGINITY." (Real loud) I thought Julie was going to punch me in the face, we were all laughing so hard.

AND I DISLIKE IT, BUT THANK GOD FOR RON/HERMIONE.

THE JAMES THING!! I THINK EVERY READER OF THE BOOKS WENT "ALSDKFJASLKDFJAKFJ NO!!! WIBBLE!"

(AND YES THE HOPE-- I'M TURNING INTO PINKY, BUT OMG LUNA WAS THE BEST THING EEEEEVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR)

Pedophile I may not be, I still felt really dirty checking out DanRad. WHICH I DID IN LIKE, EVERY SCENE.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

AHA. Oh, Kate, I miss you. And ahaha Ron/Hermione. I thought of you in the Dept. of Mysteries scene when Ron didn't get by the brainz. (I was so glad they made him less 'tarded overall.)

Luna was really cute, I liked her better than I even did in the books.

Also, I love the way they just threw the James line in there like a throwaway line.

And yes, yes, DanRad is pretty. There's an awesome interview with him on Entertainment Weekly's website where he talks about the nudity thing in Equus and how he was all over-excited to take his kit off, and how everyone had to be all "Dan? You are not naked in this scene. Put it away. Please."

[emhen.livejournal.com]

Sirius calling Harry 'James' broke my heart into tiny tiny pieces.

UUUUUGH ME TOO. And the little glimpses of Sirius and Remus being sort of clingy and domestic at the Order HQ were just - UGH. MARAUDERS, man. And that part where Harry tries desperately to warn Snape in Marauders code?

Seriously.

[wordweaver06.livejournal.com]

See, I didn't think the ending scene was badass at all. I though it needed a little more build and Sirius' death was almost anti-climactic. And I really wanted Harry to get angry at the end, as opposed to Dumbledore just being like, "Don't blame yourself, it was my fault." Because Harry spends the whole thing being on the edge of exploding but he never really does.

I do however agree that they did a really good job considering what they were working with. I only really found complaints toward the end when I felt like more of the energy of the movie had been devoted to earlier conflicts than the big finish. (Cause it is a pretty big finish.)

Also, did Harry remind you a bit of Frodo when he was posessed with Voldemort there at the end? He had that dirty, wide-eyed thing going and made me giggle a little.