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[Meiko]

Who's going to see it? I won't be going till next week, but I'm really looking forward to this one, though I am a little disappointed hearing it's a a bit short, shorter than any other HP movie.

Also the book. Are going to buy it at its release date? What are your expectations? Do you think Rowling will eventually write other books because the fans said so? Do you think Harry will really die? I have my copy preordered, and i can't wait

[trunks69420]

Saw the midnight premeire going again on friday if i dont work or if i can...and heres my advice for it. stop thinking it will be like the book and enjoy it as a movie. i am a HUGE fan of the books... but after the goblet i just realised none will really be like the book as much as the first one was cause it was so much smaller. if you watch it just for a movie POV... its amazing. well paced, great action, great fights, etc. wont ruin it for anyone who doesnt know whats coming.

as for book 7. i'm number 5 on the list to get it and i'm going to the 4 hour workshop for making wands and all kinds of other harry potter goodness.midnight for me.... and i have many many many views about the final book but i dont want to just spout them off the top of my head.. i just refreshed the page and seen this thread i was about to create one myself

[DragonSphere]

but to be honest, im not much of a potter fan than i used to be. I blitzed through the first 4 books a few years ago, but after that, I just couldn't bring myself to read and complete the 5th one - hence my viewing of this movie. don't really know what happened there, just lost interest i guess.

maybe someday i'll complete all the books, but for now, i think i'l just enjoy the movies.

[Hylas]

I don't care about the book, but I'll see the movie. I'm not in a hurry, I'll let the craziness fade a little, and then go. Maybe towards the end of next week, or the week after that.

This said, I don't think the movie is "short". It's 140 minutes. It's not exactly "short". It's just 15 minutes shorter than the other movies, on average. It's not much. I doubt you'll notice it.

[Faile]

I'm a huge fan of the books. Absolutely love them. The films have always been hit and miss. The first two were okay, the third was amazing (due to the direction) and the fourth was the biggest disappointment ever, given the quality of the book. I was a little hesitant about the fifth film as a result but I went last night and it completely blew me away. It's amazing, perhaps even surpassing prisoner in terms of its quality. The direction is very similar but they worked wonders with the book to film transition too. Perhaps a few scenes could have been longer, but it was great overall. I was very excited. Full on childlike wish fufillment. Kittens and owls and Dumbledore actually being like he is in the books. Hurrah!

[merylsilverburg]

I saw it today and I feel really unfulfilled. I liked it better than the fourth, which was just awful IMO, but I still felt like there were many things missing from the movie that were in the book. I haven't read the book(s) yet either so I really have no right to be so critical. It just seemed like this movie really catered to the readers and those who haven't read it shouldn't watch it.

I just felt that the chemistry between the 3 main leads were lost. They just don't feel like they're great friends anymore and you don't see that friendship...even at the end, after everything. I always felt the strong bond between them in the other films (even the fourth one, amazingly) so I was a bit disappointed in this one.

Also, the focus on Umbridge became nearly a bore. My sister was so pissed off at her I could've sworn she wanted to rip the arm/drink rests off the seats. I, on the other hand, was severely irritated at her too but then her behavior and the plot became so ridiculous that I became uninterested. Was the entire book really focused on her this much?

Oh, and the

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flashback about Snape's past. I've always like Snape although I know he isn't entirely good. But since I never read the book, I had no idea that Harry's dad was such a prick; this made me like Snape even more. The dad was really one of those popular, I-can-do-no-wrong sort of fellows that I really despise. If I were Snape, I'd be pissed off and holding a grudge too.

Other than the stuff I mentioned above, there were a few funny parts and great scenes. The actors and actresses played their parts really well (good choices for Lestrange(sp?) and Lovegood) and certain scenes and effects were absolutely gorgeous.

EDIT: I just have a question for those who know: why did Hermione hesitate and her mood change when she was introducing Luna Lovegood? Is there something about her name or what?

[trunks69420]

Originally Posted by merylsilverburg

I saw it today and I feel really unfulfilled. I liked it better than the fourth, which was just awful IMO, but I still felt like there were many things missing from the movie that were in the book. I haven't read the book(s) yet either so I really have no right to be so critical. It just seemed like this movie really catered to the readers and those who haven't read it shouldn't watch it.

I just felt that the chemistry between the 3 main leads were lost. They just don't feel like they're great friends anymore and you don't see that friendship...even at the end, after everything. I always felt the strong bond between them in the other films (even the fourth one, amazingly) so I was a bit disappointed in this one.

Also, the focus on Umbridge became nearly a bore. My sister was so pissed off at her I could've sworn she wanted to rip the arm/drink rests off the seats. I, on the other hand, was severely irritated at her too but then her behavior and the plot became so ridiculous that I became uninterested. Was the entire book really focused on her this much?

Oh, and the

Spoiler: show

flashback about Snape's past. I've always like Snape although I know he isn't entirely good. But since I never read the book, I had no idea that Harry's dad was such a prick; this made me like Snape even more. The dad was really one of those popular, I-can-do-no-wrong sort of fellows that I really despise. If I were Snape, I'd be pissed off and holding a grudge too.

Other than the stuff I mentioned above, there were a few funny parts and great scenes. The actors and actresses played their parts really well (good choices for Lestrange(sp?) and Lovegood) and certain scenes and effects were absolutely gorgeous.

EDIT: I just have a question for those who know: why did Hermione hesitate and her mood change when she was introducing Luna Lovegood? Is there something about her name or what?

looney luna lovegood. was her nickname... they didnt really address it much so it was prolly like wtf for people who havent read it. and yeah the books really did focus on umbridge that much and all those things she did was in there. i wont respond too much cause i'll give stuff away as i'm just ridiculous about HP stuff. lol. and yeah the bond def wasnt as strong and in that book harry faced most of it on his own, the occlumency with snape made him a lot more distant and yeah even at the end of it he was sad but the whole thing was more seperate from the books POV. anyways. yeah


heh. i had to speak uner my breath about umbridge.... i cursed and threatened to kill her so many times only to see children near me. hahahaha

[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by trunks69420

looney luna lovegood. was her nickname... they didnt really address it much so it was prolly like wtf for people who havent read it. and yeah the books really did focus on umbridge that much and all those things she did was in there. i wont respond too much cause i'll give stuff away as i'm just ridiculous about HP stuff. lol. and yeah the bond def wasnt as strong and in that book harry faced most of it on his own, the occlumency with snape made him a lot more distant and yeah even at the end of it he was sad but the whole thing was more seperate from the books POV. anyways. yeah

Thank you! That really did clear up a few things I was confused about. I just have to read the books to find out a bit more.

Originally Posted by trunks69420

heh. i had to speak uner my breath about umbridge.... i cursed and threatened to kill her so many times only to see children near me. hahahaha

LOL! I only kept gritting my teeth or rolling my eyes when she came on but my sister was so angry, she kept breathing in and out to release her fury...her face was actually red when we got out of the theaters.

[Faile]

oh, the book! the book! finished in six hours straight this morning. i feel all weird and a little empty, yet satisfied.

[Pu the Owl]

Some online newspapers spoiled the ending of the book and series for us here. Journalists should really get a ban and be abandoned on a desert island somewhere, without phones and computers. Or without batteries to make them work. The most upsetting thing is thinking they get paid to write... We could have otters to do their job. I bet they would be a lot better than them. I also bet thanks to otters we could learn lots of very interesting things, and we wouldn't have books spoiled. Humans are masochists

[Meiko]

I finished the book. I'm not sure the ending was completely satisfying. It was fun anyway. I'm sad there's no more

[Pu the Owl]

After watching the movie, I got the impression it was too slow for certain aspects and not enough developed regarding others. I didn't like much the sterotypal representation of notions like "friendship" and "family". I also didn't like the many gaps it left for the viewer to fill. In fact I suppose a viewer not familiar with the books couldn't really fill them. It's the movie I liked less, together with the second one. some actors were sort of miscast and/or wasted IMO. I hope they'll manage to adapt the books in some more convincing way in the next movies.

[kupoartist]

I think it'll be interesting to see how they'll film the Seventh one. Rowling spent half the time giving the main characters Polyjuice potion to avoid capture. We'll probably not even see the child actors for most of the movie without significant retooling.

Reading the new book seems a bit of a by numbers exercise. Probably because what I hadn't already worked out for myself was already figured out by everyone else on the Internet two years ago.

The Fifth movie was very well made as far as I thought. Though the death of a certain key character was even more anticlimatic than it was in the book (as were the deaths of two other characters in the latest book). I think that's impressive in a way, since they're not giving us a sappy Hollywood boo-hoo death sequence... but still, a little unceremonious.