DH2--Spoilers within...you have been warned

[rayvyn2k]

The things I liked overall:

• Loved Shell cottage. Loved Bill and Fleur together.
• Loved the entire adventure in Gringott's. Especially the dragon getting its revenge.
• The Room of Requirement was awesome.
• Ron and Hermione in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Loved McGonagall--in fact, all of the teachers. Loved that they got to show that they are 'rather good at magic' this time.
• The duel between Snape and McGonagall. Awesome.
• Neville and Luna! (I've written that pairing!) asylums.insanejournal.com/wizard_love/19798.html
• Fiendfyre
• Snape's death. I had tears in my eyes.
• The Prince's Tale. Done very well--even if AR was too old for some of the scenes--the scene when he is cradling Lily's lifeless body on the nursery floor--I wept fresh tears. Wish they would have left in the line "Would you like me to do it now? Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?"
• Neville frigging Longbottom.

Things I didn't like so much:

• They didn't explain about the Polyjuice.
• No House Elves helping (or anywhere)
• Snape's memories were in his tears? No, just no. They could have done the memories correctly.
• No Centaurs in the forest or the battle (that I could see).
• The film was so DIM. Not DARK but dim. I had read a review that mentioned that and I have to agree. The print was poor.
• I was disappointed that there was no Trelawney heaving crystal balls from the top of the stairs.
• Very disappointed that Snape didn't get to say "Lately, only those I could not save."
• The Malfoys leaving Hogwarts. I HATED that part. As I said on shiv5468 's journal comments, if that was Jason Isaac's big contribution, it sucked. The Malfoys were to be in the Great Hall, redeemed at the end. Not slinking off like thieves in the night.
• The final confrontation was not in the Great Hall. Didn't like that the conversation between Harry & Voldemort was shortened. I wanted to hear him defend Snape.

• 19 years later. *shudder*

All in all, I liked it. I think it is the best of them all. I want to see it again!

Tell me what you thought, f-list!

Comments

[rayvyn2k.livejournal.com]

Loved the magical protections!

The RofR in the movie, with all the hammocks, was as described in the book...I pulled my book off the shelf to check something else and re-read that bit. Although it was TOO DARK. The lighting was really off.

I had never heard that about AR...but I've only seen him in a couple of things...Die Hard, Robin Hood & Truly, Madly, Deeply.

And of course, this.

[islandsmoke.livejournal.com]

He dies in a number of his movies, and his characters never "go gently into that good night." In fact, they frequently take a good bit of time doing it. Heck, in TMD, he took the entire movie - lol!

The RoR with the hammocks just wasn't as I'd pictured it. It was more of that 'gray' look that I didn't imagine it having. Just about everything had that too dark look.

[rayvyn2k.livejournal.com]

I only saw TMD once...before I had the AR love...so I didn't remember! *snort*

You're right! I read somewhere that the final print of the film was dim...so the entire film looked darker than it already was...

But there was no reason for the RofR to be that dark.