This essay caught my eye because I feel like it says a lot about the books, the movies, and the meaning of both. It is also not too lengthy. This review focuses on the political messages of the last book, and their presentation in the DH part 1. It is quite critical of the movie, which I must admit was one of my favorite of the series. This essay talks about how the political message was sidelined for a barely existent love triangle plot. I feel like this was not the only important plot that was pushed aside to make room for teen romance that was very unimportant to the overall story. If you feel the same as I do, or are just curious, I highly recommend this essay from Mugglenet.
Link: http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/defangedpotter.shtml
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Showing posts with label Seventh Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seventh Movie. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Reactions
Paige:
The first thing that comes to mind is: WOW! They actually stuck to cannon fairly well! There were direct quotes and everything! This movie was pretty awesome. It went beyond my expectations (admittedly, they weren't that high, but still) and I'm happy with it. There were some things that made me mad but I can see why they did them, like Ollivander telling them about the Hallows, and not showing Fred's death/Percy coming back. I LOVE that they gave McGonagall those extra lines; they were amazing. "I've always wanted to use that spell!" I also enjoyed Harry's 'description' of what the Horcrux could be; that was pretty funny as well.
The Prince's Tale (here comes the Snape rant) was epic. Absolutely amazing. They didn't exactly stick to cannon, but it worked really well and was my favorite part of the movie. Alan Rickman had amazing acting and it was so sad. I nearly cried (though most of the audience did.) That was the one scene I was most anxious to see, and it was not disappointing. Another thing that I really enjoyed was the Epilogue. I think that they found really good actors for the kids. I was disappointed when they left out the "It's me, I'm extremely famous" line. But you can't have everything.
Calie (there are some repeats from what Paige said):
Well, I won't herald Part 2 as a masterpiece, and I will admit that I was a little disappointed. To start off, the good. The battle of Hogwarts, especially the first part, was great. I loved the suits of armor and all the protective spells. Secondly, I loved the humor they incorporated into this movie. McGonagall was so funny, "I have always wanted to use that spell!"Overall they stuck to the book really well, I mean I don't see why they would change those action sequences, you can't really make them more exciting. I have no critiques of the first half of the movie, it was great and did everything right. Direct lines from the book, not going off and adding stuff, they did a really good job. Gringotts was almost exactly as I had imagined, as was the room of requirement/room of lost things scene. Both were amazing. As far as non-action goes I loved the princes tale, that was just amazing. I also loved the Bellatrix/Hermione, I thought it was perfect. Speaking of Hermione, I thought the way that they did their whole relationship was pretty good, the book was better (but it always is). And finally, the epilogue. This is almost exactly how I pictured it in the book, I loved every minute of it. It was a great way to end the series, and really gave it a proper closing. Overall this movie did a really good job of taking the book and translating it into film.
Now you must be wondering why I was disappointed. For the most part I wasn't, the movie was great. But the filmmakers got caught up in the action and left out somethings that were very important. First of all we see the continued lack of the doubt in Dumbledore plot line. I don't think this would of been that hard, most of the scenes where you see him doubt Dumbledore are in this movie and Part 1. That was a huge piece of the book that has been axed. Second is his wand, he didn't ask Ollivander about repairing it, nor did he repair it at the end. His wand was really important to him, and to the plot of the entire series, I didn't like that he seemed to just accept that it was gone. I also hated that Neville seemed to just kill Nagini by accident, he was never made Harry's replacement. I was really disappointed by that. Finally, my biggest problem with this movie was that Harry did not use the cloak in the forest again scene. He was supposed to walk through the castle unseen, no goodbyes, no recognition. He was also supposed to be using the cloak when he used the stone, uniting the hallows.
The first thing that comes to mind is: WOW! They actually stuck to cannon fairly well! There were direct quotes and everything! This movie was pretty awesome. It went beyond my expectations (admittedly, they weren't that high, but still) and I'm happy with it. There were some things that made me mad but I can see why they did them, like Ollivander telling them about the Hallows, and not showing Fred's death/Percy coming back. I LOVE that they gave McGonagall those extra lines; they were amazing. "I've always wanted to use that spell!" I also enjoyed Harry's 'description' of what the Horcrux could be; that was pretty funny as well.
The Prince's Tale (here comes the Snape rant) was epic. Absolutely amazing. They didn't exactly stick to cannon, but it worked really well and was my favorite part of the movie. Alan Rickman had amazing acting and it was so sad. I nearly cried (though most of the audience did.) That was the one scene I was most anxious to see, and it was not disappointing. Another thing that I really enjoyed was the Epilogue. I think that they found really good actors for the kids. I was disappointed when they left out the "It's me, I'm extremely famous" line. But you can't have everything.
Calie (there are some repeats from what Paige said):
Well, I won't herald Part 2 as a masterpiece, and I will admit that I was a little disappointed. To start off, the good. The battle of Hogwarts, especially the first part, was great. I loved the suits of armor and all the protective spells. Secondly, I loved the humor they incorporated into this movie. McGonagall was so funny, "I have always wanted to use that spell!"Overall they stuck to the book really well, I mean I don't see why they would change those action sequences, you can't really make them more exciting. I have no critiques of the first half of the movie, it was great and did everything right. Direct lines from the book, not going off and adding stuff, they did a really good job. Gringotts was almost exactly as I had imagined, as was the room of requirement/room of lost things scene. Both were amazing. As far as non-action goes I loved the princes tale, that was just amazing. I also loved the Bellatrix/Hermione, I thought it was perfect. Speaking of Hermione, I thought the way that they did their whole relationship was pretty good, the book was better (but it always is). And finally, the epilogue. This is almost exactly how I pictured it in the book, I loved every minute of it. It was a great way to end the series, and really gave it a proper closing. Overall this movie did a really good job of taking the book and translating it into film.
Now you must be wondering why I was disappointed. For the most part I wasn't, the movie was great. But the filmmakers got caught up in the action and left out somethings that were very important. First of all we see the continued lack of the doubt in Dumbledore plot line. I don't think this would of been that hard, most of the scenes where you see him doubt Dumbledore are in this movie and Part 1. That was a huge piece of the book that has been axed. Second is his wand, he didn't ask Ollivander about repairing it, nor did he repair it at the end. His wand was really important to him, and to the plot of the entire series, I didn't like that he seemed to just accept that it was gone. I also hated that Neville seemed to just kill Nagini by accident, he was never made Harry's replacement. I was really disappointed by that. Finally, my biggest problem with this movie was that Harry did not use the cloak in the forest again scene. He was supposed to walk through the castle unseen, no goodbyes, no recognition. He was also supposed to be using the cloak when he used the stone, uniting the hallows.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Predictions for Part Two
OK, the final movie comes out at midnight. Paige and I, of course, are going. But what will we see? These are our predictions for the movie: all the things they will do right and wrong and what will be kept and changed from cannon.
Calie:
I expect it to be like every other film in this franchise. Adding action sequences while reducing (or eliminating) important non-action scenes. I also expect that King's Cross will lose much of its power because we have not seen any internal struggle, loss of faith in Dumbledore, and depression. It won't be the end of a long physical and emotional journey. I also worry about some of the scenes in the trailers that definitely were not in the books: Harry confronting Snape in front of a crowd, an inexplicable swandive off of Hogwarts, etc. This causes me to wonder if this movie will be like all the others: extremely important things being changed to put in more action.
Ok that is the bad. here are the things I am looking forward to. I can't wait to see the Prince's Tale and the whole Lily/Snape background. The battle will be awesome I'm sure. I also can't wait to see Neville in his element. The Gringotts heist should also be really cool. This franchise has shown that it can do a really good job with action sequences and most of the second half of DH is action. I have high hopes for these parts, JKR wrote some great action sequences so they shouldn't have had to change much (though I'm sure they found something to make stupid changes to).
Paige (after changing half because Calie stole her ideas):
Calie:
I expect it to be like every other film in this franchise. Adding action sequences while reducing (or eliminating) important non-action scenes. I also expect that King's Cross will lose much of its power because we have not seen any internal struggle, loss of faith in Dumbledore, and depression. It won't be the end of a long physical and emotional journey. I also worry about some of the scenes in the trailers that definitely were not in the books: Harry confronting Snape in front of a crowd, an inexplicable swandive off of Hogwarts, etc. This causes me to wonder if this movie will be like all the others: extremely important things being changed to put in more action.
Ok that is the bad. here are the things I am looking forward to. I can't wait to see the Prince's Tale and the whole Lily/Snape background. The battle will be awesome I'm sure. I also can't wait to see Neville in his element. The Gringotts heist should also be really cool. This franchise has shown that it can do a really good job with action sequences and most of the second half of DH is action. I have high hopes for these parts, JKR wrote some great action sequences so they shouldn't have had to change much (though I'm sure they found something to make stupid changes to).
Paige (after changing half because Calie stole her ideas):
Some of the things I think are going to be kept in and very close to cannon are the Gringotts, Rom of Requirement, Prince’s Tale, and Epilogue scenes. I think that the movie will begin in Shell Cottage where the last movie broke off. Some of the things I have doubts about or have the possibility to be changed a lot are the Final Battle, King’s Cross, Harry's Voldemort flashes, Aberforth’s story, and the Diadem story. I have a feeling that they will show Helena Ravenclaw and Harry asking her about the diadem, but it won’t show her story with the Bloody Baron. I also don’t think that they will show Voldemort checking the hiding places. There’s not a lot of stuff left after Part One, so I think that basically the majority of the movie will be of the battle. I think that we’re going to see way more fighting than actually cannon; for example, we might get to see Remus, Tonks, Colin, etc actually die instead of them only being seen in the Great Hall.
I’m really excited to see Snape’s background in the Prince’s Tale. I swear that if they mess this up, I will write tons of hate-mail to Warner Brothers. I hope that with the scenes, they do Snape's character justice, because Alan Rickman makes Snape’s character seem so bad in the movies, but by far the most accurate, and they need to relay his goodness and intentions to the non-readers. I also have the feeling that they are going to mess up King’s Cross (mostly by Gambon being in it) because a lot of the Dumbledore-Harry relationship was left out. There’s also the possibility that the movie staff felt the necessity to add in deaths and scenes in this movie like they did scenes in previous movies that weren’t needed, because they obviously don’t read the books… I mostly just hope that they end the series on a good send-off.
Mischief Managed.
Calie Holden and Paige Cyrus
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Seventh Movie Trailer
Ok, so this is somewhat old news but abc family aired a new trailer for the last HP movie. It looks like it will be pretty cool. But I have a few concerns. I love the seventh book and especially how the events in the battle played out. I think that JKR planned it very precisely, so seeing things like the Harry/Voldemort swan dive worries me. We'll, see what you think.
Mischief Managed,
Calie
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