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Just saw it...It was epic!  They stuck to the book pretty well, though the final fight wasn't the same, but much more the same than I thought it would be.  I'd definitely recommend seeing it.

nickbrickmaster wrote:

Kileymeister wrote:

I dunno, to me it's the kind of movie you have to see, but you won't like much because it isn't like the book.  Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I usually like movies about books to stick to the details.

Same. But The HPs are OK. Percy Jackson was horrible.

That case is where the books rocked but the movie SUCKED.

Harakou wrote:

I honestly haven't watched a Harry Potter movie since The Goblet of Fire. They just don't do the books justice.

+1

Just merged the two HP threads together...so if the discussion looks a bit disjointed...that's the reason 

I can't wait to see it tonight! How good is it out of 10?

Might qualify as my favorite movie ever.

*LOTS OF SPOILERS* (If you've read the book it's fine though)

It was really good, pretty much every big thing from the books was put in and the only added in stuff was some pre-battling before Voldemort dies. (And he does die by the right cause)

Every character had their moment in it. (Molly killed (and cussed off  ) Bellatrix, Neville killed the snake, etc.)  And I noticed Neville had a much bigger part in this movie than the others. (Just screentime in general) And it was cool about how pretty much every actor that's said a word in one of the movies came back for it. (Cho Chang, Seamus, and others had minor roles)

The whole story of Snape was in fact told, but that was the only scene that actually felt a bit prolonged to me. And there was one moment in the scene where it made Dumbledore sound despicable. He mentioned how Harry dying was the only way to win, and Snape said something about how that's like a pig waiting for slaughter and Dumbledore said "Don't tell me you're starting to care for him" as if Dumbledore didn't care for Harry. I guess it was somewhat redeemed in Kings Cross scene though.

Last edited by soupoftomato (2011-07-15 18:52:16)

Well, I just saw it, and will probably make some people mad by saying I didn't like it much at all.

*Kinda spoilers:*
Little attention to detail (Fred and George have all their ears, the basilisk has all its fangs when they pull one out - one should be missing, the multiplied gold should be burning hot, no gradualism to the relationship between Ron and Hermione, etc.), they draw out the climax way too long, most of it was guff, and they had to include all these useless effects when a Horcrux is destroyed.  Voldemort even vaporizes for crying out loud!

They also leave so much important stuff out or just leave it as a passing thought (Goyle's death, Kreacher, the Sorting Hat, etc.)

Man, I'm really not liking many recent movies.  It may be modern bias, it may not.  I just don't like them much.  Some recents are good, most aren't to me.

Last edited by Kileymeister (2011-07-16 18:23:23)

Saw it last night. Really good.

And the reason that Crabbe (or maybe it was Goyle) was replaced with a different actor is because the previous actor is in prison for drugs or something.

Last edited by werdna123 (2011-07-16 07:07:52)

werdna123 wrote:

Saw it last night. Really good.

And the reason that Crabbe (or maybe it was Goyle) was replaced with a different actor is because the previous actor is in prison for drugs or something.

They could have gotten one that at least wasn't a different race. 

soupoftomato wrote:

And the thing where the brother wands spells collide like in the fourth one, when he killed Voldemort they weren't using brother wands anymore. But it happens that way in the book to doesn't it?

Yeah, I think it does.

Hey, I just realized, at the end of the movie, Harry didn't fix his old wand!  In the book he fixes it, but in the movie he threw away the Elder Wand before he fixed it!  Movie-Harry isn't all that smart 

Last edited by Kileymeister (2011-07-16 11:18:58)

Yeah I noticed that too, why didn't he fix his wand?!
The movie was pretty sad. It was intense though, they did it pretty well... There were some parts that were kind of stupid though. The part where it's like "And that's why Harry can talk to snakes" flashed to this freaky teddy bear in his room for some reason, and the part where Harry jumps, taking Voldemort down with him, wasn't good. Also, why did everyone on the bad side evaporate when they were killed?
Overall, I think they stayed to the book nicely though.
When I went every seat was sold out and pretty much everyone was a diehard fan. I think if you said the word "Twilight" everyone would turn on you immediately XD

I must say the battles between Bellatrix and Molly, and Harry and Voldy weren't as good as I'd hoped.

This is kind of off topic but I'm pretty sure part 1 is gonna come out in 3D. I think this because there were a few scenes (like nagini striking out at Charity Burbage) that would look good in 3D and look as though they were intended for 3D.