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I wanted to address some of the things Meryl mentioned that I forgot ...
I loved the music too. I think part of the reason I go to see the movies is to see what I envisioned set to music. The score was great and I was worried I wouldn't like it.
To the part where she talks about people who hadn't read the books being confused: Lewis has only listened to the 3 one on tape. He has not read the 5th installment.
And pretty much every few scenes or so he'd lean over and say ... "Who is that?" or "What does that mean?"
I asked him after the fact if he liked the movie and he said he did ... though I'm pretty sure not on the same level as a die hard Harry fan will / did. So I think - as I've thought with the last 2 - that they do not stand well alone.
Also - in regards to Padfoot. On the train station dock when they are leaving for Hogwartz, Moody does lean over and say "Padfoot! You shouldn't be here, you're endangering us!" or something like that to the black dog. Whom seconds later transforms into Sirius and they have that wierd conversation in a secluded room that's empty at a crowded London train terminal? But okay. I think that was meant to clear up confusion about the "They've got Padfoot" bit. Though they do not say that Snape warns them.
My other huge problem with the fight scene after the order shows up ... Sirius calls Harry, James. And no one says boo about it. What was that for? Did it mean anything? It seemed stupid.
I do have issues with Dumbledore and his fight scene, though not as many as my cousin - whom dislikes Gambon. I don't dislike him more as I'm indifferent to him. He's never inspired me either way.
In this book, Dumbledore's big speech with Harry at the end has always - always - irritated me. I don't like it. Dumbledore talks about how he could make mistakes and they can be bigger than most peoples and he misjudged Harry and the Occlumency lessons blah blah blah. The scene in the book was way - way - way too long and too schmulzy. JKR might have been buzzing on some cheap strawberry wine and reminiscing about what she wished someone had said to her at 15 or something. Thankfully, in the movie it was short.
Though not helpful. Though it does prove what we already know - Harry has to kill Voldemort or vice versa. No talk of Neville - which makes me wonder why JKR did that in the first place. Just misdirection? Or is Neville's role in the 7th book (and the assumed 7th movie) so small as to not warrant the information that Neville could also have been marked as Voldemort's equal? Small meaning, he has a role, but not a role big enough to warrant inclusion in the movie?
I'm going nuts. I will explode before the 7th novel comes out. I'm going absolutely crazy thinking of theories and wondering and hoping against hope against hope that my beloved trio survives intact.
In 8 days all the world will know. And on Saturday, I will hype up on caffiene and nap if I can and tell you all about it. :)
Read at your own peril!
I loved the music too. I think part of the reason I go to see the movies is to see what I envisioned set to music. The score was great and I was worried I wouldn't like it.
To the part where she talks about people who hadn't read the books being confused: Lewis has only listened to the 3 one on tape. He has not read the 5th installment.
And pretty much every few scenes or so he'd lean over and say ... "Who is that?" or "What does that mean?"
I asked him after the fact if he liked the movie and he said he did ... though I'm pretty sure not on the same level as a die hard Harry fan will / did. So I think - as I've thought with the last 2 - that they do not stand well alone.
Also - in regards to Padfoot. On the train station dock when they are leaving for Hogwartz, Moody does lean over and say "Padfoot! You shouldn't be here, you're endangering us!" or something like that to the black dog. Whom seconds later transforms into Sirius and they have that wierd conversation in a secluded room that's empty at a crowded London train terminal? But okay. I think that was meant to clear up confusion about the "They've got Padfoot" bit. Though they do not say that Snape warns them.
My other huge problem with the fight scene after the order shows up ... Sirius calls Harry, James. And no one says boo about it. What was that for? Did it mean anything? It seemed stupid.
I do have issues with Dumbledore and his fight scene, though not as many as my cousin - whom dislikes Gambon. I don't dislike him more as I'm indifferent to him. He's never inspired me either way.
In this book, Dumbledore's big speech with Harry at the end has always - always - irritated me. I don't like it. Dumbledore talks about how he could make mistakes and they can be bigger than most peoples and he misjudged Harry and the Occlumency lessons blah blah blah. The scene in the book was way - way - way too long and too schmulzy. JKR might have been buzzing on some cheap strawberry wine and reminiscing about what she wished someone had said to her at 15 or something. Thankfully, in the movie it was short.
Though not helpful. Though it does prove what we already know - Harry has to kill Voldemort or vice versa. No talk of Neville - which makes me wonder why JKR did that in the first place. Just misdirection? Or is Neville's role in the 7th book (and the assumed 7th movie) so small as to not warrant the information that Neville could also have been marked as Voldemort's equal? Small meaning, he has a role, but not a role big enough to warrant inclusion in the movie?
I'm going nuts. I will explode before the 7th novel comes out. I'm going absolutely crazy thinking of theories and wondering and hoping against hope against hope that my beloved trio survives intact.
In 8 days all the world will know. And on Saturday, I will hype up on caffiene and nap if I can and tell you all about it. :)
Read at your own peril!
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