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The little kid playing Tom looks exceptionally creepy; the flashes of present-day Voldemort during his scenes were a nice touch. Dumbledore and the wardrobe? Also cool, as was Tom's appropriately unimpressed reaction.
I had to go back and watch it a couple times to know exactly what each scene was. It's been almost a year since I've touched the books and over a year since I've cracked Half Blood Prince, so half of it was lost on me. Upon closer inspection (...and a couple of pauses so my memories could catch up), I was all a tingle to see Fenrir Greyback (I'm assuming) in the final showdown.
No Snape, which is surprising. Then again, he doesn't play a huge role in this book ("on screen," at least) until the end.
I suspect I'll cry even though I didn't during the book. In fact, I don't think I cried at all during the series until, oddly enough, Dobby died. For whatever reason, that saddened me more than anyone else; and frankly, I thought the house elves were annoying.
With the series complete, I don't have as much of a vested interest anymore. The mystery(ies) were what made it addicting and now we know how they tie up (thanks to the sickening, yawn-worthy epilogue). And as wonderful as the movies are, I still see the films as separate entities from the books. The "world," as it were, is dead-on with what I would picture but some of the changes and some of the actors just don't really fit what I think has been described. They're all great, for the most part. I just think of Dan Radcliffe as "Movie Harry" because he's not quite as awkward or angsty as "Book Harry" and Emma Watson is far too pretty to be "Book Hermione". Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman are the only two that I think have nailed their book counterparts spot-on.
And I dislike Ralph Fiennes for making my lady parts tingle over Voldemort.
Alright, I'm done...
(...for now....)
1 comments:
The fact that you were so saddened by Dobby's death brings me great joy. I remember hating that stupid little creature when he first came on the scene and got Harry in trouble with the Dursleys. However, by the time he dies I was so overcome with grief. What a nerd! You are the coolest! Glad you too are a big ole dork with me.
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