blusabre wrote:
Alan Rickman is officially the shit. Snape was by far the most interesting and deepest character in the series, and his portrayal of Severus went beyond doing the character justice. Also, big props to Helena Bonham Carter for getting Emma Watson's mannerisms as Hermione down pat so well when it came time to film the Gringotts Bank infiltration scene.
I thought the movie was very well done overall. A few complaints:
The final battle was kind of anti-climactic. In the book, everyone is huddled around Harry and Voldemort, who are pacing in circles around one another. In the movie, Voldemort died and no one was around to see it. Then, right after the MOST DANGEROUS DARK WIZARD OF ALL-TIME had met his demise, everyone just calmly went about their business, making small talk with one another like they were discussing the weather. The final confrontation the way it was shown in the movies just didn't do the book justice.
Another thing that bugged me was Percy Freaking Weasley. He basically disowned his family for a few books to become a ministry loving wanker, then he just shows up on the scene after everything is all said and done, and the Weasleys seem to be entirely cool with this. Am I missing something here? This could have all been avoided if they had just shown Fred's death the way it was written in the book. It explained everything.
Also, why oh why did they have to cut Dumbledore's battle with Grindelwald? I was so looking forward to seeing a memory of that! I knew there was little chance of it actually being shown, because it was merely described as "being the greatest duel ever fought between wizards according to eyewitnesses", but I really would have loved to have seen what Dumbledore was capable of at the height of his powers.
My final comment is that Dame Maggie Smith/Mcgonagall is a total BAMF. That is all.
I forgot to mention Helena Bonham Carter when she was Hermione. She was great and totally nailed all of Emma's mannerisms and facial expressions. The only thing that was annoying was that they used Emma's voice instead of Helena's. Polyjuice Potion is supposed to change their voices too.
I also didn't like how no one was around to watch Harry and Voldemort battle, and I also didn't like how when Harry revealed Snape's true allegience to Voldemort they were alone. Didn't Harry announce that in front of everyone at Hogwarts? Even though everyone eventually found out the truth behind Snape, it would have been nice to see Harry announce it in front of everyone since Snape was considered a traitor and a murderer at that point.
I had a feeling the movie wasn't going to show Dumbledore's battle with Grindelwald since the movie barely touched on Dumbledore's past in the first part of the movie. Movies just don't have enough run time to include everything and that's something they decided not to show...which is a shame because it gave more depth and insight into Dumbledore.
And it should be said that Maggie Smith was battling cancer during the filming of both movies, which is awesome that she battled through it and put out such a great performance.
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