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MoviegoerKinz · 07-14-2011, 05:56 PM

If a movie is going to be split into two parts, then why can't everything be included! There's one particular storyline I'm VERY upset with. I'm just going to cut to the problems I had with the movie. I could go on and on about how Alan Rickman's performance was amazing (which it was, I was bawling) or that the battle scene was epic, but I think I'll just critique the problems I had because there were moments that were cut took away from the heart of the story.

1. THEY RUINED LUPIN AND TONKS STORYLINE! Okay this post is about to contain major SPOILERS (though if you're reading this thread it should be expected). Anyways as soon as the Trio began leaving Shell Cottage, I was most disappointed. It was sad enough that there wasn't the scene in Pt. 1 at Grimmauld Place between Lupin/Harry, but I thought they'd make up for it in Pt.2. I couldn't be more wrong! The next time you'd see them would be at the Battle of Hogwarts. Lupin had a clever line and then there was no explanation to Tonks' arrival. Next thing you know you see them lying dead in the Great Hall. As you know Harry resurrects Lupin and Harry says, "I'm sorry about you son," and Lupin goes to say,"He will know what his parents did here...etc." But, never once prior to that moment was it mentioned that Lupin and Tonks actually had a baby. I asked my friend who hadn't read the books if I had missed something, and she was like, "No, I was totally confused by that! When did he have a son?" Exactly! It was just thrown in there and I don't even know why the editors decided to put that in anyways because it didn't make sense at all! And to top it off during the epilogue Teddy was missing as well. I'm just so disappointed how the movies have butchered this beautiful relationship. I liked how J.K. Rowling wanted to create a parallel between Harry and Teddy's lives as orphaned children and that image was never created. I just don't understand why even mention of Lupin and Tonks' son in the forest if he wasn't mentioned AT ALL before!

2. Mrs. Weasley vs. Bellatrix. This was a scene I was looking most forward to. Though in the book it is short described, in the movie I was expecting much more, but found it disappointing. It all started with the line, "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU *****!" It was delivered rather dull and without passion. I was expecting a courageous declaration, and it was below par. And the battle between them was just a bunch of flashes. It should've been a moment of cheering and it was more of a moment of jeering.

3. The Grey Lady was awful! I always pictured her as embarrassed and ashamed of her mother's diadem, but that wasn't even explained that she had stole it and the whole story line with her and the Bloody Baron. Instead she came off as cruel and bitter. She was practically yelling at Harry and was such a waste of time. I thought Luna could've delivered a better performance then her! It just felt like wasted time and a space filler that should've been more productive and another explanation to Voldemort's intentions.

4. Harry explains the way the wands work very well with who becomes the masters...la-di-dah! Anyways, MAJOR SPOILER, he takes the Elder wand and breaks it and throws it off a cliff. Um...Harry what about your own wand? That was one of my favorite moments in the book where he takes the Elder Wand and fixes his own because he doesn't want to the owner of it and returns it to Dumbledore. And from there I go to another Deathly Hallow...

5. What is the movie/book called again? Oh, that's right Harry Potter and the DEATHLY HALLOWS! Not once did they mention that Harry could be in possession of all three, or at least that he was the owner of the Invisibility Cloak. That whole store about how he and Tom Riddle could be related through the Peverells was completely thrown out the door. I was hoping that at least when Harry and Dumbledore are speaking at King's Cross it would be mentioned why Dumbledore was in possession and how he examined it to concur that it was so. I just wish the other Deathly Hallows were mentioned more. This movie could've been called Harry Potter and the Elder Wand because that was practically all that was highlighted.

Anyways...that's all I can think of now, but I'm sure when I watch it a second time I'll think of more.

07-14-2011, 05:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
MoviegoerKinz Lupin's ♥ for Tonks Nogtail Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mooning Over Lupin Posts: 4,793 Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman J. Lupin First Year	GLEEk Magic Picture Finder If a movie is going to be split into two parts, then why can't everything be included! There's one particular storyline I'm VERY upset with. I'm just going to cut to the problems I had with the movie. I could go on and on about how Alan Rickman's performance was amazing (which it was, I was bawling) or that the battle scene was epic, but I think I'll just critique the problems I had because there were moments that were cut took away from the heart of the story. 1. THEY RUINED LUPIN AND TONKS STORYLINE! Okay this post is about to contain major SPOILERS (though if you're reading this thread it should be expected). Anyways as soon as the Trio began leaving Shell Cottage, I was most disappointed. It was sad enough that there wasn't the scene in Pt. 1 at Grimmauld Place between Lupin/Harry, but I thought they'd make up for it in Pt.2. I couldn't be more wrong! The next time you'd see them would be at the Battle of Hogwarts. Lupin had a clever line and then there was no explanation to Tonks' arrival. Next thing you know you see them lying dead in the Great Hall. As you know Harry resurrects Lupin and Harry says, "I'm sorry about you son," and Lupin goes to say,"He will know what his parents did here...etc." But, never once prior to that moment was it mentioned that Lupin and Tonks actually had a baby. I asked my friend who hadn't read the books if I had missed something, and she was like, "No, I was totally confused by that! When did he have a son?" Exactly! It was just thrown in there and I don't even know why the editors decided to put that in anyways because it didn't make sense at all! And to top it off during the epilogue Teddy was missing as well. I'm just so disappointed how the movies have butchered this beautiful relationship. I liked how J.K. Rowling wanted to create a parallel between Harry and Teddy's lives as orphaned children and that image was never created. I just don't understand why even mention of Lupin and Tonks' son in the forest if he wasn't mentioned AT ALL before! 2. Mrs. Weasley vs. Bellatrix. This was a scene I was looking most forward to. Though in the book it is short described, in the movie I was expecting much more, but found it disappointing. It all started with the line, "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU *****!" It was delivered rather dull and without passion. I was expecting a courageous declaration, and it was below par. And the battle between them was just a bunch of flashes. It should've been a moment of cheering and it was more of a moment of jeering. 3. The Grey Lady was awful! I always pictured her as embarrassed and ashamed of her mother's diadem, but that wasn't even explained that she had stole it and the whole story line with her and the Bloody Baron. Instead she came off as cruel and bitter. She was practically yelling at Harry and was such a waste of time. I thought Luna could've delivered a better performance then her! It just felt like wasted time and a space filler that should've been more productive and another explanation to Voldemort's intentions. 4. Harry explains the way the wands work very well with who becomes the masters...la-di-dah! Anyways, MAJOR SPOILER, he takes the Elder wand and breaks it and throws it off a cliff. Um...Harry what about your own wand? That was one of my favorite moments in the book where he takes the Elder Wand and fixes his own because he doesn't want to the owner of it and returns it to Dumbledore. And from there I go to another Deathly Hallow... 5. What is the movie/book called again? Oh, that's right Harry Potter and the DEATHLY HALLOWS! Not once did they mention that Harry could be in possession of all three, or at least that he was the owner of the Invisibility Cloak. That whole store about how he and Tom Riddle could be related through the Peverells was completely thrown out the door. I was hoping that at least when Harry and Dumbledore are speaking at King's Cross it would be mentioned why Dumbledore was in possession and how he examined it to concur that it was so. I just wish the other Deathly Hallows were mentioned more. This movie could've been called Harry Potter and the Elder Wand because that was practically all that was highlighted. Anyways...that's all I can think of now, but I'm sure when I watch it a second time I'll think of more. __________________ This is how I roll, animal print pants out control. This is how I roll, come on ladies it's time to go!