[HPFGU-Movie] The ending of GoF (was: Random ramblings on GoF)

[Charme]

Alla:
>> > Yes, I did not "feel" the ending at all.

Alora:
>> I have to agree.  I disliked the ending.  I think they were trying to
>> end it on a "high" note, but how can you?  The Dark Lord is back.

<snip>

>>  Somewhere, that feeling of impending doom could
>> have been snuck in.  Oh well, I can't have it all....


SSSusan:
>As I admitted in my last post, I've seen it 3 times now, and I have to
a>gree that the ending is... not quite enough.

>Not that I object to Hermione's saying, "Everything's going to change
> now, isn't it?" and Dan's response, "Yes."  Because that's the honest
>answer.

>But it was abrupt. <snip>

Charme, finally caught up from her ARC disaster efforts, waving to Alla and 
SSSusan, and about to go on vacation:

I think why you feel odd about the ending is that this time, there's really 
"closure" lesson Harry learns from DD, albeit a very serious "you are not 
alone." One did not come away from this film feeling as though Harry "won" 
with that warm and fuzzy we're used to in the ending of prior Potter movies; 
on the contrary, Harry is just beginning the battle for what ultimately will 
be the final conflict with Voldemort. This is much more in-your-face 
presentation of that fact (made me feel odd until I figured out why) which 
only half succeeds in the actual book - a book that doesn't truly manage to 
hammer home to most readers (be they young or old) just how awful a position 
in which Harry is placed, nor the magnitude of the evil he'll fight.

Some reviews you might be interested in including my own:
http://www.i66.com/index.php/2005/11/19/harry-potter-gof-movie-review/

And for the love of God, you simply must read movie critic Rex Reed's column 
in the New York Observer, as it is apparent that HE has issues requiring 
therapy as he notices (and prints) that Dan has hairy legs, an Adam's apple, 
and a "buldge in his pants"  and Emma Watson has "cleavage." (no, these are 
not my words - they are his.)
http://www.newyorkobserver.com/culture_rexreed-2.asp

Much Potter Thanksgiving Love -
Charme