Finally saw it! - The Cane and the Room.

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zanooda:
> Neither do I, but I usually don't remember much after one viewing. 
> Maybe md does, he watched it more than once :-). But wouldn't it be 
> strange if the Ring was still a Horcrux? What, one more for poor 
> Movie!Harry to destroy :-)?

md: 
> DD addresses the ring, holds up his hand to Harry and says 
> something along the lines of "it wasn't easy to destroy." Then 
> Harry touches the ring, has his Voldy Spasm (I'm certain they put 
> that in there to show that the Harry / Voldy connection was still 
> alive for DH. But the point of the scene is, DD is holding up his 
> hand and obviously showing it to Harry as he states how difficult / 
> dangerous it was to destroy.


SSSusan:
Absolutely love the phrase "Voldy Spasm" to describe what happened in that scene.  

I've now seen this... ahem... 4 times, the most recent time in IMAX, and I agree with those who are saying that DD made it relatively clear to Harry that the ring was how he sustained the damage to his hand.  I think it was Carol who wondered about the enchantments vs. the horcrux itself which caused the damage.  To me, I don't see it as an issue whether DD implied it was from the destruction of the horcrux or from enchantments placed upon the ring -- I think that's getting a little nitpicky to worry about which was implied. ;)  I just took it as *the process* of destroying the horcrux which caused it.

I also thought the Voldy Spasm wasn't meant at all to imply that the ring was still a horcrux.  I saw it as more of a "residual" kind of thing -- the ring had contained a soul bit and, even though destroyed now, might still have had some kind of minor "connection" to the horcrux residing within Harry.

I *loved* that scene, even though it sort of creeped me out, as DD seemed to realize for the first time what's inside of Harry.  Gambon really shone, imo, as DD this time.

Am I the only one who thought the ring appeared to have been SEPARATED from the stone?  I can't remember if it was the first time we saw it -- when DD tossed it in the drawer inside the hole in the diary -- or when he showed it to Harry, but I thought the stone was missing?  Which would, imo, make it extra clear that DD had already destroyed the horcrux.

Maybe I'm imagining things, but I could've sworn that.

Siriusly Snapey Susan