[HPFGU-Movie] My "disappointment" with the Movie Part 2

[Valerie Flowe]

On Aug 4, 2011, at 7:11 PM, lkotur wrote:

> <snip>
>
> To me in the book, when Harry's body "disappeared" under the  
> invisibility cloak
> and the panic in the Death Eaters that ensued and Voldemort's curses  
> not working
> due to Harry's "death" in the forest, was more exciting than the  
> dueling in the
> movie. In the book when Harry finally reveals himself in the Great  
> Hall, there
> is a gasp of excitement and you can feel Voldemort sweat. Harry's  
> speech to Tom
> Riddle and Voldemort's refusal to show remorse was a key point of  
> the story.
> The final curse from Voldemort killed himself. In the book that was  
> clear - in
> the movie well not so much (if you knew nothing about the book. Also,
> Voldemort's body disintegrating - another 3D effect - did not work  
> for me.
>
> One last thing the move really screwed up was the disposition of the  
> Deathly
> Hallows. In the movie Harry breaks the elder wand without repairing  
> his wand
> broken at Godrics Hallow. (The resurrection stone was left in the  
> forest like
> the book) I think the movie should have shown the scene when Harry  
> goes to the
> Headmaster's office and all the portraits applaud and Harry speaks  
> with
> Dumbledore's portrait about the Deathly Hallows and repairs his wand  
> with the
> elder wand.
>
> Larry
>
I re read the book after I'd seen the movie 3x because I didn't want  
to be too disappointed in the differences. One thing that was quite  
confusing in the book and barely adequately described in the movie was  
"Why did Harry come back to life?" [Frankly I'm not 100% sure I   
understand it, and this was my 3rd read of the book since it came  
out...!]
I thought it was because he sacrificed himself for 'the greater  
good' (a la Jesus). So this afforded him the choice to 'move on' or go  
back & finish the job. Which was only part of it. Then there was the  
whole thing of Voldemort having Harry's blood in him after he  
regenerated himself in HP4. This offered him Harry's mother's  
protection, which is why the wands were ineffective against one  
another. But then Harry's wand broke in HP7 pt1 and he was using  
Draco's wand (or was is the Snatcher's wand that Ron gave him upon his  
return? What happened to that wand?) I think the point in the book was  
that Harry had 'won' Draco's wand, thus becoming it's true owner. But  
he also won the elder wand, which is why Voldie's spell cast from the  
elder wand wouldn't kill Harry (b/c it recognized it's rightful owner  
and wouldn't kill his owner).
I thought they simplified this in the movie w/Harry's speech on the  
bridge b4 he broke the elder wand. But that really only scratched the  
surface. I do think it would've been nice to have Harry give his  
remorse speech to V right b4 he died. This was very lengthy in the  
book and certainly could've been edited down for cinematic purposes.  
It was almost like Kloves read the book and said "Ah to heck w/it;  
let's just have a totally non-verbal fight between V & H. I've had  
quite a few 'non-HP book readers' confused about why H came back to  
life and why/how V died.
Oh and in the interest of time, Harry could've pulled his broken wand  
out of his pocket, repaired it, THEN broken the wand. In the book it  
was implied that he was going to put it back in Dumbledore's tomb,  
right? He says something to D like "I'm going to put it back where it  
belongs, then when I die the power of the wand will die as well." I  
thought it was actually more immediately & visually  effective to have  
Harry break the wand and toss it into the abyss.
Oh and yes, I thought the book was more direct (albeit shorter and  
less dramatic?) to have the whole group there to witness the final  
duel between H & V. Instead of having Harry & V flying off cliffs and  
running all over the castle and Ron & Hermione being chased by Nagini.  
Pretty chilling too how V puts the sorting hat on Neville's head and  
catches it on fire! This is when H jumps out of Hagrid's arms and all  
hell breaks loose.
So yes, movies vs. books...some things are cut for time, and some  
things are expanded for cinematic purposes. Those who are true HP fans  
will read, view and enjoy both.  ;-)
Val~
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