[HPFGU-Movie] Re: MOVIE review/SPOILERS

[Valerie Flowe]

Just had my 2nd viewing of the movie. Saw it first midnight, Thu (well  
technically Fri). I have to say that I much preferred seeing it at  
midnight because of the sheer excitement and the fact that it felt  
like everyone in there was a 'true' Potter fan(atic) like myself, lol!  
Plus the costumes were awesome! Best one was a girl walking around w/a  
toilet seat on her head (Moaning Myrtle, lmao!)

I think the was the best movie of them all, and I am SO happy that the  
series went out with a bang like this. Sounds like it's breaking all  
box office records...yay, HP!!!
Anyhow, the things I liked the most about the film was, yes, the Snape  
death scene. I've never been a Snape lover; always hated how he was so  
mean to Harry. But how could anyone not feel sorry for him, hearing  
that darn Nagini strike again and again...horrifying! I did think it  
was touching when Snape said "look at me; you have your mother's  
eyes'. (sniffle!) Thought that was an interesting juxtaposition w/ 
Dumbledore saying "he has Lily's eyes' to Snape in the memory, out of  
manipulation to get him to watch over Harry. Dang, Dumbledore really  
fell from grace in my eyes, with how he shamelessly used Snape. Loved  
the emotion that Rickman/Snape showed. He's always been this dour  
character, but when he was hugging dead Lily or pleading w/D to hide  
her from V...dang, that was just sad!
I thought Dan Rad was BRILLIANT in the whole movie, but most  
especially right after he came out of the pensieve and sat down on the  
steps of D's office. You could see and feel his total angst as the  
full realization of his fate hits him. Earlier today I was watching  
his first screen test for HP; he was quite good at 11, but had little  
facial expression. These last 2 movies DR really pulled out all the  
stops. I was so proud of him!! Rupert & Emma were awesome too...really  
everyone was!
For the first time I was disappointed that Yates followed JKR verbatim  
on the Fred/Tonks/Lupin are dead scene. I hated that in the book, how  
JKR was like "oh yeah and those 3 are lying dead". I was so hoping  
that Yates was going to give them a heroic death, tho I guess that was  
the intent when Tonks & Lupin reach for one another, and when Fred  
loses his wand and is cowering from the Deatheater. I think the scene  
could've been more powerful if they showed a close-up of dead Fred w/ 
live George sobbing on his body. I'm nitpicking, I suppose. I really  
had to suppress a tear at that short but beautiful scene when Fred/ 
George are together saying "Are you ok Freddie? Yes." So sweet. How  
can poor George possibly go on w/out Fred? They were inseparable.  
Wahhhh!
LOVED Hero Neville; that was gorgeous when he swung the sword and  
lopped Nagini's head off...cheers!!
LOVED "Not my daughter you bitch!" and Bellatrix disintegrating (did  
she blow up like that in the book??) More cheers!
LOVED McGonagall kicking Snape's butt in the great hall...she's a bad  
a** old lady!
Thought the white dragon was fantastic. All of the CG in this movie  
was absolutely top notch!!
Somehow I was expecting the Resurrection scene in the forest to be  
more emotional. I was sobbing reading that for the first time.  
Touching tho when Harry asks Sirius if dying hurts.
So interesting when Harry wakes up in Kings Cross and suddenly he's no  
longer Harry, but Dan Radcliffe, w/out the glasses! All nice and  
clean. And creepy bloody Voldemort under the bench...ewwww! I did  
expect Dumbledore to be a bit more apologetic in that scene. But it  
was still very effective.
Definitely brought a tear seeing the trio standing there on the bridge  
for the very last time (as their young selves).
LOVED the Epilogue! I had heard that they reshot that because the  
first time the trio looked too old. I thought Dan looked fantastic. A  
lot like James, huh? Ron looked great too, w/his middle aged paunch,  
lol! Hermione and Ginny didn't look too much older. Soooooo adorable  
seeing their kids! Albus Severus was a cutie. Was kind of expecting  
him to be wearing glasses. Were you? He actually looked quite a bit  
like Ginny in the face. And mini-Me Ron!! So cute. I was hoping they'd  
throw turquoise haired Teddy in there, but alas they cut his part. I  
know there was lots of criticism when the book came out, over the  
Epilogue. Those who thought it was way too saccrine-y sweet. But I  
tell ya, after all that destruction and death at Hogwarts, I needed  
some "happily ever after' ending!

So, those who saw it 3D. was it worth it? Did the scenes really pop? I  
remember seeing OotP in 3D but they only had like 10 minutes of it  
filmed in 3D. Is the entire DH2 movie 3D? I think I'll have to see it  
just to get the commemorative HP 3D glasses, hah!