Reacting to DH (was:Snape Reduced LONG(was: Re: Villain!Dumbledore...

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 177949

> Pippin:
> See, the more I question, the more interesting answers I find.
> Partly, I think there's a cultural difference going on in that
> European novels tend not to have triumphalist endings with
> everything resolved. I think Americans tend to expect that sort
> of Hollywood ending, and may either feel cheated of it or assume
> that it's meant to be wholly triumphal and that it's evil of
> JKR to ask us to celebrate such a less than ideal state of affairs.

va32h:

There isn't much more "Hollywood" than "Not my daughter you Bitch!" 
It's practically plagiarized from a big-budget Hollywood film. 

So much of DH seemed written for the movie.  From the pointless action
sequence of The Seven Potters to the abounding one-liners in the
Battle of Hogwarts (Trelawney throwing her crystal balls and saying "I
have plenty more", Ron punching Malfoy "that's twice we've saved your
life") to Harry's cheese-tastic line about "I've had enough trouble
for a lifetime!" Turn to the camera and wink Dan, I mean Harry!

I don't think JKR is evil.  I think she was sick and tired of Harry
Potter, and just wanted to get it the heck over with.  The things that
aren't resolved are left so because she just plain didn't care about
resolving them, not because she was trying to tell us anything about
the state of the world.  

I never believed "it's all been planned meticulously from the
beginning" and I definitely don't believe that "unresolved issues" are
really deep commentary on the state of the world. (But what do I know,
I'm just an uncultured American.)