Sorry for the Rant - PU to DH2

[lkotur]

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Saw DH2 again just to see if my first impression was influenced by it being the final chapter.  Nope!  Again the movie was great to the point of Harry falling out of Hagrid's arms to reveal he was still alive. The writers and director really misses the suspense and awe that JKR put into the finish.  When Harry goes "invisible" there is a wave of "oh crap" that goes through the Death Eater ranks and Voldemort begins to get a bit agitated.  His spells no longer have any "staying power", the defenders of Hogwarts appear to be receiving help from an unknown source (Harry under the invisibility cloak) and the Death Eater ranks begin to lose numbers.  Voldemort continues to fight even after all the horcruxes are destroyed and in the great room, Harry reveals himself.  In the book I got the impression that Voldemort initially crapped his pants at seeing that d***** boy who just won't die! What's up with that. Now Harry is facing the wizard that has tried to kill him - how may times? Now Harry knew he was not going to be the one to die and armed with that knowledge, he tried to help the wizard who wanted him dead.  That dialogue between Harry and Tom Riddle would have been electric in the movie.  I believe that the director made a massive mistake by thinking that those scenes would not work.  Too bad. I also would have loved to see the headmaster portraits applauding Harry.

Do you think Warner Brothers could do a do-over re-shoot? Too Bad.

Larry