Battle of the Astronomy Tower (the lame version)

[kennyg1864 at yahoo.com]

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(I'm putting this here b/c HPFGU-Movie is pretty much inactive)
 

 Anyone else HUGELY disappointed with the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in the 6th movie?
 (A friend emailed me about the new Creature Vault book
 (more here: http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/11/14/this-harry-potter-concept-art-is-simply-breathtaking/ http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/11/14/this-harry-potter-concept-art-is-simply-breathtaking/  
 Also the first customer review on amazon has an excellent video preview http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Creature-Creatures-Plants/dp/0062374230 http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Creature-Creatures-Plants/dp/0062374230 )
  and we chatted a bit about the Pottermore reveal on Fenrir Greyback.  Which then reminded me of the above disappointment.)
 The movie spent large amounts of screen time on Draco and the cabinet, building up suspense as to the cabinet's purpose...and then all that happened (other than Dumbledore's death) was that Bellatrix kicked over some plates and set fire to Hagrid's hut.  And laughed evilly.

 

 Not to trivialize Dumbledore's death, but I wanted to see a battle between Death Eaters and expert wizards--teachers, not just the Order of the Phoenix.  Let's see Flitwick kick some DE ass.  Let's feel Hogwart's sanctity be threatened.  Let's feel some actual fear for the students and the WW as a whole, and feel the horror that is Voldemort's return.
 

 Instead...*sigh*.
 

 IIRC I read somewhere that the director didn't want to confuse the audience with the battle which would be in the 8th movie.  Honestly?  Like people would go "Gee isn't this the same battle that happened two movies ago, even though that time was a few Death Eaters inside Hogwart's, and this time it's dozens of Death Eaters and giants, attacking from outside Hogwart's?  Oh I am so *confused*!"

 

 kennyg1864, holding a grudge since 2009
  
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