I can't wait for the next one either 
btw- three of us have written some comments on the "present showings, movie" thread. 
Posted : November 20, 2010 7:50 am
I saw it. It was pretty good, but I can't really review it until I see the next part. I feel like they just stopped the movie half way through (which they kind of did since they split it up.) It stopped just when it was getting exciting! 
So, I can't really review half a movie....
I wish that they had included more of the invisibility cloak
I love Dobby!
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Posted : November 21, 2010 8:58 am
Ok, so I saw Deathly Hallows part 1 yesterday afternoon, and it was such a joy to watch! That's what I kept thinking as I sat there, just "this could go on forever and I'd be happy" 
Even the "eternal camping" scenes didn't seem draggy.
Thoughts:
(In spoilers, just in case)
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The beginning, with Snape walking up to the Malfoy Manor, was so perfect. Seeing his face, knowing in advance from having read the book what takes place in the meeting and his part in it, was such a powerful scene!
Hermione's "Obliviate" kinda brought tears to my eyes, and it was only the very first bit of the film! 
It was even sadder later on when Ron asks her to Oblivate the Death Eaters because she's "the best in spells".
The snake scenes were stunning. I love snakes, so instead of being creeped out I thought Nagini (Spl?) rather beautiful, if evil. 
So much of it reminded me of LOTR, like the locket making them all angsty/depressed, and Harry having bad dreams, and I know there were other things I can't recall right at this moment.
Ron's vision of Harry/Hermione was kinda startling, in that while I had heard they were supposed to look topless while not showing everything, I was kinda surprised at just how much they did show. I wouldn't say it was scandelous or enough to cover little kids eyes or anything, but in the context of the HP franchise I found it slightly unusual.
I really felt like Hermione and Ron were the big characters in this film. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint can REALLY act. I reallyreallyreally like Hermione, that she's such a good role model in the film/book universe for girls, she's smart, intelligent, strong emoitionally and physically, brave, loyal, and honest. What's not to like? Oh, and she has a personality too
The scene where George's ear gets blown off and Fred is sitting by him was rather touching, and was quite sad when you think about what happens in part 2...
One of the funniest parts that I can remember offhand is when Ginny and Harry are kissing and George walks in. I was laughing so hard at that! Just his expression said it all.
The actors and actress who played the ministry folks that the Trio "turned into" must be pretty fabulous actors, cause you could REALLY "see" them as Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Their facial expressions, posture, and movement was spot on. Especially Harry!
I thought the Harry/Hermione dance was really cute, not weird or anything. I think, as others have said, that it was supposed to show that they didn't like eachother "That way". But also that they were lonely, and it was pretty depressing...they needed something to cheer them up. They were probably both missing Ginny and Ron.
The Hermione-being-tortured-scene...wow. So good! And by good, I mean AWFUL. Her screams/cries had me shaking and curled up in a little ball. I was initially disapointed that Ron wasn't screaming for her like he was in the book, but after thinking about it realized that on film that might have come across as slightly melodramatic and over-done.
Dobby...*Sigh* Now, you have to know that before I never cared much about Dobby. He was OK, that was it. I wasn't the least upset about his death in the book. But on screen, ohmygoodness. I was completly in tears! The whole "Dobby is happy, to be with his friend Harry Potter" just did me in 
I didn't really notice the soundtrack. When I did it didn't appear anything special--not something I'd buy to listen to. But I didn't really mind, because the movie had so much going on, so much action and things to keep up with, I feel like it needed a soundtrack that you could kind of ignore. That would help draw you in when needed but wouldn't take over the scene and the stuff you were trying to remember. The acting, and the characters carried the film, not the soundtrack.
In conclusion...it was fabulous. I really really want to see it again soon! I think it was pretty faithful to the book--there were a lot of lines I recognized as being straight from, and I think it represented it well. For someone who hadn't read the book, I could see the movie feeling a bit slow and hard to understand...those of us who've read the book know what happens and what the information they're finding out will mean. To someone who is trying to keep up with all Harry's random dreams, Hermione's mentions of Deathly Hallows and the Elder Wand and Horocruxes, and other random people, I'd imagine it'd be kind of confusing.
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Posted : November 22, 2010 10:14 am
AMAZING MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was absolutely stunned. I will go in to spoiler mode for my analysis
I think this is my longest post ever If you actually read this-thank you, I hope you enjoyed it. Whether you agreed with me or not
I NEED to see the movie again! and I know I will!
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Posted : November 22, 2010 11:42 am
I'm hoping I can see it soon...I'll have to convince my mother first, though.
How was it in terms of rating? I know that in some places it got an M rating, in others a PG-13. Was it deserving of a harsher rating, or do you think it's really suitable for young teens? (I'm not a young teen, but I did wonder about ratings sometimes...it sounds like a really dark film).
Posted : November 22, 2010 7:47 pm
I can't wait to see this movie!!!!! The part I am the most exited about seeing has to be the 7 potters scene...I have heard alot of great comments about it.....Exited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted : November 23, 2010 5:13 am
I watched Deathly Hallows Part I last week. I don't think it's even close to Prisoner of Azkaban in terms of the faithfulness to the book, but it's the best of David Yates' efforts so far, prolly because the movie is divided into two and he has more room to include all the necessary scenes. My problem with David Yates so far is that he doesn't seem to know what should be cut and what should be left alone. Or maybe because he's the sort of director who cares more about the plot than character moments/developments. In PoA, Alfonso Cuaron manages to pare the book down to its essentials without sacrificing the plot OR moments that are important to character development/relationship. Case in point: PoA is the ONLY movie that shows Harry and Snape's antagonism toward each other, Harry's hatred of the Dursleys and his near-worship attitude to his father. Yates never bothered to show these: in OotP, for instance, he doesn't show Harry's irritable attitudes (which occupies nearly half the book) or his moments of doubts like when he asked Sirius/Lupin about why James bullied Snape. As a result, Yates' adaptations always feel flat and rushed to me.
This time is no exception: I'm SO.MAD. that he One may argue that the scene doesn't contribute to the plot, but PLEASE...if he . It seems that he thinks these scenes/people are not important to the story, and yes, they do not have significance on the main plot, but the books are much more than just about Harry vs. Voldemort...it's also about all the colorful characters that make Harry's world interesting.
That said, this is Yates' best Potter so far and I enjoy quite a few moments from the film: . The trio have matured into believable actors, particularly Rupert and Emma. I like it enough to want to see it again this weekend, and I'm hoping that Part 2 will be even better.
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Posted : November 24, 2010 12:47 am
I'm hoping I can see it soon...I'll have to convince my mother first, though.
How was it in terms of rating? I know that in some places it got an M rating, in others a PG-13. Was it deserving of a harsher rating, or do you think it's really suitable for young teens? (I'm not a young teen, but I did wonder about ratings sometimes...it sounds like a really dark film).
It depends on why a film is given an 'M' rating. Prince Caspian was also given an 'M' rating in Australia, due to the amount of fighting in the film and also for its supernatural content which some people might object to. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 does have some scary scenes which might be too much for some children. Someone mentioned nudity, and yes, that can be a reason for an 'M' rating. But Hot chick, an American film made in 2002, has considerably more nudity than Deathly Hallows Part 1 and was given a PG 13+ rating, rather than an 'M'.
The criteria raters look for include: language - how bad is the swearing? I hardly noticed any swear words in DH Part 1.
Sexual scenes: Two kissing scenes - definitely PG.
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Harry kissing Ginny, broken up by grinning George watching them for entertainment. And of course the scene with Harry being kissed by Hermione which gives Ron the motivation to destroy the Locketcrux.
Nudity: Three scenes in all, and never total. One no different from someone going swimming, wearing boxer swimming trunks at a public beach. The other two include
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nudity to the shoulders during Locketcrux destruction scene and of course the Seven Potters scene.
Violence & Scary fantasy scenes: definitely 'M' material, though the former was scaled down somewhat from the books and it might not worry parents as much. The scariest scenes include:
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Nagini after the killing of Charity Burbage at the Malfoy Manor conference and the sequence of Bathilda Bagshot at Godric's Hollow, also involving Nagini.
To give you some idea, the same rating in Australia was given to the LOTR films. Does that help?
Posted : November 24, 2010 7:56 am
I loved how in the scene where they are running in the woods (away from the Death Eaters) there is no music. I thought it was a good idea.
I basically loved everything that came out of Dobby's mouth. They either made me laugh or cry.
I thought the Harry/Hermionie scene in Ron's vision was a little awkward though.
Harry, Ron, and Hermionie were great. However I can't wait to see more of Snape, Voldermort, Bellatrix, Professor Mcgonagall, Malfoy, Fred, George, and the rest.
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Posted : November 24, 2010 12:40 pm
I finally got around to reading the books and they are so much better then the movies. espically the first and 2nd books.
Posted : November 25, 2010 1:36 am
saw the movie..LOVED it...I agreed with every thing waggawerewolf27 said...I was slightly disappointed that they never had Kreacher turn to the good side....But I liked everything else...
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Posted : November 29, 2010 6:09 am
Ya the Grimmwald place stuff seemed very rushed. That whole scene with Lupin was gone ( ), No return of Kreacher to becoming good.
As other things felt rushed where the couldv'e taken more time to show certain things for people who haven't read the books to understand it better.
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Posted : November 30, 2010 3:09 am
Finally got to see the movie today. I absolutely loved it. I've got a few mild problems with it, but significantly less than I have had with previous entries in the series. So glad they've finally got a nice big block of time to adapt the whole novel in and not just the Cliff Notes version.
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I always thought Emma Watson was the best actor of the three, but she upped her game in this one. Lots of lovely, subtle acting. I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does now that the franchise is finished filming. Rupert Grint surprised me. I've never really liked Ron and he wasn't given much to do besides be stupid and cause trouble in the previous movies, so when they finally gave him something to do, it was like "Wow, this guy can actually act really well." Reminds me of my reaction to Tom Felton in HBD when he finally got to do something besides be spiteful and sneer a lot. Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter were fantastic as usual. That's another two cases of the movies making me like characters I didn't care for in the books.
There's so many little things I absolutely loved that I couldn't possibly list them all, so I'll just name the highlights. Neville standing up to the Death Eaters was awesome. Loved the multiple Potters scene. The fight in the woods was fantastic. Really all of the fights were fantastic. I think the diner would be my favorite though.
The Polyjuice Potion Trio was brilliant. You could sense in their postures and the way they walked that the characters were uncomfortable in their bigger, adult bodies. That's such a nice, subtle touch that most of the time is completely forgotten whenever you have characters dropped into new bodies.
Luna's dad was great. So was the house. Loved the animated Three Brothers story. So unusual looking and very creative.
Dobby. Poor Dobby. If anything they went and made him even more awesome than he is in the books, so I was crying as soon as Bellatrix threw the knife.
Voldemort actually got enough screen time to be scary this time. He was never scary in the books, but there was menace just oozing off the screen every time we saw him this movie. Oh, and Umbridge. I am not a violent person at all and certainly wouldn't hit a woman, but the first time I saw her I really wished I could punch her in the face. But that's all the book there. They instilled a really ridiculous amount of hatred in me for a fictional character. She didn't really get to do much in either movie appearance.
The minor nitpicks and one major one:
The Ministry of Magic security guards looked like Imperial officers/Nazis. I get that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are analogous to Hitler and the Nazis, but I don't like being hit over the head with it. I don't feel like the books really did that, but the movie definitely did.
Some of the scenes just felt too rushed. There was a definite assumption that everyone watching had read the books and so things were skimmed over or briefly mentioned that needed more development. Lupin and Tonks getting married deserved more than one line and an interrupted baby announcement.
Where's Percy? Not even a mention of him.
Harry and Hermione making out was just really overdone and made me uncomfortable. If it was necessary, why have them be naked?
Ginny. Ginny has been flat and underdeveloped these last few movies and this one was even worse. She has what, one line? This is supposed to be the love of Harry's life. Bad enough J. K. Rowling didn't set the romance up well enough, but the movies were foreshadowing Ron/Hermione way back in what, the third movie? The least they could do is show us why Ginny is so awesome. At least the books, with their underdeveloped romance, gave us an awesome Ginny.
Posted : November 30, 2010 11:19 am
Augh, it all sounds so exciting...And I haven't seen it yet. 
Thank you, waggawerwolf27, that did help my mind a great deal. Someone said something about people screaming in the theater, and I thought, 'goodness, what have they done?'
Ugh, the very idea of the Harry/Hermione scene is a little disturbing to me. It's just so...wrong, I don't know.
EDIT: Oh, and Bookwyrm, I'm so glad someone else thinks of Percy...
Posted : November 30, 2010 4:01 pm
If I had gone with the 3D route, which I almost did, I probably would have been screaming in the theater. I'm terrified of snakes and the Nagini scenes were bad enough without it looking like she was coming out of the screen at me.
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I'm probably going to have nightmares about Bathilda Bagshot
Posted : November 30, 2010 7:05 pm