Having seen DH1 but not yet read the book, I would say the movie makes very little sense without having read the book first. I'm not sure why so little happens in the first movie, and yet it feels like so much of the plot is glossed over. Like they decided to skip certain would-have-been-helpful scenes in order to linger a bit longer over certain moody moments.
Not that it's making me less desirous of seening DH2, just makes me want to gobble through the books quicker so I can finally understand what's going on.
I think the Pink Floyd cover is my favorite.
I guess the Deathly Hallows is not as obvious as it seems in hindsight.
Everybody thinks it's completely dotty. It's like believing in Bigfoot, or Nargles which is exactly why Xenophilius is into it, I guess.
Most people don't even know about the Hallows at all. Even somebody as deep into wand lore as Olivander doesn't have a clue.
It would be like handing somebody a fairytale version of Snow White and expecting that person to deduce that there were really vampires in the world. (As Tanith Lee famously riffed on "skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood..)
I love that the spell Hermione suggests Ron try to stop it raining is "finite incantatem" the wizard equivalent of the power switch. It's fitting that some guys would call tech support.
Every time Sean Bean dies in a movie:
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When Captain America throws his mighty shield...
It would appear that those who chose to oppose his shield did, in fact, yield.
It's not irreversible. She restores their memories afterwards.
Wait, I don't remember this part. She does?
