We went to see HP7pt2 at midnight the night before last. I was very glad to have seen it when I wanted to - but on the whole, while I enjoyed it, I much preferred part one. In the end, it felt like there was too much in the book to be properly played out in the movie. The scenes that made me cry for a large proportion of the second half of the book left me mainly unmoved. Hmm.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 16, 2011 1:54:07 am PDT #15464 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
le nubian - Jul 16, 2011 4:36:18 am PDT #15465 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C, relevant to your white font,
the importance of the Neville scene in the book particularly is that both Neville and Harry share a birthday, but by Voldemort going after Harry, he created his nemesis. He easily could have targeted Neville instead. So with both young men, born on the same day, being instrumental in Voldemort's death, the prophecy really did come true.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2011 6:58:31 am PDT #15466 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At the HP showing, we got trailers for the next Dark Knight (a bare glimpse) and the next Sherlock Holmes, which is slash slash slashier than ever. At least the trailer seemed to emphasize that.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2011 7:26:53 am PDT #15467 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The same trailers that were linked to here, or new ones?
le nubian - Jul 16, 2011 7:31:33 am PDT #15468 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
for me, same trailers.
Laga - Jul 16, 2011 7:38:26 am PDT #15469 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
We got those two plus a Captain America I had seen online.
Dana - Jul 16, 2011 11:06:28 am PDT #15470 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I went to a discounted showing of HP7 for my company at 9AM. Discount, good, but I got one fucking trailer! I feel very cheated.
As for the movie,
FUCK YEAH NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM.
Also, I cried at pretty much the points I expected to. The scene in the woods with Harry and his parents and Remus/Sirius was great.
Now to go reread the books.
Maysa - Jul 16, 2011 7:13:54 pm PDT #15471 of 30000
Dropping out of lurkdom to say, that I did read one JK Rowling interview when the last book was published (don't remember where) in which she talked about the whole Luna/Neville thing and said that while she never intended them to be together (and she doesn't think they do end up together) that Luna and Neville always did unintentionally become linked together in scenes when she was writing them. And she said she could totally see why fans envisioned them together later.
Also, I saw the movie tonight and it was awesome. I also cried. For me it started the moment Harry got done reading the pensieve and sat there realizing he had to die and continued through the woods scene. They did a great job with those scenes. Daniel Radcliffe was terrific. I also love how since we've had 8 movies, that characters like Sirius can pop up for like, two lines, and be so affecting and heartbreaking.
DavidS - Jul 17, 2011 5:25:28 am PDT #15472 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Guilermo Del Toro and Gus Grisly are making a stop motion, very goth looking Pinocchio.
Why is it stop-motion works so well with gothic themes? Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Coraline, Brothers Quya, Jan Svankmajer...
Tom Scola - Jul 17, 2011 5:33:57 am PDT #15473 of 30000
hwæt