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Agreed, those Ginny scenes were almost painful to watch. I just realized how much skin was in this movie

I loved the 7 Potter's part, "Don't look at me, I'm ugly" <3

I think the next movie is going to be the hardest. Like you, Nurr, I could barely stand watching George and Fred talking about the holiness, although the toothbrush bit in the ear was hilarious

I cried when Hermione oblivated her parents, watching all the images of Hermione being wiped away was so sad.

We still haven't gotten much of Dumbledore's past yet, so the angst could always be in the next part. Which brings me to my next question....

How are they going to fit everything into the second part, there is still so much left. The rest of the Horcruxes, Dumbledore's past, Snape's past, Battle of Hogwarts, King's Cross.... I assume it is going to be incredibly fast paced compared to this first part, I would just hate for them to miss anything.

Why can't it be July!!

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Yeah, I know the angst could be coming. Blech. So I'm glad we didn't get any this time here.

I mean, all in all, there isn't too much left. They have to go to Gringotts, then Harry gets all questioning about Dumbledore, read the book, etc. They meet Aberforth, make a dash to Hogwarts, Snape, Harry sacrifices himself, battle, end. Epilogue. [s]Gag me.[/s] It'll be a longer movie, I'm sure, but longer than 2 hr 10 minutes isn't really much. There's a lot set up for it to build on.

BUT oh man, I can't wait for July! This is cruel. D:

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Okay, I don't know where to start, I guess the beginning. It was just epic! I loved how they showed what Hermoine and Ron were sacrificing to go with Harry, the scene with Hermoine wiping her parents memory was just so emotional.. And although I missed Dudley's hug, I thought that the overall beginning was fantastic!

Like you two mentioned, I thought that the whole-on-the-road-thing was awesome, I liked it very much. I liked how they captured the changing relationship between Harry en Ron, but still didn't focus too much on it. The ministery part was just awesome! And so was the part on the grave yard at Godric's Hollow.
Actually, pretty much everything was amazing, they paid enough attention to the right scenes and the story was close to the books.

They also choose the right part to finish the first part. Dobby's death almost made me cry.. it was so sad.. but very beautiful.

What I didn't liked was the Harry-Ginny scenes. I never liked them, there's hardly any passion or emotion between them. I think even Hermoine and Harry have more chemistry than Ginny-Harry.

The scene at the Malfoy house could have been longer in my opinion. It was kind of rushed, and in the torture scene it seemed like Bellatrix didn't use any magic at all, which I think is very unBellatrix-like. She should have used the cruciatus-curse.

I missed the scene where Wormstail own goodness, killed himself. I thought it was really important.


I'm listening to the soundtrack right now. I liked it alot, though the original tune appears in it.

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Alright, so I saw HPDH for a second time today and loved it even more the second time. I could pay attention to different details this time around.

I agree with both Will and Nurr, the Hermione/Harry scenes were more touching than any moments between Harry/Ginny... Although what I am really looking forward to is the Hermione/Ron kiss at the end <3

The Bellatrix scene was actually one I didn't mind, I thought it was even more cruel to use a knife than the cruciatus curse. It leaves a scar that the torture curse won't and I think that is much more evil and fitting of Bellatrix, but that is just my opinion

Like Will I enjoyed the beginning set up. I did miss the moment between the Dursleyss and Harry but to see what each of the trio was giving up and leaving was touching.

@Nurr: Maybe it just seems longer in my mind, because there are the two horcruxes they have to find, excluding Harry and Nagini and the two backstories, epilogue, and the battle. I know they can do it in 2+ hours, just wondering how they are going to do it.

Thankfully this first one set up the deathly hallows and the beginning of Dumbledore and Grindewald...

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There must always be more Snape!! More Snape!! I loved the first scene with Voldemort and the Deatheaters. Scary guys.

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I loved the beginning in general. They managed to set the scene and establish this dark, gloomy feel right from the start. Especially the scene with Hermione obliviating her parents.. very sad and very poetic.. *sniffle*

The Harry/Hermione scenes. Oh boy, do they have chemistry.. I really liked their scenes.. when Harry takes her hand and dance with Hermione, when they figure out the next clue in that wild, god-forsaken LotR-ish landscape, before Harry's parents' grave when Hermione lays the flowers and later puts her head on Harry's shoulder.

BILL NIGHY!!! MORE BILL NIGHY!!! Best scene ever.. the opening scene, why.. oh why must he die???

I loved the claustrophobic scenes in the Ministery of Magic.. Umbridge scares the heck out of me.. she's scarier that even Bellatrix in all her controlled manner.

I thought the scene with the doe was very moving.. knowing whose patronus it is...

I was kind of surprised I liked Dobby so much.. But I think they made me.. like the whole set up was so terribly dark all the time and Dobby came to represent the light and hope...

I liked how the generally were very subtle. You had to know the story and have read the books in order to get all the details and understand the depth of their actions.


What I wasn't too fond of...

I really didn't like Ron's whining and occasional coming relief scenes... at all. I think he can do better than that but the script writers didn't really give the man a lot to work with... Maybe it was his acting.. I think he handled the jealousy thing a lot better in HBP and even previous movies...

Oh my, did they move around a lot... I think they moved around too much.. It bothered me a lot in the book and it bothered me in the movie too. It got old towards the end...

I would have liked to see more adult actors.... I had hoped for some action with the Malfoys and Bellatrix in the end or more scenes with Deatheaters in general... or just more scenes with someone who wasn't Harry, Ron or Hermione!

Harry/Ginny: Did not like the awkward scene and the kiss at all.. not at all... awkward.. odd! Eww...

And what kind of ending was that? Like Pandy said, they are gonna be sooo busy in part II now... I seriously, thought they were going to find another horcrux or at least a clue..

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Oh my goodness. After waiting six hours in line for the movie with friends [dressed up as Luna!], I could hardly believe when barely two hours seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. It was surreal. Even more so when I realised that I was going on a retreat with the Christian fellowship group at school and would not be able to post a review here until now. Anyway, I'm here now, and goodness I have a lot to say.

What I Liked:
- The opening montage; we haven't seen anything like that in an HP movie before, and the fact that it started with Hermione and actually told her story certainly brought tears to my eyes. It felt very much like our beloved trio was preparing for battle [and I suppose they were!].
- SNAPE & VOLDY DE MEETING. OMG. BEST SCENE EVER!!
- Harry peering into his old cupboard under the stairs.
- The Seven Potters FTW!!! Definitely one the best scenes in the film! Dan Radcliffe truly is becoming a master at his craft.
- Mundungus Fletcher was exactly how I imagined.
- Kingsley's line: "Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him."
- George's line about being "holey". Pure JKR, I love it.
- The wedding, and the fact that Harry was not Polyjuiced during that scene. It would have been a little weird otherwise. Rhys Ifans [Xeno Lovegood] was fantastic - though I was sad to see that Victor Krum did not make a reappearance.
- The return of Dobby!!
- The Ministry sequence, and the actors who portrayed the trio under the Polyjuice potion. Except for the fact that Runcorn [Harry] didn't grab Moody's eye in Umbridge's door it was awesome. Definitely another one of the best scenes of the movie.
- The scene immediately after they escape from the Ministry when Ron's splinched himself. It was awful. I was seriously about to cry.
- The fight between Ron and Harry felt really real. I was quite satisfied with how it turned out. Emma Watson showed some of her best acting yet.
- Everything about Godric's Hollow - the graveyard scene [where were the Dumbledore's?], creepy Bathilda Bagshot, and the absolutely terrifying scene where the snake comes out of her neck.
- The silver doe and the reconciliation between Ron and Harry. Ron's speech about the ball of light from the Deluminator [which came straight from the book!].
- The animated story of the Tale of the Three Brothers was some of the more brilliant animation ever. Seriously, I could've watched an entire movie with that kind of quality animation.
- Basically everything that happened at Malfoy Manor, kudos to Helena Bonham Carter's excellent acting and Emma Watson's ability to scream. I was so glad they included the stinging hex to Harry's face. I thought for sure they wouldn't include it because, God forbid, it would make our hero ugly, but they did - and it was quite effective!
- Dobby's death, even though I was bawling my eyes out.
- EDIT: The only added scene between Harry and Hermione - the dancing scene. I had heard about it and was afraid it would be silly, but I thought it was very sweet, and I enjoyed it immensely. [First time I've said that about an added scene to any HP film. ]
- EDIT 2: All of you are going to hate me, but I enjoyed the Ginny/Harry moment. It was certainly awkward, but there was also a subtle hint of sexual tension between them considering Ginny was certainly not wearing anything under her dress. Harry was very tender with her, and at the least the snogging bit wasn't a close up like HBP.

What I Didn't Like:
- The lack of reconciliation between Dudley and Harry.
- Harry setting Hedwig free; followed by her flying back and getting herself killed. What was the purpose of that when they simply could have followed the book and used expelliarmus to give Harry away to the DEs?
- The abrupt presentation of Bill Weasley; I simply felt there was no need to set him up with "Hi, I'm Bill Weasley. I got these scars from Greyback." It seemed forced.
- The lack of coherence in the Dumbledore backstory line. I think I'm going to have to watch it again before I can really decide whether it makes sense or not movie-wise.
- WTH. Where's Lily's letter and the picture in Sirius' room? Does this mean we won't be seeing that in Snape's memories? Damn.
- YAY for Kreacher, but how come we didn't get to hear the über emotional story of Regulus' death. All of a sudden Kreacher is nice to them. It makes no sense. :/ *exasperated*
- So, when are we going to find out that Tonks is pregnant? I thought she was going to say something in the Seven Potters scene, but then she got cut off. Then I thought maybe she was just going to say something about her and Lupin being married, but then Lupin never showed up at Grimmauld Place, and *splutter* I don't even know what the heck is going on with that storyline.

Neutral:
- No ghoul in pyjamas . . . Not really essential, but sort of an important logistics item.
- Scrimgeour's [Billy Nighy FTW] presentation of Dumbledore's will. It was great, but in the book it goes on a lot longer and is fraught with a lot more tension almost to the point where Harry and Scrimgeour fight. I wanted a little bit more there.
- The camping scenes. They didn't go on as long as I thought they would, and I actually enjoyed some of the more specific ones. Rupert's acting abilities really shined in these scenes, and I really think the trio held their own.
- The missing scene where the trio overhear the two goblins with Dean Thomas, Dirk Cresswell, and Ted Tonks. It's not terribly important in the overall scheme of things, but I was expecting it so . . .
- Missing out on seeing Voldy's memory of the night he murdered the Potters. Maybe the film maker's are saving it for another time. *shrug*
- I'm not sure how I feel about the scene where the locket horcrux opens up and Ron is supposed to stab it. The image I had in my head was a little less solid and more smoky. The images of Riddle-Harry and Riddle-Hermione were sick though. And the near nude snogging between them definitely made my jaw drop onto the floor.
- When the trio visits Xenophilius Lovegood. It seemed like it followed the book fairly well, except at the end. There wasn't any explanation about the Taboo on Voldy's name. Or maybe I'm getting confused there.
- Harry's flashes into Voldy's mind. Those flashes made more sense to me than the Dumbledore's background subplot and some of the other sub-subplots going on.
- While the ending certainly gives the movie a very "oh no, what's going to happen next?" type feel, it also felt very abrupt. I am very glad they didn't include all the information about the wandlore, Gryffindor's sword, etc. that actually precedes Voldy getting the Elder Wand in the book. It feels right to leave that bit to the next movie.

All in all, this is by far one of my favourite HP movies. Only time will tell which will come out to be my definite favourite of them all. Let the countdown to July begin.

I finally got to see it today and I loved it! I've only read the first two books so obviously I can't compare it to what it could have been, but as a Harry Potter film (and the beginning of the end), I thought it was brilliant.

The best part? Snape's billowing cape of course!

Honestly, there were so many things I loved, but what really stood out for me was:

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When all the Polyjuice-Harrys were changing into clothes. I couldn't stop laughing!

All the mountainous locations Harry, Ron and Hermione camped at. I was just in the Scottish Highlands a couple of weeks ago and I definitely recognized some of that scenery from where we were!
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I actually thought this scene ended up better than the book. Instead of Hedwig simply being in her cage and dying, she got to show her loyalty to Harry and defend him even if she died doing so... It was very brave, but that is just my opinion.

My favorite Snape Scenes:
-When he walks through the gate, perfection!
-His look when Professor Grubblyplank asks for him to help her, I can see the battle in his eyes...

What I would have liked to see:
-A look into Potter's Past, my 11 year old brother sat next to me when I saw the movie the second time and he kept whispering to me: Where is little Harry on his broom, I want to see Harry's parents. I agree with him, I wish we could see some more of Harry's past...

What I loved:
-Lucius!! I loved how scruffy he was, you can clearly tell that being a death eater is exhausting him. It prepares us for part 2 where the Malfoys cower in a way.
-I loved his face too when Voldemort asks for his wand and snaps the snake head off.
-Which brings me to the next bit, I loved how important the wands were in this movie, one can tell if they haven't read the books that the wands will play an important part in the next installment. A clever move by the directors

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I actually discussed both of these with my friend after we saw the movie, and thing they were probably good moves.

About Hedwig - it was the easiest way for Voldemort to know which Harry was Harry. In the book we'd had him trying not to hit Stan Shunpike, but Stan hasn't been around for 3 movies, was only barely in the 3rd, and really hasn't played a character. So you'd either need to reintroduce him to the audience and let us know why Harry wouldn't hurt him, or bring in another character. Both options would take more effort and screen time than is really needed. Hedwig gets to defend Harry and show who he is.

As for Kreacher - I missed his transformation (I so wish they'd kept him hitting Mundungus with a frying pan "Once more Master Harry, for luck?") but in the grand scheme of things his story arc isn't too important. The writers could save a lot of time by having Kreacher go from slightly nasty to slightly nice without focusing too much time.


Something I just thought of today - how are they going to do the Ron/Hermione kiss? The house-elf storyline was cut from the movies. If he says "what about the house elves?" it will mean absolutely nothing to the viewers because we don't know anything about Hermione's passion for it or Ron's total lack of concern. Makes me wonder if it'll just be like some "hey, battle, we might not come out alive, let's kiss" or what.

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@ Panneth: I completely concur with you about both Lucius and Snape. All of their scenes were excellent!

@ Nurr and Panneth: Well, you've convinced me about Hedwig at least, but I'm certainly still a little miffed about leaving Regulus out. I can see what you mean about it not having any lasting impact on the story and what not. In the end, I suppose it makes sense. I think I'll have to see it again before I can really decide.

No idea what they're going to do about the Hr/R kiss though. It's all up in the air on that score. It'll probably end up along the lines of what you're thinking though, Nurr. I can't think of any other reason for them to kiss otherwise. *shrug* Just discussing all these house elf subplot issues makes me realise that the house elves really got screwed over in the movies. Very sad.

Which is kind of ironic, considering the position of house elves.

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Ahh. You've hit the nail on the head, Nurr. :/

So I finally got around to seeing this and I thought it was all right. A bit meh but probably because it wasn't quite complete for me. When did Emma Watson get more beautiful, is my main question. I felt really awkward though in the Horcrux scene where you saw her almost nekkid but she's all deathlike and sickly and it's eww....

I visibly winced and crawled into a ball in my seat when I saw Umbridge. Gorramit, that damn woman scares the living hell out of me with her sickly sweet smile. After wanting to run in the opposite direction of her, I wanted to punch her.

Bill Nighy produced a small squee in me but I do wish he was there longer but then again, he was supposed to be introduced in the last film so I guess they had to make that brief, hence no tense fight scene.

I have to say along with everyone else, the animation for the Deathly Hallows re-telling was AWESOME! Like really really awesome. I really liked how Death looked. I was slightly worried that it would look tacky or cheesy but it was good.

The only thing good about the whole Ginny/Harry, since most of you have talked about it, was George just sitting there with a smile and making things all awkward for Harry.

Ralph Fiennes, awesome as usual. As well as Alan Rickman.

The whole thing still felt kinda rushed for me though...hmm

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I loved it from a noob/non-book readers perspective.

Things I loved...[though I've only seen it once and about a week ago so it's not all clear in my head]:

- Snape. His entire death eater entrance till his little pow wow with Voldemort. The billowing cape...be still my heart.

- Bellatrix. She killed Sirius and that pains me. But damnit if she's not an awesome character and completely batsh....completely looney tunes.

- The three brothers and the animation of there story. Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.

- The infiltration of the Ministry.

- A brief appearance by my fave non-main character. NEVILLE!! Good Gods he got tall and I half expected him to have a voice like James Earl Jones. I've been told he's even more awesome in Part 2 so lookin forward to seeing the awkward little boy grow up and kick some buttocks.

Things I didn't like:

- The Dance. It just felt..idk awkard and out of place. Like I think I get why it was done I just wasn't feeling it.

- Harry/Ginny. Perhaps this is because I haven't read the books. But I just don't see it. At all. It feels forced to me personally.

- Not. Enough. Snape!!! ugh moar plzkthx



Like I say there's prolly tons more I've missed on either side but I don't want to read back on other posts incase I spy book references lol

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So, I've seen it a third time and still in love with it as much as the first two times! I found myself getting more emotional the third time and I don't know why...

Anywho, what I haven't talked about yet that I liked was the part where Harry and Voldemort fight in the air. Their spells touch and we are transported through the spell and watch Voldemort/Lucius's wand shatter.

It was a brilliant technique and added emphasis to the theme of wands that I am glad they showed throughout the movie.

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@ Panneth: That really was an excellent scene!

@ Raivynn: It's so interesting to hear from a non-book fan! I'm so glad you love Snape so much - he really is the soul of the series to me. All this time I've been a devout supporter of move Ginny/Harry, but after hearing your feelings on it I think I truly understand what people mean when they say their relationship is passionless/devoid of chemistry altogether. What a shame considering their relationship is so much deeper in the book. :/

@ Caunion: You're the only person I've ever heard say that the movie was too rushed. All I've hard was that it was drawn out for far too long - that's interesting!

I'm hoping to go see it again this weekend if I have time.