SPOILERS welcome!! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie - Part 2

[PaulaSB12]

My local cinema had a showing at 00:01 in the morning. If you went to that showing you got to see part 1 free at 9pm thursday night free.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

The crowd in our showing was not as animated as what I've read here about other experiences with the showing of the movie. I was hoping for a more raucous reaction when Mrs. Weasley uttered the famous line. I know I applauded, but I swear the guy that was sitting next to my wife was sniffling quite audibly at some of the ending scenes, and I don't think it was just allergies

On the topic of racous showings, we went to a double feature/midnight showing on opening day. There was some shouting and cheering, however, you reminded me of the oddest part of the whole experience:

So, before the movies start, the theatre people are going through the motions of keeping an excited crowd of fans busy. They had trivia where you could win a movie poster. First, the screwed up by not putting any rules on the game, and after they asked their first question, pretty much the whole theatre shouted out the answer at once. So then they made the rule you had to stand and be acknowledged to participate.

Well, then they asked the question, "What is Albert Dumbledore's favorite candy?"

My answer (quietly to DH, we weren't playing for posters): "You can't really answer that, it's never specifically stated."

DH's more perceptive answer: "Who the heck is Albert Dumbledore?!"

Well, they went through several people who gave supposedly incorrect answers (lemon drops, fizzing whizbee, etc.) until they got to someone who said Bertie Bots Every Flavor Beans. The trivia folks stated that was correct...cue mutinous mutterings from the entire theatre.

At that point the trivia folks started to realize that maybe they should have had an actual fan check their questions for accuracy. They got all nervous and left, promising to come back with more and better trivia (they didn't). Worst prepared pre-movie entertainment ever.

 

[CurlyGirl]

For these who went to the 3d version what parts where shown in 3d?

I didn't go to the 3-D version, but People Magazine's review of the movie mentioned that the cart ride through Gringotts was in 3-D.

 

[college_student]

now, if we could just see them in a new set of books!! Or from the time James and the rest of the Marauders are there!

That's what I keep hoping for!

 

[TDC Nala]

don't wizards/witches age slower than Muggles?

not clear on that but then it would have to be explained why Snape, who was supposedly in his thirties or early forties (the Harry Potter wiki says Snape dies at age 38), was played by an actor in his sixties. Maybe he looked older because of his tortured mind. As far as the aging makeup, I think they didn't want the actors to be unrecognizeable under obvious tons of makeup. Eh, I'll accept it. Ron looked awful though.

 

[badcat]

I have heard it was filmed in the normal 2D, with the 3D layering added later. If that's true, you really don't gain much by seeing it in 3D.

We saw it Thursday night, midnight in 3D, and I'd have to say, I'd agree. They did hand out round Harry Potter 3D glasses which was probably the best thing about the 3D.

(We also paid and extra $5 each to see HP7 Part I before the midnight showing.)

 

[karly05]

Yes, he did, at the very end. During the "final showdown" Harry tells Voldemort something to the effect that Snape wasn't his, he was Dumbledore's "from the moment you started hunting down my mother."

Whoops, you are right! I really need to do some rereading.

 

[gometros]

Teddy would be much older than Albus. If it's 19 years later after the Battle of Hogwarts Teddy would have to be at least 19. He'd have been out of school a couple of years. The kid who entered the platform before Albus is his older brother James. I also think they should have left in some of the dialogue from the book where James teases Albus about Slytherin, which is how Albus got all worked up about it in the first place.

The only children that were at the train station were Ron's and Hermione's Rose and Hugo, Harry's and Ginny's Albus Severus, James and Lily, and the two Malfoy kids, Scorpius and Astoria. This from the cast list.

Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) is given credit too, but I don't recall seeing him?

 

[maddiel]

the two Malfoy kids, Scorpius and Astoria.

I'm pretty sure Astoria is Malfoy's wife, not his child. Maybe he's a cradle snatcher?

M.

 

[gometros]

Now that's not even remotely true. Nowhere was it ever indicated in the books or the movies that Ginny was the favorite Weasley child.

How often was Mrs. Weasley doting over Percy's good behavior and status as both a Prefect and Head Boy? And the same when Ron was made a Prefect in Order of the Phoenix?

Or in Goblet of Fire, when Mrs. Weasley and the twins had fought before they left for the World Cup and weren't speaking. When they came back after the Death Eater attack, she was crying how upset she was that they had left angry and how terrible she felt if those had been the final words they'd had with each other?

Remember in Order of the Phoenix, when Mrs. Weasley found a Boggart in one of the rooms in Grimmauld Place and it kept turning into the things she feared most? It turned into the dead bodies of every member of her family, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make it stop. She was inconsolable at the thought of losing any of them. Someone else had to use the Riddikulus charm to put it out, because she was crying too much to do it herself.

Or in Half-Blood Prince, how she at first thought how Fleur wasn't good enough for Bill, until that moment after Bill was bitten by Greyback?

Why would she take Harry in if she already had a "favorite" in Ginny and didn't care as much for the others? She was the one who came as the family member (along with Bill) for the last event, and held him in her arms when he started to cry in the hospital wing over what happened to Cedric. Harry realized at the time that it was the first time he'd ever known as being held, "as if by a mother."

And on Harry's 17th birthday, she had given him a watch from one of their own family, which was a tradition Harry wouldn't have been able to have since his family was gone.

If Ginny was doted on differently, it was because she was the youngest. And she was possessed by Voldemort in her very first year at Hogwarts, which would certainly make them more watchful over Ginny since she'd been attacked. Although, it's worth nothing that the Weasley came to Hogwarts when Ginny was kidnapped and after Ron was poisoned in Half-Blood Prince.

As for the movie-universe, Bellatrix was one of the Death Eaters who had burned down their house and could have killed her entire family. That's enough for a few naughty names directed her way as well.

She didn't go after Bellatrix just because of her daughter. She did it for everyone.

The "daughter" part was because Bellatrix had just tried to kill her daughter. A moment later (in the book), she had said "You will never touch our children again!"

She needed to end it, once and for all.

I was going to respond, but this is as good a description of Mrs. Weasley as the mother figure that one can get. She exemplified family and everything Harry didn't have growing up. I would add to the part I placed in bold-type, "and the only daughter."

 

[PollyannaMom]

...and I really hope that somewhere there's an outtake of Maggie Smith intoning: "Treguna... Mekoides... Trecorum Satis Dee!" then bursting into song while everyone else cracks up.

 

[Desiree]

Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) is given credit too, but I don't recall seeing him?

My Oliver Wood spidey sense should have gone off if I would have have seen him! Maybe he'll be in the directors cut!

 

[Deb in IA]

I haven't had time to read the entire thread, but we agree with a lot of what was already said.

Being BIG fans of the book, I think the comparisons are inevitable. But all in all, the movie was a satisfying end to a wonderful series.

Our biggest issue was that we really wished the duel sequence between Harry and Voldemort would have been more like the book. The death of Voldemort was hardly a blink of an eye. The book really built it up, with Harry revealing Snape's true character, who really owned the Elder Wand, and finally, and I think this is crucial, giving Voldemort chance after chance to save himself by being "a man, show a little remorse." But true to his character, he uses Avada Kadavra, which rebounds back when Harry uses "Expelliarmus". That explains his death so much better than the movie.

The Snape-pensieve sequence was well done. Although not in the book, the scene with Snape holding Lily's body, even though it was only a few seconds, showed how much he loved her.

We saw it in 3-D, but would like to go back and see it again in 2-D for comparison.

 

[Ceila]

We saw it in 3-D, but would like to go back and see it again in 2-D for comparison.

I saw it in 2D because I just can't handle 3D - I get wicked headaches from long 3D movies. After reading some reviews of the 3D version, I don't really feel like I missed much at all.

 

[JenM]

The only children that were at the train station were Ron's and Hermione's Rose and Hugo, Harry's and Ginny's Albus Severus, James and Lily, and the two Malfoy kids, Scorpius and Astoria. This from the cast list.

Astoria was Draco's wife, not one of his kids. And the actress who played her is actually Tom Felton's girlfriend in real life.

Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) is given credit too, but I don't recall seeing him?

He's in the movie, very quickly (like, blink-and-you'll-miss-him quickly), in one of the shots where you see the courtyard on fire, he's the one leading a group of students on brooms heading into the battle.

I missed it too, I read about it later. That's pretty cool that they brought him back, though.

 

[Belle Ella]

I was so bummed I didn't get to go to a midnight premiere with this being the final film (darn that WORK) but when I did get to see it ... I cried like a baby. From Snape's death until the credits my eyes weren't dry.

Although, as a big AVPM/AVPS fan ... It was so hard not to call out a few references. The movies may have ended, but it's never 'over' for me. Yay!

 

[Disneyland Princess]

Although, as a big AVPM/AVPS fan ... It was so hard not to call out a few references. The movies may have ended, but it's never 'over' for me. Yay!

Thank goodness I'm not the only one! Me and my sister kept wanting to say "ask him how lost ends!" when it was so quite and Harry and Dumbledore were having there very serious conversation about if Harry was dead or not.

Overall I really liked the movie, there were a few things missing that I felt they could have put in but I really liked this one. I cried a little to.

 

[TDC Nala]

I'm pretty sure Astoria is Malfoy's wife, not his child. Maybe he's a cradle snatcher?

M.

This is correct - Astoria is Draco's wife.

 

[Belle Ella]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one! Me and my sister kept wanting to say "ask him how lost ends!" when it was so quite and Harry and Dumbledore were having there very serious conversation about if Harry was dead or not.

Overall I really liked the movie, there were a few things missing that I felt they could have put in but I really liked this one. I cried a little to.

And "**** those wizard cops!!" during the Gringotts scene. It's been horrible because despite my best efforts I cannot get any of my friends to watch AVPM so nobody understands what I'm laughing about.

I wanted to burst out into Voldemort is Going Down at some point but I'm sure nobody would have appreciated it but me.

 

[Deb in IA]

Sorry if I missed this earlier - what is AVPM/AVPS?


Also, after Harry, Ron, and Hermione get out of Gringott's and just before they change their clothes, what does Hermione squirt in everyone's hands?

It looks like hand sanitizer?