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So, Deathly Hallows part 1 premiers tonight. by Neshomeh on 2010-11-19 07:38:00 UTC Reply

In the States, at least. I don't know about anywhere else. Anyway, the point is that this sort of thing usually heralds some sort of discussion around here, so I'm starting one. {= )

SPOILER NOTE: There are none in this post, but I can't make any guarantees about posts to come. Posters should be aware that some people may not wish to hear plot details about the movie even in this day and age of literary enlightenment (read: all seven books being long-since published) and should take care to warn others if they plan to reveal them; readers should read at their own risk.

So, did anyone go see it at midnight? Was it exciting? If you've been following HP since the very beginning, is the spark still there, or has it faded? If you're new to it, what drew you in, and what made you stay? Were you disappointed by choices made in the movie? Were you happy with them? Six of one, half a dozen of the other?

Perhaps most importantly, will this herald a new flood of HP badfic?

Discuss!

~Neshomeh, who is going to see it on Saturday.

I'm biased... by Silikat on 2010-11-20 12:11:00 UTC Reply

...because I'm a Potter fanatic, but I loved it. Of course it had its plot holes and things from the book that were conspicuous in their absence, but overall I reckon it was quite well done.
SPOILER ALERT BELOW.
And I cried when Dobby died. Because I'm a sap.
Movieblah by Sylibane on 2010-11-19 23:20:00 UTC Reply

First, the release of Book 7 was way more exciting than this. Fans had been guessing about it for months, wacky theories were everywhere, and everyone was really jazzed. Now it's mostly everyone saying "Gee, I wonder what they screwed up."
Second, there's probably going to be flood of badfic. There's plenty of H/H Ship Tease in the first part, which will delight H/H fangirls who have not read the books and will have their bubbles burst by Part 2. Besides, Movie!Hermione's getting really pretty, and she's already intelligent, which is just asking for a flood of Sueage...poor girl.
(I hope I didn't offend any Harmonians with that last bit)
Eh... by OpinionedAngel on 2010-11-19 21:33:00 UTC Reply

I'll probably wait for the DVD, I don't go to the movies much any more.

I'm still annoyed that they had to cut into two parts (even if it *is* really long, mainly because my favorite part of the last book will be in part two.

As for what it is... well, I can't say it without spoiling anything so... if anyone asks, then I'll tell you.

I prefer it in two parts. by Silikat on 2010-11-20 12:14:00 UTC Reply

Better that than leaving all the plot points out.
As to your favorite part of the book...is it The Prince's Tale? Because that's my favorite, and a lot of people I know as well.

Well... by OpinionedAngel on 2010-11-21 19:34:00 UTC Reply

...I see your oint, but I'm still not happy about it.

I did like "The Prince's Tale" (even though I was one of the people who thought Snape was evil - boy did I feel like a jerk afterwards!), but my favorite part has more to do with a big reveal about one of the Horcruxes...

You know the one. It just comes out of nowhere, but makes a lot of sense if you really think about it...!

Ah, yes. by Silikat on 2010-11-21 20:11:00 UTC Reply

That would have been my second guess. In retrospect, it really does explain a lot, hmm?

New Movie by BookwormMika on 2010-11-19 19:16:00 UTC Reply

I've been a Harry Potter fan(atic) since before I can actually remember; however, I always prefered the books to the movies(My parents got so annoyed during the first movie: "Hagrid doesn't act like that!" "Harry never did that!" "They skipped my favorite part!"), so I wasn't one of the "legions of fans" last night. I'll probably be watching it in a week or so with my family.

The Harry Potter thing I'm really looking forward to is the family trip to Harry Potter Land at Universal Studios in a few weeks. I will get one of those wands, or pass out in exhaustion trying.
Re: So, Deathly Hallows part 1 premiers tonight. by sunny_complicated on 2010-11-19 14:00:00 UTC Reply

I wanted to go to see it yesterday (in my country it's already released) but there was so much queue to see it that it was a bad idea (something like "I'm queuing four hours to see it?" I like HP but not that much).
Probably I'll go watch it next week; it may be worth, I bet they can't do anything worse than the last film, I mean there were so big plotholes I feared Harry would fall in one.
I was supposed to see it one day early... by doctorlit on 2010-11-19 09:50:00 UTC Reply

A special showing was being held as a fundraiser thing for some high school...but my little brother lost the paper he brought home from school that had the phone number to call for tickets. Ah well.
Re: So, Deathly Hallows part 1 premiers tonight. by PitViperOfDoom on 2010-11-19 08:14:00 UTC Reply

I'm not seeing it until next Sunday, the 28th. I'm going to see it in IMAX with my best friend-who-is-a-dude-and-is-not-my-boyfriend-stop-asking-dagnabit.

Personally, I'm glad it's not coming out in 3D. To many movies are coming out in 3D, it's just not fun anymore.
Er... *cough* I saw it last night. by Sedri on 2010-11-19 08:14:00 UTC Reply

Time difference and a different release date, you see.

No spoilers (unless some strange person around here has not read the book), but I liked it very much! The only - and I mean ONLY things I would change are trading off a little of the epic landscape shots and character interaction during the Never Ending Camping Trip (which felt even more like so in the book than here) for a little more time with the Dursleys - who had a grand total of thirty seconds' screen time, and we didn't even see Dudley's face - or maybe a little more of Tonks and Nevill (we actually saw more of Hermione's parents than both of them together, which is a shame).

I think the spark has faded a little for me personally, just because time has passed and I'm more invested in new fandoms right now. The choice of where to split the two parts was just fine and I have no issue with it. They added several very funny moments and smoothed over the sections that had to be patched quite well. Dobby and Mad-Eye Moody got at least five amusing/endearing lines each, for pretty transparant reasons. They certainly made it darker, too - when they're in Malfoy Manor and Bellatrix has Hermione upstairs, she screams in such a way that made me shudder; like she really is being heinously tortured.

And... that's all the random things I can think about. Sadly, I think it will indeed herald a new flood of badfic, because new movie releases always do. It may be lesser than previous ones, though. I suspect the vast majority of it will be about the Harry-Ron-Hermione interrelationships - all shippers will easily find something to support their chosen pairings. Brace yourselves, mates.