Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part The First

[windemere]

No real spoilers here, unless by some act of God you have not read the books.

Can I just say, Emma Watson, that you may have become my favourite actress of all time.  You are amazing and brilliant and you are so much better than book Hermione.  Thank gods for little girls everywhere.  If they grow up to be like you, this world might actually be saved.

I can only imagine how confusing certain aspects of this movie must be to people who didn't read Books 6 & 7.  Because there were quite a few jumps that had me going 'wait, what? oh, right, way to skip the backstory!'  On the upshot, this means that all my favourite bits are BACK IN!  I am going to spend most of Part The Second bawling, I know this.  Because OMG, Bill and Fleur are so cute and Tonks and Remus and George, oh George, and Ginny was only in this movie for like five seconds, but the girl is going to destroy me in the next one.

I have this insane and impossible wish that I could read Book 7 for the first time right now.  I really wish I didn't know what was going to happen.  This one ended pretty much where I thought it would end, and it made sense too, even if non book people were probably sitting in the theatre going 'wait a minute...'  And it was a good go at the boring part of Book 7, the Hermione, Harry and Ron walking part.  Similar in many ways to the Sam, Frodo, Gollum walking part.  This one had a bit more adventure and twists in it then Two Towers (thankfully) but in the end it is still a lot of apparating from one place to another and almost getting caught.  All the battle stuff happens in the next one (I hope).  Still, they kept it all in this one, even knowing it was going to drag in places and be a lot of moments of Harry or Ron or Hermione just sitting there staring off across beautiful Scottish landscapes.  

All in all, pretty good for a Part I. 

Comments

[magicalrachel.livejournal.com]

I'm going to see it tonight and I am *so excited*. Yes. And as an ardent Hermione fan you just made me very happy. :D :D

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[eldanna.livejournal.com]

She is awesome! I'd watch a whole movie just about Hermione. Seriously, these casting people had no idea what they did when they chose her ten years ago.

Also, Ron was pretty great this movie. I am hoping for Good Things for Part II.

[magicalrachel.livejournal.com]

I saw it last night and am so happy with how it turned out!

Emma Watson is love. I could not love Hermione more than I do right now. She was just brilliant.

I've read some comments where people have said they thought the pacing of the movie was too slow. I thought it was just right; how about you?

Ron and Harry were both great, I thought.

Judging by this one, Good Things can indeed be anticipated for Part II. :D

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[eldanna.livejournal.com]

I've heard the same comment; the thing is, the book is slow! But there's so many things you learn (if you hadn't read it, I mean) that it's important. Besides, I think Two Towers has proved that you can have a good movie, even if it has slow parts!

Part II is going to be fantastic!

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

I agree. Thrilled with how much I liked the film (although I'm sorry we didn't get more Dumbledore backstory, maybe some in part 2? I liked how in the book Harry questioned what he'd known about Dumbledore). I think they did an excellent job of not letting the film get too boring as well, I was worried about that. Can't wait for the final part!

How goes the nano? I'm behind but on a mission to catch up. My characters are being very reluctant to talk to one another right now, we'll see what happens! Good luck with yours!

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

OMG, mine are doing the same thing! I just got to the REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION part and they just won't...converse! I can't get out any of the important crap. I am going to be behind today because of it. And tomorrow I have an hour 8 shift, so probably not going to catch up then. Hopefully it all works out by the end of the week. I am willing to take Friday to catch up, if I have to.

Good luck with yours!