tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post6400450647114162..comments2024-03-29T07:22:38.372+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two (dir. David Yates, 2011)Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-48301164751823309342011-07-23T17:28:44.075+01:002011-07-23T17:28:44.075+01:00I can live without Dumbledore's story, I wasn&...I can live without Dumbledore's story, I wasn't really sure how I felt about that anyway and Snape's is more important. Wish there'd been time for more Snape!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-53562860841161018652011-07-22T18:52:04.864+01:002011-07-22T18:52:04.864+01:00Part 2 definitely works... as Part 2. As a stand-a...Part 2 definitely works... as Part 2. As a stand-alone movie it doesn't work (whereas Part 1 did)<br /><br />I had a blast! Cried, laughed and sat on the edge of my seat throughout it. So sad it's over!!!<br /><br />(still wished we could have gotten more of Dumbledore's story though, no point in calling the film Deathly Hallows when they barely mention the damn things)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-36184135352791750342011-07-19T10:29:51.718+01:002011-07-19T10:29:51.718+01:00We're going tonight. We'd meant to go over...We're going tonight. We'd meant to go over the weekend, but we actually forgot it had come out. I'm glad to hear that Neville got his Moment of Awesome, even if it wasn't quite as awesome as it should have been.<br /><br />Concerning Draco's name, there is probably one other influence on top of those you mentioned. Given that his mother is a Black, the constellation Draco may have been the direct inspiration for his name. The constellation represents either the dragon who guarded the Golden Fleece, the one who guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides and provided the poison for Herakles' arrows, or the dragon killed by Cadmus. Take your pick.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-43201628030464336242011-07-18T19:17:16.843+01:002011-07-18T19:17:16.843+01:00I loved Part 1, which somehow worked better as a f...I loved Part 1, which somehow worked better as a film - Part 2 is a bit too much dramatic climax and not enough of anything else, but it works!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-24301731109826985102011-07-18T19:12:54.657+01:002011-07-18T19:12:54.657+01:00I have been a little dubious about this. The Death...I have been a little dubious about this. The Deathly Hallows book, in my opinion, could happily lose a fifth of the length, and not having seen part 1 I'm not sure how it could be cut in half and not lose dramatic tension. I will be going to the cinema to see it, though!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-19194104462450847042011-07-18T14:44:18.323+01:002011-07-18T14:44:18.323+01:00Well, I hope you're right, but, still, she won...Well, I hope you're right, but, still, she won't be doing a remake of _The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie_ anytime soon....NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-50182755189011020292011-07-18T13:37:53.300+01:002011-07-18T13:37:53.300+01:00I wouldn't write Maggie Smith off yet - Angela...I wouldn't write Maggie Smith off yet - Angela Lansbury was still doing films until the noughties!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-20340953697922292252011-07-18T13:32:39.799+01:002011-07-18T13:32:39.799+01:00Oh, and Maggie Smith, whom I adore. But, damn, she...Oh, and Maggie Smith, whom I adore. But, damn, she's getting old! I kept thinking they must have had to haul her out of her wheelchair and prop her up for each scene. Ah, well. Probably the last film she'll ever do; going out with a bang, I guess.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-73314703003273086892011-07-18T13:31:10.041+01:002011-07-18T13:31:10.041+01:00Just saw it last night, and it was pretty good. I&...Just saw it last night, and it was pretty good. I'd watch Alan Rickman do a one-man Snape show for two hours straight; he's the main reason I go to see Harry Potter films at all. Well, him and Emma Watson; I think Hermione is really a far more important character than Harry, who, to be honest, is pretty much a dweeb.<br /><br />Anyway, we got extra Snape last night, and that's a good thing. Though the makeup was a bit odd -- made him look like a mannequin sometimes.<br /><br />And, yes, Helena Bonham Carter was just aces as Hermione! For a minute there, I thought maybe they had just done a bit of a makeup job on Emma Watson -- but, no! The woman is amazing.<br /><br />And they say good film music just fades into the background and sets the mood without being noticed -- in which case, I suppose the music did its job, as it was entirely forgettable except for the little touches of John Williams's original score.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-29345939077050381352011-07-18T13:12:43.941+01:002011-07-18T13:12:43.941+01:00By the way, I've added my personal order of pr...By the way, I've added my personal order of preference for books and films to my Harry Potter index page - though these do tend to change every five minutes! http://popclassicsjg.blogspot.com/2000/01/harry-potter.htmlJuliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.com