Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the SPOILER thread!

I thought it was brilliant, very exciting, but the ending was a slight anticlimax - I really wanted her to do a 'jackie collins' and say in the last chapter what happened to each of the main characters, ie : Luna Lovegood married Dean Thomas, McGonagall became headmistress, Neville's gran became 2nd in command at the ministry, George carried on with his chain of Weasley's Wizzard Wheezes in partnership with Lee Jordan, Umbridge got sacked and ended up begging in the streets, etc etc. I also wanted to know what Harry ended up doing for a career!
But loved so many bits - Mrs Weasley taking Bellatrix down, Dobby's rescue of everyone in the cellar, Hermione's beaded bag, Hermione's wreath at James and Lily's grave, McGonagall's charge down the corridor with the desks, and best line has to be "he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo he wants to".
I must also confess to be most upset at the deaths of Hedwig and Dobby, rather than the humans.
ps. I got the adult cover of the book too - will happily swop it with anyone who has the children's cover, as that was the one I wanted but my buyer forgot!!

She didn't say what Harry's job was did she? I would have thought an auror would have been more fitting - in honour of Moody.

I thought the book was great, it supposed to have a happy ending, it's a children's book!!

I LOVED Molly seeing off Bellatrix's sorry arse it was my favourite bit, except maybe for Aberforth's Patronus

I was devasted when Dobby died, as the people at the neighbouring table in Dublin airport would agree and was shocked that Lupin and Tonks, bit the died I thought at least one of them would make it.

Only a true Gryffindor can pull the sword from the hat as Harry did in COS and as Neville has shown himself to be.

No, she couldn't have done that. Didn't you notice that none of the Hogwarts teachers appeared to have families? If Harry had become headteacher, he couldn't have married Ginny.

The sword was the magic of the hat and truly belonging to Hogwarts kind of thing

I thought the ending was pants. REALLY disappointed with it. Right up to almost the end was awesome, then she went and wrecked it by being so obvious
sigh

The film should be pretty good in places however, especially the CGI for the wedding and the Big Battle at the end

Loved it, it was fab will discuss more later whn i have more time!

COUldn't of had a better ending, i lke that it was predicatable and i supported |Snape throughout i knew he was good!

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RubeusDuck, I thought that too!

I enjoyed it. It was quite cheesy in some parts but still enjoyable.

Poor Hedwig and Dobby. I had a tear in my eye too when Harry was going off to face his death and asked his mum to stay close to him

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What was the significance of the wailing baby when he was "dead" talking to Dumbledore, anyone know?

I kind of assumed it was the part of Voldemort attached to Harry that was now dead, but wasn't 100% sure...

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I enjoyed it. Was shocked by Hedwig but suppose he couldn't have lugged her around in her cage all the time.

Was really moved by Dobby's death.

Wasn't sure where the sword came from at the end? Did the goblins come back or was Neville meant to have pulled it out of the air like Harry pulled it out of the hat?

Wasn't Bill bitten by a werewolf? Does that mean the his child getting together with lupins child is going to produce a very hairy infant!

Thought the metting with Dumbledore/ near-death experience was a bit corny but liked the line about it all being in his head but still real.

Liked the idea of the epilogue but thought it was a bit weak. It would have been good to have a lot more humour at the end after all the bloodshed and drama, stuff about Teddy being an orphan and Harry the godfather etc. Thought that last bit was rushed when it could have finished it all off nicely.

It was like an anniversary episode of neighbours, with Helen Daniels, Madge, Scott n Charlene turning up

Ahem, I reckon my Ginny days are a bit past. But I was very impressed with Mrs W. I am Molly, hear me roar!

I did rather love the bit where everyone gets together to join in the final chorus - sorry, I mean battle.

And iir they were not tall red haired women either!

So are we casting you and Ginnie or Molly????

Hell yeah, I agree with the point about Meeting Your True Lurve at 11, oh we all know how well that works out usually, do we not[hmmm]

However, my friends, you have missed the real moral of this tale, which is...

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A RED-HEADED WOMAN.

Did you note, gentle readers, that Harry's mum in flashback has 'long dark red hair'? And let's hear it for Mrs Weasley, red haired middle aged mother extraordinaire, destroying Voldemort's most trusty henchwoman (and therefore making it possible for Harry to pop Voldemort's clogs) with one cry of BITCH!!!

I suppose there was not much to surprise, but a lot to enjoy. I thought it panned out very well. I was afraid it would be a let down, and it wasn't.

Was anyone actually surprised by any of the contents?

Most of it had been discussed and agreed on before (RAB, Harry as Horcrux, Snape good etc). Even Dumbledore's past wasn't a huge surprise (had been discussing in the queue with Psycho that Dumbledore would have a darker past like Ripper/Giles in Buffy and could lead to spin off books "Albie, the Early Years!")

I think the only thing that surprised me much was Hedwig!!!

I thought it was really good. Much better than OOTP. I was right about Harry being a Horcrux too.

Feel slightly weird about the King Arthur thing and the Jesus theme. Can't decide if it was really good or a bit..you know...

anyone think there might be a spin off with Harry's children and Malfoy's kids at Hogwarts?

Enjoyed it, but felt the half blooded prince and order of the pheonix were a lot better (a lot darker as well).

Not at all sure about that final off to Hogwarts scene.

Rather pleased snape turned out the way he did.

damn shame about Hedwig then...I really loved that owl (sob)

had a spokeswoman for childline on TV saying they would put extra staff on to cope with kiddies who might be grieving for the characters who died......!!!

No, that was slightly wrong. 4 and a half hours. In bits. Now my brain is too awake to go to sleep...

I have just finished. My whole mind is spinning (partly by the realisation the whole thing took me abtou 3 and three quarter hours).

Will now read the thread .