Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - who has seen it, and what did you think?

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I have been looking forward to this film for yonks!!

went last night - enjoyed it, but didn't love it (obviously I will require a second viewing for the love to form)

Certainly didn't find it 'darker' than the last one (though it think Part 2 will be!)

Christmas, I think this was clearly the best of the films. Don't watch the others expecting the same. The first two are atrocious toss.

Christmas - did you manage to follow what was happening ? Me and DH have read all the books and even we were a bit at some bits.

I think the first was is really good if you can get past the cringey kids acting.

LOL at the Snape comments. His hair certainly looks like it's got its mojo back, and he just looks cleaner somehow. It's not right!

I can normally drool over Snape with the best of them, but his face looked puffy in the snippet that he was in, like he had some work done.

Yes, how HAS Snape managed to wash his hair for the first time in seven films, just at the point where Lucius Malfoy has stopped shaving and his wife stopped putting her hair up? Mysterious. :o

I thoroughly enjoyed it. A lot of subtlety was missed, though not as much as the 4-6 (certainly not as much as 6) but that's the nature of film over books, I think ... Thought Rhys Ifans was nothing at all as Xenophilius, but that wasn't the acting so much as the part was really under-written.

Emma Watson has improved SO much though - read a description of her in film 6 as 'a Tourettic My Little Pony' which made me snort - the torture scene was amazing, really quite disturbing.

I only drool over literary Snape, in my head he is a younger Rickman and not so fluffy haired.

I think that Helen McCrory is all wrong for Narcissa.

Tis true Snape's hair is rather bouffant in this one.

I really hope they do the whole Snape memory scene as in the book, he has to have his moment.

Enjoyed it but would have enjoyed it far more if we had not been sitting in front of two 13 year old girls who giggled and commented in loud voices throughout. Lots of people shushed them but made no difference. They are in DS2s year at school - I would have been very vocal back but he was mortified. Was amazed at such oblivious selfishness.

Had low expectations and only went becasue DS1 did not want DS2 to go with him & his friends so took DS2 & his friend (both 10) - but thought it was a vast improvement on the previous ones, as other posters have said - much better acting. Read the book so long ago have forgoten the details now, so no probs over the differences tho' the boys were a bit indignant about some of them. Now am actually looking forward thot the next one, never expected that!

I've not seen films 5 and 6, but read all the books, and I was very impressed with this one, I thought it shot wel above it's weight (is that the phrase?)

It was a very atmospheric piece of film, beautifully shot, and I agree that Emma Watson's acting was outstanding, although Helena B-C's brief scenes were very memorable.

I noticed that JK Rowling was one of the three producers, and wondered how hands on she'd been with this.

Echoing others, I was dismayed at the missing 'she's just a sister to me' line from Harry to Ron. The cynic in me wondered if the film was trying to tap into the Twilight series love triangle 'woman choosing between two men' thing to appeal to non-readers-of-the-books audiences, which isn't in the book at all. But hopefully it's been stored up for a moving scene in the final part.

Loved the Ministry of Magic scenes most of all - all those Nazi guards, the pure-blood kangaroo courts and Stalinist propaganda leaflets. It's suddenly become quite deep!

PS, anyone know if the Forest of Dean scenes were filmed in the Forest of Dean?

I remember, it's 'punched above its weight' isn't it. Must be spending too much time with Americans at the moment...

Would it be very sad to go and see it again this week????
I quite fancy a bit of self indulgent sobbing during the sad bits...
I am really looking forward to the final part...started reading the book again last night, for the millionth time.
I wonder when the DVD will be out?
But as for the film,
Alan Rickman did look old and puffy,
Jason Issacs was excellent as Malfoy, and I didn't mind Narcissa either. And of course it's integral to the plot that her hair is now down
I agree that Emma Watson has improved so much,.... and Rupert Grint.
Just leaves Dan Radcliffe then, missing the acting gene. I was watching the making of programme last night, He is exactly the same as both Harry and Dan bless him.

YY to Nazi-esque staff in the Ministry. I said exactly the same to dp - very good indeed.

JK Rowling was very hands-on with this one.

The Forest of Dean scenes were filmed in Swinley Forest in Windsor...

Rupery has definately been working out since HBP :o

Rupert

I didn't go but DH has been (being a bit of a film buff).

Dd (5) is really quite into the DVDs, but DH came home saying there is no way she can see it until she is 16, due to the gruesome nature of it...

And he's usually really liberal about these things (unlike me who quakes at Dr Who)...

He thought it was a brilliant film, but not for children...

Yes, Rupert's arms are HUGE! :)

Daniel R looks really small now - but I did find amusement in the way they found several ways to show him topless... And I watched 'The making of' programme last night and loved his glee at the fact that he'd got an Equus poster put up on the wall of the cafe!

I'm going again tomorrow.

Roonil - I love your name and I am very . I have been begging dp to go again and he won't.

The problem with Snape is that Rickman really is too old to be playing him. It's a shame because there isn't anyone else more perfect for the role, but he needs to be 20 years younger. Snape is under 40. Yes, he is worn and tired, but Rickman is over 60 and it looks like they have spent a lot of time making him look younger and it has done bad things to him.

I really enjoyed the film, but was sorry they missed out the bit with Lupin being distraught about the baby he and Tonks were having, the nice bit at the start where Dudley shows some appreciation towards Harry and the part where Kreecher becomes more friendly. These parts aren't essential to the plot, but do add something. I also wonder how they are going to explain Dumbledores family history. Pt 2 perhaps? You need it to understand his character.