I just got back from the night show of Deathly Hallows Part 2 and I have to say IT. IS. FUCKING. AWESOME. I got my hands on the Blu Ray for Part 1 earlier this week, to make sure I could see them both on the same day - watching P1 at home, and half an hour later, P2 in the theatre, I had an almost back-to-back experience.
I didn't think much of Part 1 - it was too slow-paced and Yates seems to be a hardcore Harmony shipper (topless kissing, anyone? Not that I'm complaining about seeing any part of Emma Watson's body, but still...). Anyway, I kinda figured they wanted to get all the boring stuff out of the way with Part 1 so they could concentrate on the Battle of Hogwarts for Part 2, and yup, that's exactly what happened. Less than thirty minutes into the movie, we're back at Hogwarts and the fighting starts.
As usual, they've cut out or changed some stuff that you might or might not have issue with - Arianna's story is never told, for instance, and Snape's childhood friendship with Lily doesn't get enough spotlight - although his love for her does show, and you actually feel for the character - even before the pensieve-flashbacks, when you see Snape standing over the school in the intro, the emo-turmoil shows in his face. Gotta hand it to the actor, doing what he did with what little screen time he had. Other changes include (teeny-tiny spoiler here) Harry snapping the Elder Wand in half and throwing it away instead of returning it to Dumbledore's grave - which IMO is extremely stupid, 'cause I'm pretty sure the most powerful wand in the world, the fucking Deathstick, isn't supposed to just crack in two like that.
Deathly Hallows review - Part 1
I just got back from the night show of Deathly Hallows Part 2 and I have to say IT. IS. FUCKING. AWESOME. I got my hands on the Blu Ray for Part 1 earlier this week, to make sure I could see them both on the same day - watching P1 at home, and half an hour later, P2 in the theatre, I had an almost back-to-back experience.
I didn't think much of Part 1 - it was too slow-paced and Yates seems to be a hardcore Harmony shipper (topless kissing, anyone? Not that I'm complaining about seeing any part of Emma Watson's body, but still...). Anyway, I kinda figured they wanted to get all the boring stuff out of the way with Part 1 so they could concentrate on the Battle of Hogwarts for Part 2, and yup, that's exactly what happened. Less than thirty minutes into the movie, we're back at Hogwarts and the fighting starts.
As usual, they've cut out or changed some stuff that you might or might not have issue with - Arianna's story is never told, for instance, and Snape's childhood friendship with Lily doesn't get enough spotlight - although his love for her does show, and you actually feel for the character - even before the pensieve-flashbacks, when you see Snape standing over the school in the intro, the emo-turmoil shows in his face. Gotta hand it to the actor, doing what he did with what little screen time he had. Other changes include (teeny-tiny spoiler here) Harry snapping the Elder Wand in half and throwing it away instead of returning it to Dumbledore's grave - which IMO is extremely stupid, 'cause I'm pretty sure the most powerful wand in the world, the fucking Deathstick, isn't supposed to just crack in two like that.
(...contd in review Part 2)