Before we went to the movie I was with some friends and we were talking about how worthless Ron is, just joking around. I said, I guarantee that ****ing ginger Ron gains like 30 pounds for the epilogue.

And he did.

Don't waste your money seeing it in 3d.

eh, not sure what the deal was here with pricing, but our 3d tickets were $9 as compared to the regular $8 for 2d and the usual ~$13 for 3d. Thought it was definitely worth the extra buck, but as stated previously I hadn't seen a 3d movie yet so was just as excited for that experience as I was the movie specifically.

Loved it. Great ending to the film series.

Damnit. Haven't seen it yet!

Saw it in 2d $5 matinee. Enjoyed it for what it was, an action flick that played to casualfan.jpeg. A few things bugged me:







The biggest revelation in this flick was imo, as an earlier poster mentioned, the vast difference in ability between the acting of the main three characters and the legends of British acting that surround them. Rickman, Smith, Fiennes, Gambon and Davis are all given copious amounts of screen time and they're all fantastic. Rickman in particular steals every scene he's in, playing the character with a serious amount of panache. He's so good that it almost overshadows everything else that's going on and you feel his every motivation and the resulting consequences deeply. Snape's tale and the emotions levied on the viewer mirrored the book in my mind. It felt as when Rowling wrote it so that by the end of the series it has become Snape's story just as much as Harry's.

On the other side Radcliffe is good. And capable as "the guy things happen to." Watson actually has some good dramatic moments. Grint is... just kind of there. I felt like he was the strongest actor of the three in the first two movies but really lost any charisma by the end of 7b. They're obviously working hard, but they're not experienced, great actors. And it hurts the series for a fan of film in general.

Still, completely worth the five bucks I spent to see it. Still not enough McGonagall but I said that after almost every movie.

Absolutely. Was her best moment of the series imo.

I really enjoyed the movie, and am looking forward to viewing it in succession with part one. I think the pacing will be great.

Just saw it. Haven't read the books.

Very very good movie. Guy who plays Voldemort steals the show imo. Just a total tour de force.

My only beef was the very end.....

In response to ^:

Eh, but it's not that it's a sober tone, it's that there's no acknowledgment at ALL, one way or the other. Very hollow imo.

Edit: Not just hollow. It was WEIRD. Almost awkward. It's not like there aren't many movies out there with similar scenes at the end - I can't remember any that had that kind of vibe.

The books had a bit of a different take on that scene you referenced. I think it would have been more to your liking.

movie was ****ing awesome, fantastic ending to a fantastic series

thing i was most pleased with probably

seeing this tommorow can't wait!!!

ah ok, thanks for clearing that up. They definitely make it come off weird in the movie but obviously the books have more detailed explanations so it's cool. I suppose they pretty much expect people to have read the book for certain parts.

I've a big question about the end of book/movie 2 and the end of the series:

rowling actually answered this question herself before. i believe her reasoning was that

You know, Fawkes could have just let him die and then they could have gathered the dragonballs and wished Harry back.

saw it tonight, blown away but I wanted more Hagrid!!!