Saw Harry Potter Part Two — Page 2

*spoilers* (although I don't know why you're reading this thread if you don't want to be spoiled)

I saw it at midnight. It was worth being a zombie at work this morning. I loved it. Possibly one of my favorites of all the movies.

I think this movie, more than any of the others, managed to include all the moments I thought were important from the book. My sister and I were hitting each other in anticipation as soon as we could tell that our favorite moments were going to happen- like when the sword of Gryffindor appeared to Neville, and when Snape met alone with Voldemort in the boat house. Speaking of which, god, I was a wreck during the Prince's Tale. When Snape made his Patronus, I lost it.

The Molly Weasley line got a big cheer in the theatre, of course, but my favorite part of that scene has never been that she called Bellatrix a bitch, but that Molly Weasley, stay-at-home mom, was the one who took down the most powerful Deatheater. That's what I loved about Harry Potter- the most unexpected people end up being the heroes- Neville, Mrs. Weasley, Dobby- so I'm so glad those moments were included in the movie.

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I was just looking at the reviews and it's raves across the board. Looks like a serious contender for Best Picture. I'm looking forward to seeing it this weekend.

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I always consult the Top Critics, which are at 100%! All critics includes too many unknown blogs and fan sites.

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I wasn't even given the cute eyeglass-shaped glasses. The theater I was at gave out Dolby Digital glasses.

Oh - and Alan Rickman MUST receive an Academy Award nomination for this. There's just no question about that.

I cannot wait to see this tonight!

Your enthusiasm has me really excited!

I just got back and I am at a loss for words. It was absolutely beautiful. Could it have been better? Yeah, but I'm not going to complain. That was the best movie in the series with fantastic performances from everyone involved. The Prince's Tale and The Forest Again had me bawling me eyes out. I even enjoyed the epilogue solely for the throwback to the original score which just sent me into hysterics again. Alan Rickman deserves every nomination under the sun for his performance. Wow I can't even think right now, I'm still tearing up. Thank you JK Rowling for these past 11 or 12 years of my life. These stories and characters will continue to live on thanks to your beautiful words and the cinematic adaptations. I am forever grateful.

JK Rowling is personally responsible for creating a generation of readers. For that, she deserves every penny she's made from this franchise.

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Now that I can be more coherent in my thoughts, I'll say a few things:

I thought it would have been perfect if
1) Dumbledore explained why Harry could go back and he didn't have to die
2) It didn't look like Snape had botox in the otherwise beautiful Prince's Tale

I agree with everyone that Alan Rickman was truly amazing.

It's pretty clear that this movie is really only meant for people who have seen/read the previous ones. These two girls sitting behind me had never seen a Harry Potter movie and were annoyingly talking about how bad it was afterward. I really wanted to yell at them. I sort of laughed to myself in Shell Cottage when Harry said "that vault could have a Horcrux--another piece of his soul for us to destroy" because if anyone in the theater didn't know what a Horcrux is, there would be no chance in saving them.

This movie had a few references to what had happened in the books but not the movies, like Harry already knowing about Lupin's son, Ron saying "maybe he's in the room of requirement. It doesn't show up on the map, you said that last year", etc. I wondered how these moments worked for the people who hadn't read the books.

I saw it in imax 3d, both of which were unnecessary, but I felt like they didn't detract from the movie. I had read an interview with someone on the visual effects team who said that in 3d, the two big scenes that look really awesome are the Gringotts vault and the Room of Requirement fire scene, but neither of them really benefitted from 3d.

They really jumped right into the story. They included the scene in which Voldemort steals the elder wand, and then went straight into the conversations at Shell Cottage. I was quite happy that they decided not to waste any time warming up to the story.

I have thought that Steve Kloves's Harry Potter screenplays have really included too much humor in recent years, and this was no exception, but I sort of just decided to stop laughing at things and that really helped me appreciate the deep, intimate moments, that often immediately followed jokes that got huge laughs. Although I did appreciate a number of jokes in the movie, a couple I could have done without.

Everyone cheered at Mrs Weasley's line, Neville cutting off the snake's head, and a few other moments. This was good because I knew that I would have to applaud those moments no matter what happened.

Starting when Mrs Weasley killed Bellatrix, I sort of realized that this is really the end, and I became a sobbing mess. it was a really emotional night. The only other time I cried that hard was at Next to Normal.

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were looking out in the final shot before the epilogue, it was beautiful. The movie could have ended there, but I thought that the epilogue was really great. It was funny and intended to be a little campy, and it all worked. And I just have to say, how awesome must it be for those 12-year-old kids to be featured in the end of the final Harry Potter movie?

It looked quite cheesy. I figured it was necessary as Snape is only supposed to be 21 in that scene, but there was no reason they couldn't just decide that they were all older than in the books. My qualms about the botox were, however, made up for by Alan Rickman's beautiful performance.

There is indeed Oscar buzz for the film, especially given the option of 10 films. The question is whether the nomination comes ala Toy Story 3 or Return of the King (a win). I would be very happy with a Rickman nomination, and it doesn't seem far fetched given the way the Academy thinks--it would be recognition for a brilliant character in 8 films and for a marvelous actor, who I don't recall ever being nominated.

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The only reason I saw it in 3D was because when I handed the woman my ticket (I bought a ticket for the regular 2D showing) she handed me glasses so I just went into the 3D show. 3D added some nice depth to the picture but that's about it. I see absolutely no reason to pay the extra money to see this in anything other than standard 2D.

I was sad that I missed the midnight showing, but ultimately I think it worked out for the best as I was able to do the first showing this morning at the AMC (and for $6, gotta love that), with a very less crowded theatre and no line waiting to get in.

I started reading this books 10 years ago when working on A Christmas Carol because the kids left multiple copies around the green room. I was hooked. It's crazy to think that it's really over, but that was one hella fantastic way to end it.

This movie hit me so emotionally. Like others I feel Alan Rickman needs to be recognized come awards time. It was amazing to see Maggie Smith get to finally command the screen for those few moments, as I feel she was underused in the films before this. I also loved how Helena Bonham Carter was able to channel some of Emma Watson's mannerisms for the Gringott's scenes.

Basically I was choking back tears for much of the movie and full on sobbing for many scenes. You're going to find people who will always have something to gripe about in terms of what was left out, but I really think we got the best possible movie we could realistically want, especially as some of the things that I have already seen people complain about have been ignored since the beginning and would have felt out of place suddenly being thrown in now (like the involvement of the Hogwarts Houselves).