I solemnly swear I am up to no good

[NewJeffCT]

and, up past my bedtime. But, I promised my daughter that if she finished the Potter series before midnight tonight, I'd take her to the midnight premiere of the final Harry Potter movie. And, she finished the books this past weekend.

The finale looks epic.

Will give a report on the finale tomorrow - waiting for the big scene where Voldemort says, "Harry, I am your father..."



Mischief Managed.

 

[billd91]

My wife and 13-year old are there now. I'm taking the 6-year old tomorrow evening.

 

[NewJeffCT]

mischief managed.

good movie overall - the shortest Potter movie, I think. Clocked in at under 2 hours

 

[billd91]

Really? imdb.com says its runtime is 130 minutes.

 

[NewJeffCT]

Really? imdb.com says its runtime is 130 minutes.

hmm, I think if you tack on previews and closing credits, you might get up to 130 minutes.

However, after they gave out small prizes to audience members in costume, they started the advertisements and a lot of previews and the movie started around 12:20am. Since my daughter is young, we left as soon as the credits started rolling and we were in the parking lot at 2:16am.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Mischief managed.

Nicely done, all around.

 

[NewJeffCT]

I liked the movie overall, but I also felt that of all the Potter movies, this is the one where they changed the most from the book, and some of it was not really needed.

 

[Janx]

i read the book when it came out, and don't remember it well enough, other than the general gist and the epilogue.

I thought the final climax was a bit anti-climactic. it just needed one more wand blast and a "yippee kaiyay mother...."

 

[NewJeffCT]

i read the book when it came out, and don't remember it well enough, other than the general gist and the epilogue.

I thought the final climax was a bit anti-climactic. it just needed one more wand blast and a "yippee kaiyay mother...."

In the books... swipe for spoilers

Spoiler

Voldemort and Harry duel inside and in front of everybody instead of outdoors & alone like the movie. The books make it more circular as well - the killing curse again rebounds, but this time it kills Voldemort for good because all of his horcruxes were destroyed. In the movie, the two spells "duel" in mid-air, but Harry's spell overpowers Voldy's. Also, in the books, right before that public showdown with Voldy, Harry revealed himself - all of his friends and allies in the book thought he was dead in the books until that moment. In the movie, Harry almost immediately rolls out of Hagrid's arms and runs off to hide - so, all of his friends & allies know he was alive. I like the book version better because it showed that his friends and allies were still willing to fight, even though Harry was "dead".

 

[Dragon Sin-Camealot]

"It can't be all things to all people"

So be prepared to be dissapointed and enjoyed at a new movie. In order to like all of it or none of it you'd have to be pretty weird imo.