Both climaxes make perfect sense in the books, but both would be visually underwhelming and would not satisify movie crowds.
Good decision to change.....and I had no doubt that was what they were going to do.
the movie version of the battle was better in quite a few ways. I didn't want them to have a dialogue in the great hall for 5 mins and then cast one spell at each other. But I did Voldemort to be killed in front of everyone. I'm not sure exactly how I think it should have been done, but perhaps when Harry and Voldy went smoke-monster, they could have crashed through the Great Hall and had their fight there. Or there could have been people fighting in the courtyard (which in the movie is right by the Great Hall) and they halt what they're doing when they notice what's going on.
I thought about that all last night, and even had a moment where I was sure they would blast into the Great Hall. It just seemed so disjointed, and that harry/ron/hermione were separate from everyone else. I didn't get that from the books; everyone seemed like they were part of Something Bigger.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two
- 13/07/2011 11:17:42 PM
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I'm really, really looking forward to seeing this
- 14/07/2011 01:43:17 AM
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- 14/07/2011 01:43:17 AM
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Thinking about the film I found only two things to complain about *major spoiler*
- 15/07/2011 03:17:29 PM
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Re: Thinking about the film I found only two things to complain about *major spoiler*
- 15/07/2011 04:35:07 PM
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Really??
- 15/07/2011 05:26:25 PM
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No. Dom needs to re-read me thinks. *NM*
- 15/07/2011 08:15:11 PM
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Re: No. Dom needs to re-read me thinks.
- 15/07/2011 08:32:44 PM
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Re: Thinking about the film I found only two things to complain about *major spoiler*
- 15/07/2011 08:19:47 PM
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I did not like the last 40 minutes or so of the film. I expected so much more from ... *SPOILERS*
- 16/07/2011 02:49:50 AM
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I didn't really like it at first so I went to see it again today and walked out very satisfied. *NM*
- 16/07/2011 09:37:22 AM
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It's a great movie but...
- 16/07/2011 04:31:21 PM
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Re: It's a great movie but...
- 16/07/2011 05:24:43 PM
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That change had to be made, just like Frodo/Gollum/Mount Doom.....
- 16/07/2011 05:51:39 PM
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I didn't want it to be like the book
- 16/07/2011 06:39:30 PM
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I agree completely.
- 16/07/2011 07:36:25 PM
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You know, I kind of like that better than what happened in the book.
- 16/07/2011 10:27:47 PM
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Very much enjoyed
- 19/07/2011 01:00:22 AM
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I certainly think you're in the majority, re: 7.1 being easily the best movie in the series. *NM*
- 20/07/2011 11:35:13 PM
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Predictably disappointing, sad to say.
- 20/07/2011 11:31:38 PM
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Re: Predictably disappointing, sad to say.
- 31/07/2011 03:58:19 AM
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Yes, no surprise that you'd have more tolerance for the changes.
- 31/07/2011 11:22:41 AM
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Never read any of the books, but
- 30/07/2011 09:35:03 PM
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The books are more coherent, more humourous, and more complex, to sum it up.
- 30/07/2011 11:00:29 PM
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- 30/07/2011 11:00:29 PM
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What? Goblet of Fire was my favorite by far until Deathly Hallows 1 came out. *NM*
- 01/08/2011 07:05:00 PM
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Feel like taking a survey about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two.
- 03/08/2011 09:01:45 AM
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