OMFG HARRY POTTER IS OUT THIS WEEK LOLOLOLOLOL

[Cain]

Half the book was fluff and mytharc asspulling anyway, so shortening it is no great loss.

Book seven was an even worse offender for that.  Especially the mytharc business.  There is no fucking way she planned that ending out at all, except when she started to write book six, where there is a noticeable shift in writing style and plot complexity.  Its too half-assed, it screams retroactive relevance.

[Suu]

Book 6 is all fluff, it's that filler between "Gee, the last one was good, and I know how I want to end this, but I have to get there somehow."

General Stuart hasn't read any of the books, so a lot of stuff revealed in this one did sort of shock the fuck out of him, but other than that, it's primarily 500 pages of character development.

They succeeded in making me want to punch Lavender Brown equally between film and type, and Narcissa Malfoy has now given me evil costume ideas for the next year, that's for sure. Oh, and Tonks looks more like her book description now.

[Dysnomia]

Draco was hot for a little while while he was prancing about in his black suit, being all evul.  But he instantly became unattractive again when he pussed out in the end like always.

[Suu]

He's supposed to be a pussy, it all pans out.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

At the end I looked at Mr Squid and said "He comes back right? Like Gandalf....right?"

He just patted my back.








He'll come back. They always do.












right?

[Suu]

...And for those that believe in Santa Claus he IS real.

[Dysnomia]

I stopped reading the books after number three.  I still think Ron is the most sex-worthy of the whole cast (minus Hermoine of course).

[rubickspoop]

I went to the midnight showing and enjoyed it. The preview for Sherlock Holmes made me want to go postal.
The movie was quite entertaining. The cave scene was very well done, the bathroom fight with Malfoy was good, Ron's love potion scene was legit funny, and the quidditch looked phenomenal. The dude who played Slughorn was great, and the broad who played Luna once again blew me away (they should have written her into more scenes). WTF was up with the Burrow attack? And Malfoy? They made him look like more of a dufus than they should have. Way too much focus on the shitty teenage love pentagram. And they really butchered the last 50 pages or so. I was eagerly anticipating an epic battle and a great funeral scene, but I left the theatre disappointed. All in all, I thought it was better than any of the previous films.

[Suu]

Sherlock Holmes is an excuse to go to the movie theatre all Steampunked out.

I didn't think Draco was a doofus, I think they did him justice, especially how the scenes kept cutting to him all focused and shitting-bricks like, he was never brave to begin with. And I didn't miss the battle as much as the funeral. THAT pissed me off, it was like they Two Towered the thing and just decided to trail off when Harry is supposed to be sitting there telling Ginny he has to break up with her so he can go off and get Voldemort once and for all.

HBP is probably my least favorite out of all of them anyway, because of all the damn fluff. They also cut out Ron and Hermione finally sucking face.

However, it was filmed beautifully, the lighting and the angles were very well done (the Quidditch was FANTASTIC), and now that the kids have a lot more acting experience, they're not being slaughtered by bad direction like they were before.




...And Emma Watson starts Brown University in the fall. God have mercy on the city of Providence, the fanboys will be out in FORCE.

[the last yatto]

harry wears converse

[Cainad (dec.)]

Good points:
1) They included an acceptable amount of Quidditch. I seem to recall in past movies they would cut the Quidditch bits out.
2) Dumbledore got an epic Gandalf-esque moment shortly before he bit the dust.
3) A few bits made me crack the fuck up: "She only likes you because everyone thinks you're the chosen one!" "But I am the chosen one." *whack*
4) Luna Lovegood is hysterical and probably my favorite character in all the movies.
5) Slughorn was played well.

Fuck ups:
1) That does not qualify as an epic battle of Death Eaters vs. Howarts teachers.
2) Where's the damn funeral?



And in other news, Harry is short, LOL!

[Suu]

Yeah he is, holy shit. Dan Radcliffe seemed to stop growing. I blame Broadway.

[Cainad (dec.)]

I mean, couldn't they at least have given him those shoes with an extra inch of sole? Or did they do that already?

[Dysnomia]

Luna Lovegood is the shit. 

[Suu]

I can't wait to see how they pull off her father.