Sunday, July 24, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2: the end of a decade

So, today I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. It was the end of a decade of Harry Potter´s movies, which is quite a lot of time, huh. And the thing that makes me write about as a real follower of the complete saga is that ever since the first one, I was always motivated to see the next one. And yes, that did include reading the complete seven books. What I get in the end are the things that I'll never forget like when Harry Potter finds out that it was Snape who was trying to keep on his broom on his first game of quidditch, Hagrid´s fascination for dragons and creatures that everyone else saw as monstrous; the branches of the whooping willow falling hard on the Weasley´s car; the hat that revealed the house of Hogwart´s students; seeing quidditch game for real, not just on the imagination; the hyppogriff that brought Draco Malfoy´s to the nurses; the time when Harry learns who was the real traitor that helped kill his parents; the Marauder´s Map that let people know where the rest are in Hogwarts; the time-turning device that Hermione carried arround throughout third year and that we only get to see half-way in the movie; Dobby, the elf of the Malfoy´s house; Harry, Hermione and Ron going to Hagrid´s house sneaking out in the night; the cloak that made Harry invisible; the amazing challenges of the Triwizard´s Tournament; the reporter that wrote whatever she wanted about the four people participating in it; Victor Krum and his relationship with Hermione; Hermione´s expected dress for the ball; the thrill of seeing how Harry tries to escape the basilisk that hears his every move, his near-death moment with Ginny Weasley; Snape´s way of talking that creeped everyone out (and may I say one of the best created villains in movies, certainly one of the best characters in the saga); the dementors that sucked life and spirit around everyone; professor Lockheart´s inability to control the pixies on his first class; the real-life chess on the first movie; Sirius´s house hidden from human view and the grouchy house elf that hated him and Harry; the obnoxious head inquisitor of Hogwarts that drove everyone at the school insane by all her rules and how she was driven out by the Weasley twins; fighting death-eaters in the Ministry of Magic; Bellatrix Strange with all her moves (quite a performance by Helena Bonham Carter); Draco Malfoy´s bitter fights towards Harry Potter and facing the fact that he was not as bad as he wanted people to see, that he was not a killer; Ron and Hermione´s relationship and the long-waited-for kiss.
I could just keep on writing about things that I liked, but I prefer to acknowledge that Ralph Fiennes´s role of Lord Voldemort was really wicked as well. I think that is the most important part of the movies: to be able to follow the plot and that you remember each character because of their personality, the way the actor falls and acts like his character and you are able to sympathize or hate, and at the same time, love what they have done with it.
Just amazing, what else can I say and hoping that I have not ruined everyone´s expectations for those who have not yet seen it, but hopefully I´ll get some comments from some of you about similar kind of experiences, so until next time, goodbye

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I read your post fairly quicly, so I won't comment much on Harry Potter, cause I'm not really a follower.
However, with regards to similar feeling about a movie, I felt very close to what you describe when Lord of the Rings came out. It was like watching all that you had imagined in your mind come to reality. Some things were accomplished better than others I thought. I really liked Barbol (treebeard), I thought it was outstanding the job they did on him. Same goes for Golum, a real treat to watch him come to life. That's all for now.
Love, Cristobal.