I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at 4:59 am this morning. It was thunder-storming, and dark, and I had been up all night (except for falling asleep for an hour and a half at about 2:00 am), so I wasn't in the idea position to be reading about Voldemort killing a bunch of people.
Deaths:
Fred- I knew he died from the beginning, but it did not make me any less distraught. Fred and George were one of my favorite characters, well, everyone who died was one of my favorite characters, but Fred especially. They were just so happy, and then...then they weren't, and I do't decided a bout how I feel about that. Well, actually I can- I would've much rather had Ron die than Fred. I was honestly not that emotionally attached to any of the main characters (maybe Hermoine), so when he actually died I was just begging for it to not to be real, even though I knew it was, and I am so so so so mad about it. FRED COME BACK!!! It made me very angry that they just went on killing people after Fred was killed, and it just pissed me off, and I am going to be so...so...so everything when I watch the movies tonight. WHY COULDN'T HAVE YOU BEEN THERE TO SEE THE END!!! I NEEDED YOU! I NEED YOU!!!!!!
Lupin and Tonks- I didn't know they died, and when they were described, sitting next to Fred, sleeping under the stars, I thought they were actually sleeping. I did not want to admit that they were dead and that their son would be an orphan. They were also some of my favorite characters, and I was just...just no. They needed to be there. THEY NEEDED TO BE THERE! WHY WEREN'T THEY THERE!!!!
Snape- This one affected me the most. It came as a total shock to me that the died, and so when it happened, I couldn't...I just couldn't do it. Fred I knew about in advance, Lupin and Tonks I kind of guessed, but I thought Snape would live forever. And then those memories...I am emotionally scarred from his death. Again, he is one of my favorite characters, and so when Nagini bit him, the shock and sadness made me feel so many things.
Colin- It makes him out to be that weird first year that was obsessed with harry, but in reality he was only a year younger, and the way they reacted to his death didn't fit with me, so I wasn't really upset about him.
Moody- Again, I didn't feel as though they treated his death properly, so I wasn't that sad about his death. It did come as a shock to me, and I did really like him, but it just wasn't what it could've been.
Favorite Characters:
Fred and George because they brought so much happiness to me while I read it, and usually I don't love those characters, but I did in Harry Potter.
Snape and Malfoy (Draco) because they were so conflicted, and that is what I love to see in characters. I think the reason I didn't love the main characters was because their intentions were clear from the beginning, and they knew what they were going to do, and where they were going with it. Malfoy hesitated in Half-Blood Prince, and then tried being normal in the end, and this was how I feel, metaphorically. I don't know if I'm doing the right things, and I may be wrong when I do them, but it is learning. Snape was all over the place, and I didn't know how to feel about him, except for the fact that I did always trust him (granted, like I've said, I knew from the start he killed Dumbledore). I love that one scene in book 6 where Harry totally disses Snape, which may have been one of my favorite moments in the book. I am going to miss Snape...
Lupin because he was always there, and he was always good. It was just so real that he died with Tonks, and I couldn't handle that. When he was introduced in book 3 (which I think is my favorite), I instantly loved him. He helped Harry and the others so much, and his relationship with Harry's parents and Sirius was something I will cherish forever. (Anyone else pissed that Pettigrew lived?) So, yes, I loved Lupin, and again, I could feel him a lot. I knew that Luna was a (probably?) the character that was supposed to exemplify "being different", but I could feel it a lot more with Lupin.
Tonks because I love her full name, and Lupin.
(I was pressured to love Luna, but I found her book self to be much more underdeveloped that her movie self. Good casting.) (Same thing for Malfoy, except I think he wasn't as bad as Luna in the books. Tom Felton just did an amazing job in the Half-Blood Prince.)
Movies:
Goblet of Fire was the worst adaptation, barbecue I know in books 5 and 6 they completely leave out the Quidditch thing, but I could feel the differences much more dramatically in 4. That said, anyone else find it odd that the Order of the Phoenix was almost three times as long of a book, but a 30 minute shorter movie. I think this is the books fault, not saying that it was bad, but saying that I think there were a few unnecessary, and dragging elements to it.
The visual effects in the Order of the Phoenix were amazing, and I re watched the movie almost immediately after I finished it for the first time. I think the editing and directing was better for not-intense scenes in the earlier movies, but in the earlier movies, the intense scenes suffered. Also, you can see their acting skills improving with the movies, and when there is that two year long gap between 4 and 5 you can very clearly see the age difference with Harry.
I am yet to watched the Deathly Hallows parts 1 and 2, so that may come later, but, for now...
I also was very fond of the changing in films while the movies were made.
The movies were great. Honestly, great.
Favorites:
I loved the Marauders Map, and obviously because it came from Fred and George, I loved it more, but as a piece in and of itself, I loved it.
My favorite scene so far is the battle between the Order and the Death Eaters in book 5. It was just so intense, and then the movie made it even better. I cannot stress enough about how much I loved that scene, and how I want to just watch it on repeat until my eyes burn out. Everything while they're in the Department of Mysteries was very amazing, in the book and movie. The movie did a better job with the dueling, but the book did a better job with the finding of the Prophecy.
The last part with Mrs Weasly. That was just the greatest.
I will have more later...
Dislikes:
J. K. Rowling wasn't great at writing dialogue and intense scenes. She got better at the intense scenes, but worse at the dialogue kept going. Also, when Harry dies for a moment, I really didn't like that. Also, how they dealt with a lot of Death (especially the ones that I held dear to my heart)
Ending:
I was completely satisfied with it, and I wasn't expecting to be. I was expecting the urge to need to re-read the series immediately, but I find that I don't think I'll want to do that for a while. I also expected a huge book hangover, and I am sort of in one, but I don't think I would completely crumble if I picked up The Catcher in the Rye (I want to read classics right now). The shipping that I had going was kind of disappointing, and not knowing where everyone went from the book also upsetting, but overall it was very good. The names of the children were eh with me, but that was probably because I am not okay with Snape's death. Also, Malfoy was not where I wanted him to be.
I will be sharing my feelings about this for a very long time.
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