tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post2832202045167586724..comments2024-01-11T02:44:30.916+01:00Comments on Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions: Leaving Hogwarts and the Half-Blood PrinceMettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094234448852441633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-16448431583484673772014-06-01T18:18:07.570+02:002014-06-01T18:18:07.570+02:00Word.
Yes, I really liked Dumbledore here too, he...Word. <br />Yes, I really liked Dumbledore here too, he has a lot of great, humorous lines... And wow, I never caught the double meaning of the ring scene! However, about the funeral scene: what I like about it in the book is that Harry feels so numb and doesn't realize that Dumbledore is actually dead. Because it's such an unexpected, unbelievable thing. And then suddenly, he realizes what has happened and what it means and he cries - and I cry. In the movie, I felt like the "numb" phase was never truly broken. <br /><br />Snape could've been more in the movie, but I feel like he really gets his well-deserved fame in the last one. Better late than never. <br /><br />I'm not sure whether this is my favorite of the books... I just love Goblet of Fire so much. But it's hard to tell anyway. This one is certainly better than Order of the Phoenix.Mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094234448852441633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-47842732054148660902014-05-31T01:58:23.206+02:002014-05-31T01:58:23.206+02:00Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book of the serie...Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book of the series. I love all the backstory with Voldemort. I love the romance stuff with Ron, Lavender, and Hermione. I love the overall mysterious, yet light feel to it. And it's packed right in the middle of two heavy, emotionally draining books.<br /><br />For the first time in the films, I felt Michael Gambon was the perfect Dumbledore in this film... ironic that it took until the film he dies in to reach that point, though. I didn't cry in the book when he died, but I also had it spoiled for me before the book even came out. (The "Snape Kills Dumbledore!" spoiler was huge at the time due to an accidental leak about a weak before release.)<br /><br />What I always thought was a bit funny was how this book is the one that's primarily about Snape (the title refers to him, after all), yet he's actually barely in it. And he finally gets to be DADA Prof, and you get like one lesson from him.<br /><br />I do really, really like the film version, as well. I don't mind they cut the funeral (there really isn't much of one in the book, to be honest. And the conversation had at the funeral is still had in the film if I recall. The only difference is you don't see the closing of the coffin and all that). I questioned how they would handle some of the Horcruxes due to some of the memories they left out, but they worked with it just fine. In fact, I *love* the moment where Dumbledore looks at Harry after he touches the ring and says "I think I might have just found another." Double meaning ftw!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-46905061252383607662014-05-29T19:37:09.854+02:002014-05-29T19:37:09.854+02:00I always forget about the hormone stuff. Especiall...I always forget about the hormone stuff. Especially this time, because I watched this film at 3 or 4 AM after having seen 1,2,3 and 5 already that night, so it was such an odd shift. But still fitting. Hmmm I like Dumbledore in the film, but his death wasn't as sad in the movie, I thought so too.<br /><br />Love the final frame. So dreamy. It's like one last moment of peace before the big war.Mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094234448852441633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-35569634492354176002014-05-29T19:34:25.876+02:002014-05-29T19:34:25.876+02:00So do I! It's so much fun to go back and revis...So do I! It's so much fun to go back and revisit that universe properly, one film/book at a time. You're right, one of the weak points of the films is how they leave some things from the flashbacks out... but it's so damn hard to catch those flaws when you know the books! Haha, I love the Ron/Lavender stuff, it's so funny. But also sort of sad.Mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094234448852441633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-48544176012003631032014-05-28T14:56:56.197+02:002014-05-28T14:56:56.197+02:00I love this series so, so much! Thank you for shar...I love this series so, so much! Thank you for sharing your perspective!<br /><br />Something that always gets me as well is how "everyone seems slightly confuzzled by the hormones that are suddenly filling each and every corner of the Hogwarts castle", because it's so weird comparing to how serious the films became. It's as if in 2009 humor suddenly made a comeback.<br /><br />The effect of Dumbledore's death was less intense for me in the film as he was so silly in this film. In the book, I cried like a baby, too.<br /><br />PS. The final frame and scene were really beautiful, weren't they? Exactly as I hoped they would be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219108510988412397.post-49361997663019256722014-05-28T14:21:57.042+02:002014-05-28T14:21:57.042+02:00I love your Harry Potter posts! The one thing that...I love your Harry Potter posts! The one thing that annoyed me about HBP is the movie never actually explained WHY Snape was called that. I remember seeing this with my dad, who doesn't read the books, and he was like "so...what was that about?" Otherwise visually, this one was stunning, and the Ron/Lavender stuff was just as cringe worthy as it was in the books. Loved it.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com