Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Thread (SPOILERS!!!!)

[PeterPanfan]

Sorry. It IS the part where Ron and Hermione kiss. I kept reading it over and over...lol

[Jasmine1022]

Teddy was snogging Victoire, Fleur and Bill's daughter. If you do the family tree, you can see how it works out.

Ok, yeah, that's who I was guessing it was because it's the only thing that makes sense. But where, WHERE does it say that??? UGH!!

As for Ron naming a kid after Fred, Hermione should take it upon herself, as well! It IS her husband's brother, and a good friend of hers! I do like the concept of the name Albus Severus, but it just sounds bad! Make it James Albus or SOMETHING. I'm sorry, but even in the wizarding world, Albus is not an acceptable name for someone under the age of 50. And then Fred Severus. Neither of those names are all that appealing, but they're at least a tad better!! But Ron/Hermione should DEFINITELY have had Fred, not Hugo. Another good name, instead of Fred, for Harry's son would have been Remus, after Lupin.

[PeterPanfan]

I think Albus sounds cute. As for Albus Severus...no thanks. xD

[disneyboy20022]

How do we know George didnt get married to (insert Name here) and they named their kid Fred... Perhaps that is one of the substories that will end up in the Encylopedia of Harry Potter.... Also I just am wondering if Albus is not an acceptable name for some one in the wizarding world... What was Albus Dumbledore's name when he was born....I just dont see how that makes sense because even Albus Dumbledore was 11 years old....perhaps when the Great Wall of China was built....

Also I was wondering if Hugo was someone in Hermoine's Side of the family and thats how they ended up with that name...... it sounds logical... and if George fathered a son perhaps he named him Fred... they figured it would be confusing to have 2 Fred Weasleys so Ron and Hermoine agreed to name someone from her side of the family...

[PeterPanfan]

Maybe.

Hugo-Hermione

Rose-Ron

Lol

Maybe they just liked the names? =p

[PixarFan2006]

I finally finished Deathly Hallows today and I thought it was good. It dragged at parts but overall, it was good.

Here's how I rank the Harry Potter books:

1.Prisoner of Azkaban
2.Goblet of Fire
3.Deathly Hallows
4.Order of the Phoenix
5.Half-Blood Prince
6.Sorcerer's Stone
7.Chamber of Secrets

[PeterPanfan]

Glad ya liked it! =]

[ajmrowland]

First footage is leaked.

Oh poo! it was taken down!

No, wait.......

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[Margos]

ajmrowland....

That's just a picture of Harry, Ron, and Hermione set to a Trans-Siberian Orchestra-sounding interpretation of the Harry Potter theme song....
Interesting that it leaked, but I thought you meant that that was the leaked footage.

[ajmrowland]

It was labeled on youtube as the leaked trailer. I'll see if I can't find anything better.

EDIT:I already saw the (real) leaked trailer a couple hours ago on another site, but it was taken down. It's not on Youtube or any other site at the moment, but I expect it will be very soon.

EDIT AGAIN: I was also trying post this in the movie thread, but clicked on the book's thread by mistake.

[Escapay]

On that youtube page, you had to expand the information (more info) to get the link to a video where the trailer is.

http://harry-potter-7-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

albert

[ajmrowland]

You know what the worst part is? I never forget to expand the info. The video was taking a long time to stream and I was impatient.

Well, there you have it. Not the exact one I was trying to get (There's a version without low quality cameras used, and with Behind-the-scenes footage too), but it's there, courtesy of Albert. Enjoy!

[estefan]

I saw the leaked teaser earlier and I never thought I would say this, but I have seriously lost the excitement and anticipation I used to have for each subsequent Harry Potter film. I guess you can blame David Yates for that.

[ajmrowland]

well, the film crew is still shooting, so they slapped it together from what they had.The next trailer will likely be better. Besides, i wouldn't blame Yates at all.


The trailer with the extra footage is online again.

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/3053

[estefan]

Well, it's not just this teaser. Order of the Phoenix and especially Half-Blood Prince were so disappointing and I just liked the excitement for them I had for the previous three. I even watched Phoenix a second time and I felt the same way I did on my first watch. For me, it seems they peaked with Prisoner of Azkaban and they seem to be getting worse and worse with each film. I'm sure if they tried, they could turn Deathly Hallows into a truly excellent two-parter, but I have just not been impressed by Yates' direction of the series. I wish the producers had brought back Alfonso Cuaron or even brought in somebody new like Bryan Singer for the last two films, rather than recycling Yates again.

[ajmrowland]

I understand pheonix, but Prince? Why? That one's actually not much different from the book, even the funny parts. It's actually one of my favorites. I'm still debating whether I should Netflix it for the BD-live screening or not(always the inconvenient timing with those).

[estefan]

Well, here's a little review I wrote of Half-Blood Prince from when I saw it this past summer.

J.K. Rowling's wonderfully enjoyable books have greatly developed characters, a nice pace and a sense of wonder and magic to them, a lot of which is scrapped for this rather average adaptation. But, looking at it away from the books, it's still a rather disappointing flick. Nothing really sticks out and while there are dark times hovering over Hogwarts and our likable trio, Yates makes the whole affair so dreary, that at no point was I excited or astounded by what was on screen. He even tries to compensate for the lack of character development by throwing all sorts of visual trickery at the screen, but it's not enough after we have been following these characters for five films now. The one scene that really made me fully interested was the Quidditch match, something that was missed in Order of the Phoenix. It was nice to see my favourite fictional sport back on the big screen again.

Two things about Half-Blood Prince I did very much enjoy (besides the Quidditch match) were the acting and the comedy. Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and, for the first time, Daniel Radcliffe gave some really good performances in the leads with Granger as usual being the best of the group. Tom Felton was also given a chance to shine here as Draco Malfoy is actually portrayed more than simply a school-yard bully. Helena Bonham Carter also made the most of her small role, giving the nice amount of evil to Bellatrix Lestrange and after the two previous entries gave him nothing to do, Alan Rickman is finally given enough scenes to bring his note-perfect portrayal of Snape back to our attention. The only disappointment in the cast comes from Michael Gambon, who once again can't seem to grasp how to play Professor Dumbledore.

I also thought the comedy laced throughout was hilarious and helped make this a tad more entertaining. Professor McGonagall, Genny and Molly Weasley and of course, the main trio are given some really funny moments. The most humourous bits, however, come from the relationship between Lavender and Ron. The little asides from the two of them are absolutely rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-out-loud funny.

Aside from those bits of praise, though, I still can't muster much enthusiasm for such a forgettable un-magic piece of cinema, made even worse in what should be one of the most emotional scenes in the whole saga barely gets any reaction. It's qutek disappointing that a film series that started with so much promise keeps getting lower in quality with each new entry.

[ajmrowland]

It's interesting how you say the Gambon doesn't grasp Dumbledore while this was actually the first time he read the book prior to shooting.

Another note is that it doesn't really get any worse with each entry. The books become less magical, and the movies do too. OOTP is the worst, and POA the second worst. I consider Goblet to be one of my favorites because, though I was disappointed at first, it grew on me, and you realize that they did a pretty good job with that script.

To each his own, I guess.

Off of the two-parts alone, I have high hopes for DH

[SpringHeelJack]

The only disappointment in the cast comes from Michael Gambon, who once again can't seem to grasp how to play Professor Dumbledore.

See, I never got that. I admit I disliked his performance in "Goblet of Fire", but that's clearly the fault of the director / writers. Gambon hits how I envision Dumbledore acting pretty much to a T in "Prisoner of Azkaban" (especially with the line "Did what? Goodnight."). He plays the role with more of a dry sense of humor than he's given in the books, but things like those are hard to criticize Gambon for when you have an oft-changing series of directors who will all guide the film in their own way, and screenwriter(s) who sort of pick and choose form scene to scene what part of his personality to focus on.

[ajmrowland]

Well, It's kinda hard to pinpoint the blame. The same writer(Steve Kloves) for "Angry Dumbledore" in Goblet of Fire also added a touch from the sixth book to the respective movie about knitting patterns, which I like.