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Sorry to dredge this one back up, but I just found my review from before I joined Empire:
"I have to say that this movie was not how I expected it to be. Though there were dark moments that the film makers promised, but there is still a lot of humour in this movie. The opening sequence was the best. Hermione ridding her parent's memory was one of the most emotional scenes in the entire movie. Even though the scene wasn't very long, it provoked such a strong emotion and I thought Emma was brilliant as she softly whispers "obliviate" with tear filled eyes. It made me cry too. It was so sad to think of how it would feel like to never exist in your parent's life. Her body disappearing from the photos made me bawl. It was done perfectly. And the 'Obliviate' track from the soundtrack started to play and I really liked it. I was sceptical about Alexandre Desplat scoring this film but when the songs are played in the movie, it really sounds good. Another great scene is when Snape is heading towards Malfoy Manor. The song 'Snape to Malfoy Manor' from the soundtrack is brilliant and is my favourite out of all the tracks.
Another great scene is the Death Eater meeting in the beginning of the movie. Alan Rickman displays the best emotion of fear and vulnerability when Charity Burbage is hanging in midair. My heart stopped when moments before her death she says "S-S-Severus...please." And then Snape just stares at her with feeling. This is a very good scene. I really love the special effects they put into this one. Nagini looks very scary as she slithers towards Charity.
The 7 Potters scene was comical. It was really good. Nicely done by Dan. The crowd I was seeing the screening with was annoying as they never stopped laughing at this scene. The sky battle was really good. I love the way the Death Eaters appear out of nowhere in the sky. And Hedwig dying was sad. She flies to protect Harry and then the curse hits her. She made a chirp as it hit her which made my heart sink. Voldemort appearing in the sky and having this in flight duel with Harry was really cool. When George is seen with his ear ripped off the look of Fred's face just perfect. The emotions were really carried to the audience. I love James and Oliver Phelps. They are great. Harry zipping up Ginny's dress before the wedding made me laugh. It was very random and George interrupting Harry and Ginny's kiss with a toothbrush in his ear was very funny. When the Kingsley's message comes, it really is as good as I thought it was going to be. Celebration turns into complete chaos with people being hit by curses to screaming and running around.
The Ministry of Magic scene is really good. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione take the Polyjuice Potion and turn into the Ministry workers it is hilarious as it is in the book when Ron tries to keep his "wife" company as she escapes the hearing when Harry hits Umbridge with the spell and Hermione grabs the locket. The actors who play the workers did a perfect job of copying Dan, Emma, and Rupert's mannerisms. It was well done. As the Polyjuice Potion wears off, Ron's "wife" kisses him thinking she's kissing her husband and then Rupert is shown kissing the lady. That was excellent. It was hilarious. And then the lady's real husband comes out of nowhere with his underwear on and it is just perfect.
Another thing I really liked about this movie was the Snatchers scene when the three are running. It is silent and it really feels as if you are running with them. There is so much excitement and fear and the camera is amazing. I also liked the scene with Xeno Lovegood and the Deathly Hallows story. I liked how they portrayed the story with the eerie looking animation and it reminded me of Nightmare before Christmas for some reason. The Godric's Hollow scene was good. When Hermione puts the flowers on Harry's parent's grave, my heart sunk and I was teary-eyed. This is an emotional scene and it is very heart wrenching. When Harry and Hermione see the demolished house, I was hoping it to be a little sadder but the book was much more better at creating emotion because of the messages people had written for Harry which was not showed in the movie.
Another favourite scene of mine is the Bathilda Bagshot scene. It was very good. The lady creeps the hell out of me and when she stares at Harry it gives me goose bumps. As she leads Harry upstairs, I got this really chilling feeling. It's really creepy. And when Hermione sees the blood in the room with the flies, it was like a scene from a horror movie. I love how Bathilda and Harry speak to each other in Parseltongue and stare at each other upstairs. I was hoping that Nagini would come out of her neck but instead she crumbles and within her clothes Nagini comes attacking Harry. This scene is really intense. I really like the special effects because Nagini looks amazing and really scary. I'm disappointed that Voldemort never showed up there though.
The fight between Ron and Harry was good. But Rupert was more realistic. I know Dan said in an interview it was really hard for him to yell at Rupert and it showed. The retrieving the sword out of the lake scene was good. I like how the locket tried to restrict Harry from going down further and I thought it was done perfectly. Dan is really good at battling things underwater especially after he's done so much in Goblet of Fire when he's fighting with those Grindylows in the second task. The locket scene is interesting. I love how the spiders come out of the locket because they are Ron's worst fears. I think that really set the emotion up for that scene. It shows perfectly how Riddle tries to scare Ron and keep him vulnerable. The Harry/Hermione kiss was very interesting. Yes, they do kiss passionately and that wasn't the hard part to watch. It was the fact that they were sparkly and almost naked. I guess because it was supposed to spark jealously in Ron it was a perfect scene but I thought it was really weird looking. Definitely not how I pictured it. Ron coming back and seeing Hermione was a scene in which the audience would not stop laughing (they were REALLY annoying) as they saw Hermione hitting him with a bag and demanding her wand from Harry.
Seeing Kreacher and Dobby in the same scene was really exciting for me. They are so cute! I really love how Dobby's wearing shoes. I really like Malfoy Manor. I think it really shows the darkness perfectly. When the Snatchers see that they have Harry they drag him to the Manor and the emotions that are expressed in that are just amazing. You really feel like you've lost all hope now that Voldemort is going to be able to get Harry once and for all. The actual Malfoy Manor scene is good. Hermione yelling and screaming was very well done and the mudblood carved on her arm was the icing on the top. Emma was really good in the scene. I thought it was pretty sad that a lot of non book readers that there was something sexual going on between Bellatrix and Hermione because Bellatrix was mounted on top her and her face was obscured from the camera and Hermione was just yelling. I really wish that instead of what they did they should have had Bellatrix just use the Cruciatus curse on Hermione. Dobby's scenes were comical until the very end. It was a very emotional scene seeing Dobby with a knife in his chest. And when Harry yells "help me!" to Hermione as he holds Dobby in his arms just made me cry. Very powerful scene and frankly I just wish that the movie ended at Shell Cottage. I thought that seeing Voldemort at Dumbledore's tomb and grabbing the Elder Wand was going to be good but instead it wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.
So overall the movie had some great emotional scenes which I really liked. I didn't like the fact that there was too much camping. I understand that that is a big chunk of the book but it was getting boring. Action scenes were really good. The movie could have been less comical. It was a dark movie but not as dark as it should have been. The cinematography was amazing. Death Eaters, Nagini, and Voldemort are perfectly done. I kind of miss Hogwarts when I saw this. I knew that Harry wasn't going to be coming back from the books but that sense of magic is gone. The music is amazing. It really made the movie a lot better. Anyways, I could write more but my hands are really starting to hurt.
I would give this movie 9/10."
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