Whitechapel - Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:10 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302227#Comment_302227 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302227#Comment_302227 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:37:29 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302254#Comment_302254 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302254#Comment_302254 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:56:33 -0700 ZJVavrek
I wonder what it would be like to watch them backwards. Start with DH2, work back to PS. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302269#Comment_302269 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302269#Comment_302269 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:26:52 -0700 StefanJ
This morning, I saw the finale. Grim, grim, grim, and faithful to the book without being a tedious recounting. They got in all the eye candy I appreciated from the books, including one really creepy bit::
In the train-station-like anteroom to the afterlife, we see an manifestation of a portion of Voldemort's tortured soul curled up under a bench. That was a terrific bit in the book, and the movie shows it and then moves on, just like in the book.

If there was a flaw, it was in giving secondary characters little more than walk-ons, so that the deaths of some of them had less impact that they could. On the other hand . . .
The revelation of Snape as tragic hero was wonderfully well done. The little episodes of his life, revealed in the memory pool, were compact and well strung together.

Overall . . . we're not talking about a masterpiece. It competently and faithfully presents a complex story. Beautifully produced. Great to good acting. But if you read the books, not surprising. Kind of dutiful.
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Oh yeah: I saw it in 3-D, and as with most 3-D presentations, it really didn't make a difference after a while. I think I would have enjoyed it just as much in 2-D. The 3-D was good mind you, not blurry or cheap, but it wasn't at all essential. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302287#Comment_302287 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302287#Comment_302287 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:56:01 -0700 Oddcult Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302288#Comment_302288 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302288#Comment_302288 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:22:11 -0700 RobSpalding Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302330#Comment_302330 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302330#Comment_302330 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:08:01 -0700 Soviet Rocket No. 9 Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302446#Comment_302446 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302446#Comment_302446 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:02:08 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302448#Comment_302448 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302448#Comment_302448 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:10:55 -0700 warrenellis Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302454#Comment_302454 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302454#Comment_302454 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:15:44 -0700 ChevalierDéguisé Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302473#Comment_302473 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302473#Comment_302473 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:06:52 -0700 Beamish Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302485#Comment_302485 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302485#Comment_302485 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:59:51 -0700 JECole I quite enjoy the books, but all I've seen of the films is the first hour or so of Philosopher's Stone (turned it off out of mind numbing boredom)

Lay the boredom at Chris Columbus' door. Hes a safe but ultimately, HORRENDOUSLY DULL director. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302490#Comment_302490 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302490#Comment_302490 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:33:00 -0700 BOODOFFSTAGE
I'm sure some of them started out as 12 year olds:)

Nothing made me feel more old than hearing my friends girlfriend say she started reading the Harry Potter books when she was 3. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302500#Comment_302500 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302500#Comment_302500 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:19:58 -0700 Paul Duffield Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302515#Comment_302515 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302515#Comment_302515 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:22:49 -0700 Beamish Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302567#Comment_302567 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302567#Comment_302567 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:35:40 -0700 johnjones i never realised there were so many 12 year olds on Whitechapel

Two points. First, one of the main reasons I started this thread was simply to use the title, Pötterdämmerung.

Second, there are degrees of 12yearoldem, as witness this:

]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302593#Comment_302593 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302593#Comment_302593 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:33:35 -0700 Oddcult
BiEbeR SuX!

LoLZ ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302603#Comment_302603 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302603#Comment_302603 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:31:17 -0700 Mandrake Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302709#Comment_302709 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302709#Comment_302709 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:43:42 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302749#Comment_302749 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=302749#Comment_302749 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:52:34 -0700 richwilson Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303009#Comment_303009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303009#Comment_303009 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:28:39 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303100#Comment_303100 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303100#Comment_303100 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:08:10 -0700 Alastair Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303217#Comment_303217 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303217#Comment_303217 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:28:08 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303280#Comment_303280 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303280#Comment_303280 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:38:19 -0700 Lazarus99 ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303437#Comment_303437 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303437#Comment_303437 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:22:27 -0700 SBarrett Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303483#Comment_303483 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303483#Comment_303483 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:12:15 -0700 Oxbrow Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303797#Comment_303797 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303797#Comment_303797 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:55:58 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303899#Comment_303899 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303899#Comment_303899 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:35:49 -0700 Greg Sullivan
Yeah, but then you lose Rowling's "the-opposite-of-the-Lord-of-the-Rings" ending. Her ending in the book is even more emphatic that these war heroes went on to live fulfilling-but-unremarkable lives. I'm glad the movies at least tried to convey that. In my opinion we've all (and I include myself) become too obsessed with playing "gotcha" with filmakers these days. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303928#Comment_303928 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=303928#Comment_303928 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:40:01 -0700 The Gentleman Mummy Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=304342#Comment_304342 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=304342#Comment_304342 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:17:17 -0700 johnjones
Yeah, but I prefer a little ambiguity to my endings. It's like she was making it utterly clear that there would be no more stories to tell about these characters, or possibly, about this universe. I get it and I understand it, but it just seems odd to want to shut down all that story space. Of course, she's done that before. I recall reading about a fan asking her what would happen if a Muggle got hold of a formula for a magic potion and tried to mix it up. Her answer, "Nothing." Not even an "I'm not sure" or "I'd have to think about it but it would probably be interesting." Just, "Nothing."

Now, I'm not going to be one of those assholes who yammers on about "a writer being unworthy of her creation" or some silly-ass shit like that. All I'll say is that I wish she'd entertained a little more flexibility about some things and leave it at that. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=304448#Comment_304448 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=304448#Comment_304448 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:30:25 -0700 Alastair "a writer being unworthy of her creation"

nope that sounds about right ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=305938#Comment_305938 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=305938#Comment_305938 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:03:53 -0700 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=306138#Comment_306138 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=306138#Comment_306138 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:55:23 -0700 johnjones
It was pretty good, but no MEGA SHARK VS CROCOSAURUS


And... Syfy is going to show this thing next week. It stars Jaleel White.

I kind of hate the entire world right now. ]]> Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=316850#Comment_316850 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=316850#Comment_316850 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:00:35 -0800 johnjones Pötterdämmerung: The Deathy Hallows 2 Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=316851#Comment_316851 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10044&Focus=316851#Comment_316851 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:07:08 -0800 nleavitt