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Today I went to the HP7 press screening in London thanks to @kakapojayne, and fkdlsjflaskd IT WAS AMAZING.
I thought HP7 part 1 was... alright. Time well spent, but it wasn't a movie I really felt like watching twice. I will definitely be watching part 2 again as soon as it gets released. SO GOOD. Although perhaps it helped that I haven't read book 7 since it first came out and don't really remember most of the details, so if the movie got them wrong I didn't notice. TBH I don't really care how closely it followed the book, it was SO GOOD.
Also hilarious. Harry's first line of the movie was something like, "I need to talk to the Goblin." Which is not actually hilarious at all unless you're me.
Then within minutes he's fingering Draco's wand and being told by Ollivander that it basically belongs to him now, and my old H/D shipper heart kind of did somersaults. I did think the movie needed more Draco, but the Draco moments it had were all superb so I'm not really complaining. He and Harry had a pretty epic eyefucking session in the Room of Requirement when Harry asked him about why he didn't rat them out when they'd been captured at Malfoy Manor, and then there was the whole thing with Harry being unable to leave Draco to DIAF and Draco reaching out to Harry 'cause he knew Harry would save him and Harry saving him and the two of them RIDING A BROOMSTICK TOGETHER. I mean, that part of the book I do remember so it was no surprise there, but seeing Harry and Draco on a broomstick together on a giant screen in 3D was pretty much the highlight of the movie for me. XD But didn't Draco try to save Goyle from the fire at one point? I seem to recall that, but it didn't happen in the movie. Oh well. BROOMSTICK. HE WAS PRACTICALLY ON TOP OF HARRY. There are going to be so many icons of this.
Anyway, I'd told myself I wouldn't get all ridiculous and emotional about this being the last movie since I haven't even been in HP fandom the past few years, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get fucking misty-eyed like every ten freaking minutes. EVERYTHING got to me. McGonagall leading all the Hogwarts professors in their valiant defense of Hogwarts, the castle getting destroyed, Fred and Remus dying, Neville's speech after everyone thought Harry was dead, Narcissa and Draco holding hands and walking calmly away from the fighting in the end with Lucius making a conscious decision to run after them, Snape dying--
Oh my god, Snape. Alan Rickman is the most amazing thing to ever happen to these movies. SO MANY awesome Snape moments, from the first shot of him standing in the castle to threatening all the students in the school against helping Harry to all the scenes in his memories which I never wanted to end and could've watched for hours (young!Snape was pretty adorable btw) to his death scene. The Snarry shippers will love that scene, I think; Harry does hold his jaw/cheek quite tenderly as he's bleeding out, and Snape crying out his memories is kind of priceless. XD His last "look at me" 'cause he wanted to see Lily's eyes one last time broke my heart, though.
Other favorite moments:
FKLSKDJLFSK this movie is just awesome all around, totally made up for the fact that I apparently just missed Tom Felton walking down the red carpet when I was trying to sneak around the premiere the other night. :P
I thought HP7 part 1 was... alright. Time well spent, but it wasn't a movie I really felt like watching twice. I will definitely be watching part 2 again as soon as it gets released. SO GOOD. Although perhaps it helped that I haven't read book 7 since it first came out and don't really remember most of the details, so if the movie got them wrong I didn't notice. TBH I don't really care how closely it followed the book, it was SO GOOD.
Also hilarious. Harry's first line of the movie was something like, "I need to talk to the Goblin." Which is not actually hilarious at all unless you're me.
Then within minutes he's fingering Draco's wand and being told by Ollivander that it basically belongs to him now, and my old H/D shipper heart kind of did somersaults. I did think the movie needed more Draco, but the Draco moments it had were all superb so I'm not really complaining. He and Harry had a pretty epic eyefucking session in the Room of Requirement when Harry asked him about why he didn't rat them out when they'd been captured at Malfoy Manor, and then there was the whole thing with Harry being unable to leave Draco to DIAF and Draco reaching out to Harry 'cause he knew Harry would save him and Harry saving him and the two of them RIDING A BROOMSTICK TOGETHER. I mean, that part of the book I do remember so it was no surprise there, but seeing Harry and Draco on a broomstick together on a giant screen in 3D was pretty much the highlight of the movie for me. XD But didn't Draco try to save Goyle from the fire at one point? I seem to recall that, but it didn't happen in the movie. Oh well. BROOMSTICK. HE WAS PRACTICALLY ON TOP OF HARRY. There are going to be so many icons of this.
Anyway, I'd told myself I wouldn't get all ridiculous and emotional about this being the last movie since I haven't even been in HP fandom the past few years, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get fucking misty-eyed like every ten freaking minutes. EVERYTHING got to me. McGonagall leading all the Hogwarts professors in their valiant defense of Hogwarts, the castle getting destroyed, Fred and Remus dying, Neville's speech after everyone thought Harry was dead, Narcissa and Draco holding hands and walking calmly away from the fighting in the end with Lucius making a conscious decision to run after them, Snape dying--
Oh my god, Snape. Alan Rickman is the most amazing thing to ever happen to these movies. SO MANY awesome Snape moments, from the first shot of him standing in the castle to threatening all the students in the school against helping Harry to all the scenes in his memories which I never wanted to end and could've watched for hours (young!Snape was pretty adorable btw) to his death scene. The Snarry shippers will love that scene, I think; Harry does hold his jaw/cheek quite tenderly as he's bleeding out, and Snape crying out his memories is kind of priceless. XD His last "look at me" 'cause he wanted to see Lily's eyes one last time broke my heart, though.
Other favorite moments:
- Hermione polyjuicing into Bellatrix and saying "Good morning" to some random Death Eater
- Ron and Hermione making out after Hermione destroys a horcrux, mainly because the whole theater cheered
- McGonagall animating the statues in defense of Hogwarts and being all giddy 'cause she'd always wanted to use that spell
- Some Slytherin saying "grab him!" in response to Voldemort's "give me Harry Potter or die" ultimatum and Ginny grabbing his arm (I know, look how I've matured, I no longer hate Harry/Ginny and didn't even get upset when they kissed like the butthurt H/D shipper I used to be.)
- Aberforth being a huge badass, so reminiscent of Albus Dumbledore!
- Narcissa desperately asking Harry if Draco was still alive ♥ (Although is half of her hair really supposed to be black?)
- Snape and McGonagall's duel
- Voldemort randomly killing Death Eaters, IDK it amuses me
- All of Snape's memories, but mostly the one where Snape is outraged that Dumbledore has kept Harry alive all this time only to sacrifice him at the right moment and Dumbledore asking if Snape actually cares about Harry and Snape SENDING OUT A LILY-DOE-SHAPED PATRONUS
- After Harry half-dies he says his dreamworld looks "like King's Cross station, but cleaner"
- Bits of 3D Voldemort floating toward you in the end as he dies, lolol
- THE EPILOGUE. I cringed when it said "19 years later" 'cause I am very much an EWE girl, but oh my god the epilogue was hilarious. They used all the same actors/actresses but tried to make them look old and it really was hilariously awful, which was perhaps the point? I didn't notice whether Draco had a receding hairline, but Harry was a bit more bearded and Ron had a big beer belly and everyone in the theater lol'd as each of them was introduced. Albus Severus Potter was adorable and looked quite like Dan Radcliffe in the first movie. Ron and Hermione's son also looked like Rupert when he was younger. IT WAS ALL SO CUTE AND LULZ-INDUCING.
FKLSKDJLFSK this movie is just awesome all around, totally made up for the fact that I apparently just missed Tom Felton walking down the red carpet when I was trying to sneak around the premiere the other night. :P