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For a grim time, surprisingly good
PostedNovember 23, 2010
TooTallSid
from Omaha, Ne
The first part of book 7 is not a happy time for our Hogwarts trio. Cut off from family and friends, hunted, traveling endlessly and aimlessly with a depression-maker around their necks, it is bleak, bleak, bleak. In fact, both Joan and myself thought the book was pretty long and kind of dragged through this part - we were ready to slit our wrists or switch to a happier book.
I read Richard Corliss's review in Time and was prepared for "an hour of its 2 ½-hour expanse, it sticks three young people in the woods with little to do but wait for awful things to happen".
However, both Joan and I thought the movie moved right along. In fact, the awful lonely trio part in the woods was 15 minutes. In all, there were plenty of action sequences and emotional thrills. All my favorite scenes: the escape from the Dursley's, the snitch at the Ministry of Magic, confronting Bellatrix at the Malfoys, and most favorite, the recovery of the sword all seemed very exciting and satisfying to me. And as a bonus, when Ron is reunited w/ Hermione, Emma Watson does a terrific acting job with being angry at Ron and especially w/ her facial expressions when he is sucking back up to her. So romantic!
We just can't wait now for DH2!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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