There was this article/blog published on ibnlive that was a supposed to be a user review of the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part2, and from the day I read that blog, I wanted to give a "sound" reply back to the blog for the not-so-intelligent people who wrote the blog and who think the blog is right as well..!!!!
Well... before you proceed to read on to my blog for the "answers", please read this to understand what am talking about... 'Deathly Hallows-2: Worst Potter movie ever' !!!
So here I go Mr. Abhishek Mukherjee, please find my answers below... (Hope I could have told this to you face-to-face!!!)
1. The Hallows. Or rather, the absence of them
Only to make people understand the whole purpose of the Deathly Hallows, the book was broken into 2 parts in the movie. In Part-1, they gave a details explanation of the Deathly Hallows which definitely says how noble it is. Yes, the part where Dumbledore went behind the hallows was indeed missing, but if you were intelligent enough, you should be able to relate that in HP1, Dumbledore did say that the "sorcerer's stone" was indeed a secret between him and Nicolas Flamel. Also, He was the one who gifted Harry the Invisibility Cloak. And he didn't happen to have the Elder Wand..!!! Isn't this much information enough to say the Dumbledore was a master of death???
Now to answer your "specific" questions:
(i) Do you want the director to put an arrow mark near the stone and say "This is the resurrection stone"?? Please cant you even understand that?
(ii) Do you really mean this question? "we never got to know that the Elder Wand was one of the hallows".. Please... did you even watch the Part-1 of the movie?
(iii) Another bit of nonsense.. "we never got to know that that Harry's invisibility cloak was one of the hallows".. again.. please watch Part-1 in detail.
What do you expect.. ?? The director to pin point that this is the banana and this is its outer layer, you are supposed to peel of the outer layer before eating them and you need to bite the banana with your jaws in order to eat it???????????
2. Harry's wand
Another bit of not-so-intelligent stuff.. Hermoine did say in Part-1 that Harry's wand was beyond repair using normal wand... And in the end, Harry did not want anything to do with the elder wand, and that why he broke it!! What do you, all Wizards and Witches have the same wand throughout their life? Will Harry not get another wand for himself if his wand was broken? Is this really a valid question? Stop making fun!!
3. The destiny of the Elder Wand
Again, Harry didn't want anything to be done with the elder wand. The reason he snapped it into pieces and didn't return it to Dumbledore was to ensure that nobody tries to steal it again. Think before you even post something like this!! Harry is not a person who takes pride on owning the elder wand nor does he wanted anybody to misuse it.
4. How were the giants killed?
OK. Now there is a point here but there were lot more other things to be concentrated on than showing the giants fighting..!!!!!
5. McGonagall and her strange command
And why do you think Prof.McGonagall cannot???? The way she handles Snape when Harry showed up was AWESOME!!! Yes, she is a very good human being no doubt, but when a Slytherin student asks someone to hand-over Harry to Voldermort (Hope you saw that in the movie!!), anybody, I mean, anybody will want to do it. All that is important at the current state of affairs is to protect Harry so that he can finish of Voldermort!!
6. The Prince's Tale
This is something I totally agree with you. But looking back, it might not be practically possible to show every bit of the book in a 2hr. 10 min. movie.. Even if you want to extend the movie by another half hour, it might become a little boring for people who have not read the book and might have lost the pace in the movie... But yeah, a little more could have definitely done on this area!
But, this cannot make the movie "the worst of all the HP movies!!"!!!!
7. Nagini
Please understand the movies CANNOT give you the goosebumps the books gave when any book is re-made into a movie..!! Now, Please remember what Dumbledore said to Harry, "Help will be provided at Hogwads to the ones who deserved it!" and the Gryffindor's sword is one that presents to any worthy Gryffindor who is in its peak need. And Neville was a deserving Gryffindor the sword on time...!! If you are sleepy, you shouldn't be in the theater but should be on your bed!!
8. The Crabbe-Zabini mystery
Please try to understand the practical difficulties when a movie is made. The guy who played Crabbe was arrested because he was trying to sell Marijuana!!! What do you think the director can do??? Make an animated replacement for him?? What is your problem is having Goyle casting the Fiendfyre spell??
And it is all the more funny you say this was the worst movie because this was one of the reasons!! ROFLMAO!!!!
9. Three scenes
Agreed. But again, think practically..!! Kingsley did setup the base by instructing Fred and George to cover the passages and himself and Lupin covering the other area (You would have noticed it if you weren't yawning and sleeping!!)
Yeah, I did miss the Trelawney's part!
Dumbledore saga
As you said, this needs to be done as a separate movie by itself..!!!
11. No moldification
Now, you are sitting and watching a movie.. you are supposed to FEEL what is happening around, which requires such action sequences.. will you be happy if Harry and Voldermort kept casting spells against each other?? Was there time in the movie for even a song? And the dialog given by Harry was more than apt I must say!!!
12. After the war
Voldermort is a bad ass.. If he is killed in front of the whole school, he wont mind killing the other innocent as well.. Now I am sure you will question why he doesn't try to kill the other and distract Harry if the movie was taken in that way!! And if you have watched clearly, Harry did have a long conversation with Dumbledore for filling the gaps! People are finally breathing free that Voldermort was killed.. It is like a big problem taken out of their head! All they want is to breathe free and not to start dancing!!!
13. The scene where I laughed out really loud
You laughed because you didn't quiet understand stuffs!! Didn't you see that the Order had stepped right in front when Harry confronted Snape? The entire Order was there.. Molly is also part of the Order, She is also a Wizard.. Why do you think Molly shouldn't be the one cast the spell to protect Hogwards??? If Molly dropped in for a casual visit, so is Lupin, Tonks and Kingsley himself!
It is very easy to criticize one's effort but none of us know how difficult it is to give a movie that can satisfy all types of audience... People who have read the book, who have not read the book, who have read only some of the books, who have seen all the HP movies, who have not seen all the movies, who have seen only some, and more importantly, who have not seen Part-1!!!
Please try to see the positive side of things! And don't you dare say that this is the worst Potter movie.. EVER!!!!!
Well... before you proceed to read on to my blog for the "answers", please read this to understand what am talking about... 'Deathly Hallows-2: Worst Potter movie ever' !!!
So here I go Mr. Abhishek Mukherjee, please find my answers below... (Hope I could have told this to you face-to-face!!!)
1. The Hallows. Or rather, the absence of them
Only to make people understand the whole purpose of the Deathly Hallows, the book was broken into 2 parts in the movie. In Part-1, they gave a details explanation of the Deathly Hallows which definitely says how noble it is. Yes, the part where Dumbledore went behind the hallows was indeed missing, but if you were intelligent enough, you should be able to relate that in HP1, Dumbledore did say that the "sorcerer's stone" was indeed a secret between him and Nicolas Flamel. Also, He was the one who gifted Harry the Invisibility Cloak. And he didn't happen to have the Elder Wand..!!! Isn't this much information enough to say the Dumbledore was a master of death???
Now to answer your "specific" questions:
(i) Do you want the director to put an arrow mark near the stone and say "This is the resurrection stone"?? Please cant you even understand that?
(ii) Do you really mean this question? "we never got to know that the Elder Wand was one of the hallows".. Please... did you even watch the Part-1 of the movie?
(iii) Another bit of nonsense.. "we never got to know that that Harry's invisibility cloak was one of the hallows".. again.. please watch Part-1 in detail.
What do you expect.. ?? The director to pin point that this is the banana and this is its outer layer, you are supposed to peel of the outer layer before eating them and you need to bite the banana with your jaws in order to eat it???????????
2. Harry's wand
Another bit of not-so-intelligent stuff.. Hermoine did say in Part-1 that Harry's wand was beyond repair using normal wand... And in the end, Harry did not want anything to do with the elder wand, and that why he broke it!! What do you, all Wizards and Witches have the same wand throughout their life? Will Harry not get another wand for himself if his wand was broken? Is this really a valid question? Stop making fun!!
3. The destiny of the Elder Wand
Again, Harry didn't want anything to be done with the elder wand. The reason he snapped it into pieces and didn't return it to Dumbledore was to ensure that nobody tries to steal it again. Think before you even post something like this!! Harry is not a person who takes pride on owning the elder wand nor does he wanted anybody to misuse it.
4. How were the giants killed?
OK. Now there is a point here but there were lot more other things to be concentrated on than showing the giants fighting..!!!!!
5. McGonagall and her strange command
And why do you think Prof.McGonagall cannot???? The way she handles Snape when Harry showed up was AWESOME!!! Yes, she is a very good human being no doubt, but when a Slytherin student asks someone to hand-over Harry to Voldermort (Hope you saw that in the movie!!), anybody, I mean, anybody will want to do it. All that is important at the current state of affairs is to protect Harry so that he can finish of Voldermort!!
6. The Prince's Tale
This is something I totally agree with you. But looking back, it might not be practically possible to show every bit of the book in a 2hr. 10 min. movie.. Even if you want to extend the movie by another half hour, it might become a little boring for people who have not read the book and might have lost the pace in the movie... But yeah, a little more could have definitely done on this area!
But, this cannot make the movie "the worst of all the HP movies!!"!!!!
7. Nagini
Please understand the movies CANNOT give you the goosebumps the books gave when any book is re-made into a movie..!! Now, Please remember what Dumbledore said to Harry, "Help will be provided at Hogwads to the ones who deserved it!" and the Gryffindor's sword is one that presents to any worthy Gryffindor who is in its peak need. And Neville was a deserving Gryffindor the sword on time...!! If you are sleepy, you shouldn't be in the theater but should be on your bed!!
8. The Crabbe-Zabini mystery
Please try to understand the practical difficulties when a movie is made. The guy who played Crabbe was arrested because he was trying to sell Marijuana!!! What do you think the director can do??? Make an animated replacement for him?? What is your problem is having Goyle casting the Fiendfyre spell??
And it is all the more funny you say this was the worst movie because this was one of the reasons!! ROFLMAO!!!!
9. Three scenes
Agreed. But again, think practically..!! Kingsley did setup the base by instructing Fred and George to cover the passages and himself and Lupin covering the other area (You would have noticed it if you weren't yawning and sleeping!!)
Yeah, I did miss the Trelawney's part!
Dumbledore saga
As you said, this needs to be done as a separate movie by itself..!!!
11. No moldification
Now, you are sitting and watching a movie.. you are supposed to FEEL what is happening around, which requires such action sequences.. will you be happy if Harry and Voldermort kept casting spells against each other?? Was there time in the movie for even a song? And the dialog given by Harry was more than apt I must say!!!
12. After the war
Voldermort is a bad ass.. If he is killed in front of the whole school, he wont mind killing the other innocent as well.. Now I am sure you will question why he doesn't try to kill the other and distract Harry if the movie was taken in that way!! And if you have watched clearly, Harry did have a long conversation with Dumbledore for filling the gaps! People are finally breathing free that Voldermort was killed.. It is like a big problem taken out of their head! All they want is to breathe free and not to start dancing!!!
13. The scene where I laughed out really loud
You laughed because you didn't quiet understand stuffs!! Didn't you see that the Order had stepped right in front when Harry confronted Snape? The entire Order was there.. Molly is also part of the Order, She is also a Wizard.. Why do you think Molly shouldn't be the one cast the spell to protect Hogwards??? If Molly dropped in for a casual visit, so is Lupin, Tonks and Kingsley himself!
It is very easy to criticize one's effort but none of us know how difficult it is to give a movie that can satisfy all types of audience... People who have read the book, who have not read the book, who have read only some of the books, who have seen all the HP movies, who have not seen all the movies, who have seen only some, and more importantly, who have not seen Part-1!!!
Please try to see the positive side of things! And don't you dare say that this is the worst Potter movie.. EVER!!!!!
Thanks Prithi. One small thing: you've mentioned "And don't you dare say that this is the worst Potter movie.. EVER!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteI'm not that bold yaar. I'm mortally afraid of people who threaten me. Just a simple question - which is the worst Potter movie, then? :)
Hey Abhishek... Sorry about yaar.. Nothing personal.. I am one big HP freak so I just could no take whatever you had written..
ReplyDeleteAs far as the worst Potter movie goes.. You are asking the wrong person..!!! :)
Of course it wasn't personal: and I'm an equally big HP freak as well. It's just that I'm such a big follower of the books that if the movies do not match their standards, it pisses me off.
ReplyDeleteTotally understand.. Even I am a big fan of the books than the movies.. I have literally grown up with them..!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Prithi... summed up very well. Like you, I am also a fan who is happy with whatever I got to see and don't mind the few incidents which I had imagined to be different after reading the books.
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