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Harry Potter
I finally watched the Harry Potter "Half Blood Prince" movie.
Was it just me or did absolutely nothing happen in this movie? And it was long. Why was it so long? It was 2 hours of this:
Followed by 30 minutes of Dumbledore dragging Harry off to find a necklace, and then Snape killing Dumbledore. And even though it was a really long movie, it feels like it didn't answer some basic questions. (No, I've never read any of the books, so maybe that's why I'm missing things. However, a movie has to be able to stand on its own - any movie.)
I might have more "wut?" points, but this is all I can remember right now. :D
I like the HP movies - even though I'm not super into it, I think they're really entertaining. But this was the first movie where NOTHING HAPPENED. FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS. Okay, Dumbledore died, but I stand by my "NOTHING HAPPENED" statement. No adventure. No quest. Lots of talking.
Was it just me or did absolutely nothing happen in this movie? And it was long. Why was it so long? It was 2 hours of this:
Followed by 30 minutes of Dumbledore dragging Harry off to find a necklace, and then Snape killing Dumbledore. And even though it was a really long movie, it feels like it didn't answer some basic questions. (No, I've never read any of the books, so maybe that's why I'm missing things. However, a movie has to be able to stand on its own - any movie.)
- Snape: I - wait for it - I AM THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE! *DRAMATIC MUSIC*
Me: Okaaaaay. So you wrote your D&D RP name in a text book years ago. I've absolutely no idea why this is apparently important. None. And yet the movie is called this. WHY? - Harry's Friends: You have to get rid of that book OMG!!!
Me: Why would he do that? It's like having to use a cookbook that tells you to make an omelet out of carrots, but someone's helpfully written in the margins "carrots are lame - use eggs. srlsy." - Movie: Harry and Ginny are in love!
Me: Okay, I really really really want to buy into this because a) it has the potential to be cute, and b) I know how the books end and I'm somewhat of a canonwhore. But couldn't they have, I don't know, a normal conversation with each other? Or interact with each other in a non "we must fight/hide a book now!" setting? Something? Just a little scrap might get me there.
The movies have consistently shown me that Harry and Hermione are way better suited for each other than Ginny and Ron. If the books are anything like the movies in this aspect, I can see why there were so many Harry/Hermione shippers. At this point Hermione/Ron makes more sense than Harry/Ginny to me, but still I get the impression that if Hermione and Ron hadn't grown up together and bonded through childhood, they wouldn't be together. I doubt they'd give each other the time of day. Maybe this all went down better in the books, but again, the movies are supposed to stand on their own.
I might have more "wut?" points, but this is all I can remember right now. :D
I like the HP movies - even though I'm not super into it, I think they're really entertaining. But this was the first movie where NOTHING HAPPENED. FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS. Okay, Dumbledore died, but I stand by my "NOTHING HAPPENED" statement. No adventure. No quest. Lots of talking.