tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748602678453366103.post104976682261381216..comments2023-10-04T04:20:59.226-06:00Comments on Sheralyn Pratt's Home Page: Harry Potter 7, Part 1. Yes, You Should See It!The Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04147933102399332633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748602678453366103.post-49913321275543092672010-11-29T14:20:15.430-07:002010-11-29T14:20:15.430-07:00i agree. with all of this. love, jessicai agree. with all of this. love, jessicaJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727824348783684238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748602678453366103.post-84365341374736712712010-11-26T21:54:13.498-07:002010-11-26T21:54:13.498-07:00Oh, man. I need to see it again. I didn't noti...Oh, man. I need to see it again. I didn't notice that Dudley left a plate for Harry. I really liked that the director took the time for Hermione and Harry to say goodbye to all they knew in the beginning, though.<br /><br />Man... I need to see it again...The Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04147933102399332633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748602678453366103.post-51473359512638663932010-11-23T20:56:57.584-07:002010-11-23T20:56:57.584-07:00Amen! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt.1 ...Amen! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt.1 is the best HP movie-book adaptation so far. What a cryin' shame that it's the penultimate movie! I give props to the Prisoner of Azkaban film, but no HP movie before has been so undoubtedly gift wrapped for the book fans - the fans who created the hunger for the movies in the first place! David Yates (director) and Steve Kloves (screenwriter) have finally honored JK Rowling's writing, which created and colored this phenomenal world. They have finally focused on bringing her vision to life, rather than raiding it like brats in a toy store, looking for cool stuff to pillage and call their own. Maybe I sound bitter. Well, after the heavy-handed editing on the Order of the Phoenix film, and the insensitive editing of Half-Blood Prince that treated Dumbledore's death like 'kind of a downer' rather than a huge turn in the plot, and made the identity of the Half-Blood Prince an afterthought at best, yeah, I was furious!<br /> SO, my joy is all the more vibrant and leaping within my heart to see David Yates/Steve Kloves finally swallow that big ol' honkin' bite of humble pie (served after HP6 by the fans and by the gerbils of G-Force) and come to their senses.<br /> As Sheralyn happily declared, Yates/Kloves finally trusted in the genius source material and filmed it essentially as is!!! No randomly exploding Burrow, no taking all of Ron's smart lines and giving them to others thereby establishing him as little more than comic relief (Knowles actually gave Ron the role of discovering who R.A.B. was which fell to Harry in the book), no more cheap acting taken as 'good enough'. Yates seems to have cuffed himself to the story and stuck with it, and demanded of "The Trio" performances worthy of the material.<br /> Of course, some details were edited, but deftly so. No significant moments were lost, and Yates again employed well-placed props in certain scenes as a nod to some details he had to cut (ex. the plate for tea by Harry's bed left by Dudley as an awkward show of kindness; the Erumpent Horn that freaked out Hermione as it hung (mislabeled) on the wall of the Lovegood's home; Mrs. Cattermole respresenting all the Half-blood/Muggleborn witches/wizards they helped escape from the ministry; etc.). Yates/Kloves simplified some story connections and moments, but no plot point was cast aside. They have bowed to the book and proceeded with respect and heart - At LAST!<br /><br />GO SEE HP7 Pt 1!!! If you don't dig it, well, without access to my own wand, I don't know what to do for ya.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289844557475636466noreply@blogger.com