18. "RE: Okay....my review *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*" In response to In response to 7
>I liked how they handled the flight from Harry's to the (new) >Weasley Burrough....wished they had shown how Mad Eye went >down...and Hedwig getting smoked was anti-climactic.
I liked the way they killed off Hedwig. I liked the fact that she died trying to save Harry.
>The brief wedding and escape was SPOT ON!
Agreed. loved it.
>The exile/searching for Horcruxes dragged a bit with all the >teen angst and shit...but that part also dragged a bit in the >book so I guess its to be expected.
>Now...let's talk about Dobby.
>I can't believe they decided to end the series with them >CRYING OVER A FUCKING PUPPET!!! Augh. I guess since Dobby has >been missing pretty much since the 2nd film, and also since >the film never went into how DEEP Hermione was with the House >Elf Liberation movement or whatever they called it....it >didn't resonate with me. Plus...it was like they were trying >too hard to give Dobby a Gollum-esque appeal...when Gollum was >a character unto himself with idiosyncracies and shit. Dobby >is just a House Elf that was MUCH funnier early in the series. >That being said...Dobby did get a few chuckles.
i definitely teared up at Dobby, but i'm a loyal fan of the books/movies. i really hate the way that they cut him out of so much of the other films. to add him in later was just random and kind of unfair.
i do have some nerd gripes of my own. i'll be back with them later.