I have to admit that my only real beef about this latest film - besides the dull colors (Yes, even tho' I understand fully why he's using them, I have to say "OKAY, OKAY, WE GET IT, WE GET IT ALREADY!!! DO SOMETHING JUST SLIGHTLY MORE NORMAL") - is that he sort of just threw the Harry/Ginny thing at everyone. And this could be the fault of the dreadful writer they had for the last movie (notice they are not using him anymore?). Of course, J.K. Rowling did most of her hinting in "code", and it was only the uber-geeks who got it early on (I have to ask if you;ve ever gotten wind of the Harry/Hermione fanatics - they're almost as funny as the Harry/Draco dweebs...). But, for a movie, there should have been some hinting. Preferably in the previous movie. But that was such a bust, I should know better than to even mention it...
I have to admit that my only real beef about this latest film - ... is that he sort of just threw the Harry/Ginny thing at everyone.
He sort of had to; movie 6 is just about the last place he could do that and have some of the action in the book 7 movies make any sense. That further supports my theory; if he has to show a scene or add a theme in order to film the Quest Against Voldemort adequately, he will; otherwise, it goes under the bus. (Though my recollection is that Rowling doesn't make much of a deal of Harry's burgeoning relationship before book 5, and the book 5 hints are pretty subtle. The stuff in book 4 can be read as normal teen dating and experimentation, and not as a sign that they will necessarily end up as a pair.)
And this could be the fault of the dreadful writer they had for the last movie (notice they are not using him anymore?)
I didn't notice, but you may well be right that losing the last writer is the reason for the change. (Though come to think of it, movie 5 was kind of short on dialogue... in general. The best parts of it were images, not words.)
(I have to ask if you;ve ever gotten wind of the Harry/Hermione fanatics - they're almost as funny as the Harry/Draco dweebs...).
No. I don't do fan fic; life's too short to start wading through swamps of mediocre to bad writing in search of pearls unless you're getting paid to do so.
There was a really huge "hammer-to-head" moment in the second book where Gunny informs Harry that he should have consulted her about being possessed by Voldemort because she's the one who knew what it was like. That was the moment most people realized the two of them were supposed to be together.
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besides the dull colors (Yes, even tho' I understand fully why
he's using them, I have to say "OKAY, OKAY, WE GET IT, WE
GET IT ALREADY!!! DO SOMETHING JUST SLIGHTLY MORE
NORMAL") - is that he sort of just threw the Harry/Ginny thing
at everyone. And this could be the fault of the dreadful writer
they had for the last movie (notice they are not using him
anymore?). Of course, J.K. Rowling did most of her hinting in
"code", and it was only the uber-geeks who got it early on (I
have to ask if you;ve ever gotten wind of the Harry/Hermione
fanatics - they're almost as funny as the Harry/Draco dweebs...).
But, for a movie, there should have been some hinting.
Preferably in the previous movie. But that was such a bust, I
should know better than to even mention it...
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He sort of had to; movie 6 is just about the last place he could do that and have some of the action in the book 7 movies make any sense. That further supports my theory; if he has to show a scene or add a theme in order to film the Quest Against Voldemort adequately, he will; otherwise, it goes under the bus. (Though my recollection is that Rowling doesn't make much of a deal of Harry's burgeoning relationship before book 5, and the book 5 hints are pretty subtle. The stuff in book 4 can be read as normal teen dating and experimentation, and not as a sign that they will necessarily end up as a pair.)
I didn't notice, but you may well be right that losing the last writer is the reason for the change. (Though come to think of it, movie 5 was kind of short on dialogue... in general. The best parts of it were images, not words.)
No. I don't do fan fic; life's too short to start wading through swamps of mediocre to bad writing in search of pearls unless you're getting paid to do so.
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the second book where Gunny informs Harry that he
should have consulted her about being possessed by
Voldemort because she's the one who knew what it
was like. That was the moment most people realized
the two of them were supposed to be together.
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I have no basis for either disbelieving or believing this statement. All I can say is that I didn't see them as a pair that early.