Someone mentioned in a previous thread that a good way to expand upon the second Deathly Hallows movie would be to focus on the resistance at Hogwarts and elsewhere.
Suddenly, all I could think about was how cool it would be if we got to see the moment the Death Eaters find out that attacking Granny Longbottom in her home is the worst mistake of their lives.
That, and how cool it would be if the Battle of Hogwarts got the FX budget it deserves.
What would you want to see focused on in Film 7 Continued?
[ March 26, 2008, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: Puffy Treat ]
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Suddenly, all I could think about was how cool it would be if we got to see the moment the Death Eaters find out that attacking Granny Longbottom in her home is the worst mistake of their lives.
Those awful writers would screw it all up.
The house lights up from the inside with the camera shaking -- Death Eaters flee the house -- Granny Longbottom walks out ramrod straight brushing dust off of her hands and says in a grannyish voice, "And stay out!"
Mutters "hooligans" under her breath as she walks back inside.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Lol. I swear to goodness, airman just nailed exactly what they would do.
You need something in between that and George Lucas, who'd have Gran jumping and diving all over the place in a 20 minute long wand duel (and the wands would likely turn into wandsabers at some point).
Somewhere in between would be nice, or really, what I'd love to see is just a montage of them attacking the different homes that were mentioned, and showing the outcomes of all their attempts, with some people getting away and some not.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Quiddich. Book 7 doesn't have any Quiddich.
When Harry's walking through the forest to his death at Voldemort's hands, he can look at the Snitch, and he can have flashbacks of his past Quiddich games, and be comforted by his memories of all the great games he played.
And that way they could just skip all that weird stuff where he's being comforted by the ghosts of his dead parents, because that's just a downer, y'know.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Uhhhh, you're joking, right?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I'd like to see Neville being a leader. The WORST thing they could do, IMO, is give the job of
*SPOILERS*
cutting off Nagini's head to someone else-- like Jenny, for example, or Ron, or Hermione.
*END SPOILERS*
I would love to see Grandma Longbottom tromping on the Death Eaters.
They need to develop Snape's undercover work a bit more; I never felt like he completely redeemed himself in the book, despite helping Harry throughout.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
He wasn't really meant to completely redeem himself.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I would like to see the epilogue. I love happy endings.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Well, I don't mean 'completely' as in, "All this time, Snape's really liked Harry." I meant, I never really thought that he felt bad about anything that happened.
I didn't believe that he loved Lilly after all, I don't think.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I would like to see the epilogue. I love happy endings.
I think it would be better to show Harry hanging Snape's portrait in the headmaster's office as the ending.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Strange how different people's perceptions can be, Scott.
I was fully convinced that he did love Lily Evans, though I wasn't convinced until his memory flashback via deathbed.
I was also convinced that he really did dislike Harry, didn't feel sorry for it, and hated himself in a bunch of ways because of it. Sorry he hated Harry (Lily's son), sorry he felt bad about hating Harry (Potter's son), that sort of thing.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:I never felt like he completely redeemed himself in the book...
Well, without getting into a religious conversation, how many people are ever completely redeemed?
But redeemed for signing on with the Death Eaters? Even though it's unclear to what extent Snape was involved with them before Voldemort targeted the Potters, it seems he was probably neck-deep. That makes it difficult to say he redeemed himself just by trying to protect the woman he loved. He would need to take grave risks to protect ordinary humans and 'mudbloods' for that.
Posted by Christine (Member # 8594) on :
This seems to be a spoiler-heavy thread...it might be a good idea to just have the spoiler warning in the topic but to cover my butt for anything I might say....
SPOILERS
I didn't want Snape to completely redeem himself, whatever that means. He wasn't a traditional good guy and making him into one would have bordered on ridiculous. He was a shady character from the start and we never got his POV, so who knows what's in his head? Since it wasn't in the books, I figure that's for me to decide. It certainly can't go in the movies because movies get inside character's heads even less so than books do.
I'd pretty much like them to stick to the script in the last book. While I wouldn't mind seeing a few of the things going on at Hogwarts, for example, I think the script writers would be more likely to mess it up. Plus, there's not much time.
IMO, they could cut the epilogue. But I thought the book could too. Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
So...the reason I think that a deeper redemption was warranted was the epilogue.
Harry named one of his kids after Severus. That implies a complete switch of attitude toward the man-- after the events depicted in the book, I could understand an amelioration in Harry's attitude toward Snape, but not an endorsement of that magnitude.
Anyway. I loved the book.
Posted by Christine (Member # 8594) on :
quote:Originally posted by Scott R: So...the reason I think that a deeper redemption was warranted was the epilogue.
Harry named one of his kids after Severus. That implies a complete switch of attitude toward the man-- after the events depicted in the book, I could understand an amelioration in Harry's attitude toward Snape, but not an endorsement of that magnitude.
Anyway. I loved the book.
That's a good point...but I've been trying to pretend the epilogue didn't happen so I forgot about that bit. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I actually like Airman's suggested joke for the Grandma Longbottom scene. I'd rather see it that way than with fighting, her presence should be enough.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I was under the impression that Severus hated Harry, because Harry reminded him of Lily.
Posted by Christine (Member # 8594) on :
quote:Originally posted by JonHecht: I was under the impression that Severus hated Harry, because Harry reminded him of Lily.
No...he hates Harry because Harry reminds him of James.
Posted by EmpSquared (Member # 10890) on :
quote:Originally posted by Christine:
quote:Originally posted by JonHecht: I was under the impression that Severus hated Harry, because Harry reminded him of Lily.
No...he hates Harry because Harry reminds him of James.
It's both, because, um, SPOILER?, she died so that Harry could live AND because James antagonized Snape at Hogwarts.
Harry is, to Snape, walking proof and cause of Lily's death.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: I actually like Airman's suggested joke for the Grandma Longbottom scene. I'd rather see it that way than with fighting, her presence should be enough.
Agreed!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote: Harry named one of his kids after Severus. That implies a complete switch of attitude toward the man-- after the events depicted in the book, I could understand an amelioration in Harry's attitude toward Snape, but not an endorsement of that magnitude.
Boy, you're a tough crowd!
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
The epilogue...man. I love that the characters got happy endings (for the most part) but I hate that it's -very- obvious this was written long, long before Rowling's style shifted.
As far as spoilers go, I assumed the topic itself was a spoiler warning, but I'll change it.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: You need something in between that and George Lucas, who'd have Gran jumping and diving all over the place in a 20 minute long wand duel (and the wands would likely turn into wandsabers at some point).
It occurs to me that you just described the way I want to see the Molly/Bellatrix showdown play out. Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
Yay.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
A flashback to a hot kiss between Dumbledore and Grindelwald. Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
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