Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2: Opinions?

[Necuno]

Star Wars wsa based on books? I thought all the books came after the movies? More info please!

The origin of all star wars "book" is the Journal of Wills and good luck finding that. You might be right about them being movie tie-ins though...

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The novelization of the film was published in December 1976, six months before the film was released. The credited author was George Lucas, but the book was revealed to have been ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, who later wrote the first Expanded Universe novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye. The book was first published as Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker; later editions were titled simply Star Wars (1995) and, later, Star Wars: A New Hope (1997), to reflect the retitling of the film. Certain scenes deleted from the film (and later restored or archived in DVD bonus features) were always present in the novel (since it had been based on the screenplay), such as Luke at Tosche Station with Biggs and the encounter between Han and Jabba (referred to as "Jabba the Hut") in Docking Bay 94. Other deleted scenes from the movie, such as a close-up of a stormtrooper riding on a Dewback, were included in a photo insert added to later printings of the book.

Smaller details were also different from the film version; for example, in the Death Star assault, Luke's callsign is Blue Five instead of Red Five as in the film. Also Obi-Wan does not sacrifice himself; Vader actually defeats and executes him in the lightsaber duel. Charles Lippincott secured the deal with Del Rey Books to publish the novelization in November 1976. By February 1977, a half million copies had been sold.

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[Graal]

In a way, I think the anti-climatic ending was a good thing. Sure, everyone was happy that Voldemort was dead, but if you hadn't noticed, he'd been killing off their friends and loved ones for the better part of the last two decades. Then to top it off, the night of his death, he and his deatheaters killed off their friends and loved ones like flies. Everyone was going to be happy about his death, yes, but they're also just as busy mourning all the people lost in the process. One can ahrdly expect them to be leaping around in joyous celebration.

Think about it. You read the books. Doesn't it seem as if there should've been just a tad more action/excitement to it? Hell, the final duel, really. Blue and red lines and then zap. V is a pile of dust. Pfft. Boring.

That's the point of it. Voldemort didn't go down in a glorious spellfight in the books either. He died because he made a mistake in his judgment with the Elder Wand. In fact, the fight in the book is even less exciting than the one in the movie. Voldemort casts Avada Kedavra, Harry counters with the disarming charm. Seeing as the Elder Wand belongs to Harry, and won't kill it's proper master, the spell backfires and kills Voldemort. I thought it was a very fitting end, seeing how Voldemort kills himself due to him overlooking the tinyest little detail.

 

[Necuno]

That's the point of it. Voldemort didn't go down in a glorious spellfight in the books either. He died because he made a mistake in his judgment with the Elder Wand. In fact, the fight in the book is even less exciting than the one in the movie. Voldemort casts Avada Kedavra, Harry counters with the disarming charm. Seeing as the Elder Wand belongs to Harry, and won't kill it's proper master, the spell backfires and kills Voldemort. I thought it was a very fitting end, seeing how Voldemort kills himself due to him overlooking the tinyest little detail.

Exactly, but I suppose some wrote their own version there

/sets music cue

 

[Fabio]

TBH I thought the movie was good, and agree with graal. It was a fitting ending.

 

[Cobalt]

I thought the movie was amazing and a really epic ending to the series. Can not think of a way it could have been done better.