Deathly Hallows

So I'm a pretty huge Harry Potter fan. My third grade teacher read us Sorcerer's Stone and I loved it but I really got into the series in 5th grade. Harry Potter has affected me in a way that I can't really articulate and a lot of people don't understand. Yeah, but I obviously went to the midnight showing of Deathly Hallows last week and I want to talk about what I liked and didn't like (there wasn't a lot I didn't like). I'm just gonna do this in list form cause it'll be easier. *There will be book and movie spoilers in the post*

Likes:
1) The Obliviate Scene - I really liked this scene because it gave something to Hermione that really hasn't been in the films
2) Bill Weasley - I thought he just seemed like a cool guy. I wanted to be friends with him and I think that's what Jo wanted when she wrote him
3) Mundungus Fletcher - He was so skeevy. Not at all how I pictured him but I really liked Dung
4) Hedwig's death - I hated how she just died in the book. I didn't feel like there was a lot of closure in that scene so I enjoyed how she got her last moment
5) Fred and George scene - I love love that they kept the "holey" line it was delivered very well and the twins really never get meaty parts so I liked the bit of emotion that got during the scene
6) A strong picture in my head from DH was in Grimmauld Place when Harry wakes up and sees Ron and Hermione's hands near each other like the fell asleep holding heads. I really loved that scene and I was excited that they kept that in
7) Ron's leaving scene - Rupert did an amazing job with this part. I thought it was nicely done and very emotional
8) I really liked the Harry/Hermione dance scene. A lot of people didn't like it but I think it showed a part of the strong friendship they have that is rarely seen in the movies because a lot of their relationship is in Harry's head so it was hard to but into film
9) While reading the book I never could picture Nagini coming out of Bathilda Bagshot so that I thought was really weird but defiantly well done
10) I loved the lack of music in this film. I noticed more often when there was no music which I thought was more powerful than a huge blasting song. So props to Alexandre Desplat although I do miss John Williams.
11) Dobby! I love Dobby and I thought his death was beautifully done. I was afraid it was going to be forced and cheesy (i.e the lovely crying scene in PoA) but I loved it.
12) The split is brilliant. It leaves me wanting more which is good for non book readers because they'll come see the next part
13) I liked the Ministry scene also it was well done

Now for the dislikes...this will be considerably shorter

1) I wish they would have added the Harry/Dudley scene because after everything they needed their amens
2) The Remus/Harry scene - I guess it wasn't all that necessary to the plot but I think since Lupin is the last father figure (besides Arthur) that Harry has there should have been more of him. I really love Lupin so maybe that why I wanted this scene so much
3) I was expecting more Malfoy Manor but I wasn't totally upset with what was in the film

Sorry, I think this is obnoxiously long...but I really love Harry Potter. I'm a huge nerd :) I want to see the film again so I can digest the awesome but I'm really happy about how it turned out. Ok nerd rant over.

Hello...

I'm starting this blog because recently I've had this need to just express myself and get my thoughts out there. This has mostly stemmed from my new obsession which is YouTube. I never watched videos mostly because my laptop stopped being able to show videos about a year after I got it, but I started using the family computer and found YouTubers. Mostly I found Nerdfighteria. As I watched the videos by John and Hank Green, I found people who were like me. John and Hank and the Nerdfighters value the same things I do which is something I do not have in real life. I feel that my high schools friends and I have some things in common, but not a lot, and so I feel I have more acquaintances than true friends. And so I want to do this blog because I want to be able to put forth my ideas and opinions, even if it's just for myself.