HP sigh

[jedi_of_urth]

So, because I could I wound up reading the TWoP HBP photo show and well...it reminded me why I hate that book.


All they seemed to talk about was the Hogwarts 90210 aspects, which I was really hoping they would tone down from the book. The plot of the book, though kind of thin, could have made up a good chuck of a movie length story without it having to give so much weight to the crappy ships of the book.

It was only my ability to hope that the 90210 aspects would be played down that had me all that interested in the movie, now that I'm back thinking they're going to make sure to sell that, and reminded of how much I hated it the first and only time I read the book, I'm back to not caring.

I will say that DH redeemed the series somewhat after the dren of HBP, but my love affair with the HP series died with HBP the first time around. Still, somehow I'm still worried the movie will manage to kill it more dead.

Comments

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was pretty much where my enthusiasm for the books got killed. Of course, that was also the book she murdered Hermione's character, brought Ginny back out from the sidelines, and generally realized she'd fucked up somewhere in the last five books and needed to get the plot back on the rails.

Though I am curious that the trailers I keep seeing have more Harry and Hermione (once where she thwacks him and once where she is sitting really, really close (and alone) with him) so maybe the movies will continue this whole trend of overtly going along with the 'canon' ships and giving the H/Hr fans subtext consistent with, you know, the first five books/movies.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

I've heard that Dan and Emma have more chemistry than the other two canon ships which kind of makes me laugh - albeit, in a "if only I still cared" kind of way.

I think I've moved on from HP enough so that I can sit through the movie without caring overly much. But HBP was also what killed my HP love, so I can't honestly say that I'm bouncing with joy to see it or anything.