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Originally Posted by afa
I agree. I watched and disliked each of the first 6 movies. In the case of the first two, it was purely because the movies sucked (I hadn't read the books at that point). The rest, I thought, lost a lot of the magic of the books.
The only ones I thought were any good were Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2, and I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that splitting it into two movies allowed them to keep a lot of the content from the books. They were the only movies that didn't seem really rushed.
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That and the book fit more with the movie format. Deathly Hallows only visits Hogwarts when Harry, Herminone (sp), and Ron go there. For the most part, the book follows the three of them on their adventures. Given that the movies focused on Harry, Ron, and Herminone (sp) adventure it was a more natural fit.
I think that is why I prefered the 7th movie and was fine with the 8th until the final battle. The movie did not drop detail only because they split it in two but because the book did not have the same backdrop in Hogwarts and vacations that all the other books did. There was less of the important, all be it background, material to remove.
There was no need to change the duel between Voldemort and Harry. There was no reason to drop the entire discussion of asking for forgivness and redemption. Instead they wanted a more massive battle between Harry and Voldemort. It wasn't needed and it really altered the overall ending message of the books.
In the end, Harry wins, not because of superior magic, but because he is willing to sacrifice himself to protect the people that he loves, essentially his friends and classmates. Voldemort cannot grasp the concept and has destroyed his soul because he fears death. The only way for Voldemort's soul to be saved is for him to realize that he has hurt others and ask for forgivness, seek redemption. By not doing so, Voldemort has guarnteed that he will spend eternity living as that pitiful scrap of flesh that you see in Harry's talk with Dumbledore. Voldemort dies when his wand, which he could not believe did not answer to him, turns on him and bounces his killing curse at him. In the movie, all discussion of redemption is lost drowning the good vs evil discussion under the guise of a more souped up and unnecessary duel.
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