I
finally got around to seeing my third viewing in IMAX 3D, and I thought it was fantastic. A little pricey for a $15 dollar ticket, but I think it was worth it. Some thoughts, and things I noticed... Apologies if this has already been said, I forget and don't feel like backreading:
When Mcgonagall is telling Neville and Seamus to "blow it up," there are several other teachers walking with them, including Slughorn. If you look closely, Slughorn takes a little swig of some potion in a teeny bottle, and I instantly thought Felix Felicis. I lol'd.
Totally Slughorn.
I loved Neville's
Mimbulus Mimbletona on the desk when the kid goes "Lightning has struck!!"
When the school's protection finally goes down and Scabior slowly takes a step forward, some guy in the theater said, "Oh,
SHIT." very loudly.
There are in fact some people watching Voldy and Harry's final duel. Just students, it looks like. Hard to notice, but they're there. And Neville is watching from the entrance too (after slicing Nagini); you can see him standing in the doorway as the Voldy-fetti floats up.
Also when Voldy is in the boathouse, before he talks to Lucius, he's examining his forearm and wrist of his wand hand. You can see some of the skin like flaking off. And when he's up on the cliff, the back of his neck is peeling too. Gross.
When Neville said "Harry didn't die in vain. But you will!!! Because you're wrong!!!!" With Voldy giving an evil laugh was a really moving and powerful scene this time around. That whole speech is chill-inducing.
As much talk as Rickman is getting for a possible Supporting Actor nom, which I fully support with 100% of my being, I also think Ralph Fiennes did utterly BRILLIANT acting in this. I really paid attention to him the third time around, and my goodness, he is great.
This was the first time I watched Part 2 directly after watching Part 1. Something I noticed: When HRH escape from the Ministry with Yaxley on their tail in Part 1, they do a sort of whooshy apparating thing. First they zoom up the fireplace, then they apparate. Yaxley is wrestling with them the whole time, then eventually looses his grip. What I'm getting at, is when Harry and Voldy "morph together" after Harry hugs him and they fall off the cliff and fly around in Part 2, it looks almost the exact same as what happened between the Trio and Yaxley in Part 1. This led me to believe that it wasn't so much "Harry and Voldy are connected" (because they technically aren't anymore; the horcrux in Harry is already gone by this point), but it's more of a side effect of an apparation gone awry. (Granted I am assuming that when Voldy turns to black wisps and floats around he's apparating in a sense.) That's why they get all funky looking and "morph" together.
Well, that's the end of my rambling.