usuallyhats | Harry Potter! Also the Today programme. (Reply)

On this morning's Today programme -
Presenter*: When was the last time the army were brought in for something like this?
Alex Salmond: ...Monday.

Well, it made me laugh, anyway.

*I am not awake enough at that time in the morning to remember which one it was.

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I went to see Deathly Hallows (with

amicu and Rhiannon)! IT WAS AWESOME. If a little bleak. OK, very bleak. But in a good way. That montage of the trio walking through various bleak locations, with the radio playing the names of the missing over the top? D: Harry and Hermione dancing actually made me cry a little - they were so desperate and sad. D: again. I really really loved their friendship, though: it was beautiful and platonic and I have many ♥s for it. And I thought Ron's jealousy was very well done - it was obvious why he would think there was something going on, but equally it was obvious that it hadn't occurred to Harry and Hermione that their actions could be misinterpreted.

Some other things:

The Bathilda Bagshotte sequence was another particularly grim bit.

I thought the actors playing the Polyjuiced trio were great, especially Polyjuiced Harry. (Also, imagine being able to mention that off hand. "Oh, yes, I'm in the next Harry Potter film. Who am I playing? Oh, just HARRY. sort of.")

I WANT TO BE HERMIONE GRANGER WHEN I GROW UP.

Hee, the imaginary Harry/Hermione looked just like a bad manip.

So much care and attention has obviously gone into the background detail: props, stuff lying around, minor characters/extras... it was really great. It felt like a properly consistent world.

The attack on Xenophilus Lovegood's house broke my heart a little. Also, Luna! She is wonderful. Evanna Lynch gives her this lovely self contained air that stops her feyness from slipping over into being irritating.

It was just ALL SO SAD. No happy things! Ever again! Though that being said, all the comedy moments that they did have were brilliant. Especially any time when Hermione and Ron were having a Moment and Harry was just standing there going "...awkward."