In a few hours, the last book of the
Harry Potter series will be released. I already reserved for a copy and I just can't wait to get it!
Actually, what I feel about the last book is a mixture of excitement and sadness. Excitement because, well, I always feel that way everytime an HP book is released. But honestly, in all the seven books, this is the one I feel excited about most. It has a lot of loose ends and I got a lot of hanging questions. I'm just really itching to know if the enigmatic Severus Snape is really on Voldemort's side all along 'cause Dumbledore really,
really did trust him. My guess: Snape killed Dumbledore on the headmaster's request. Dumbledore's pleads may not mean that he's begging Snape NOT to kill him but to
kill him. I don't know, it's just a guess. On a 2006 interview, J.K. Rowling stated:
"One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die...A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil...They go for the main characters...well, I do". And I think that the two important characters who's gonna die are Hermione and Ron. Again, a guess. And again according to Rowling,
"Some non-magical character will perform magic late in life under desperate circumstances. However, Petunia will not be the one to perform magic." Well then, if it's not Aunt Petunia, then it's gotta be Argus Filch, the Caretaker, since he is a Squib and he can't perform any magic at all. Or it can also be Mrs. Figg, who's also a Squib.
Also from Rowling,
"Ginny Weasley is quite powerful, that we have seen a taste of that in the past, and we will see it again." I just remembered the fifth movie, it showed Ginny performing spells quite powerfully than the rest of the members of the D.A. Maybe it's a foreshadowing of what will happen in the last book.
But I'll just wait and see if my guesses are correct, shall I?
Now, the reason why I also feel sad in a way about the last book. Well,
all good things come to an end. After
Deathly Hallows, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to anymore. Well, there's the movies, but the books are better. Way, way better.
It's just that, I can't believe
Harry Potter is ending tomorrow. Flashback to the year 2000, when I bought my first, and actually, 2nd copy of
Harry Potter. I bought books 1 and 2 at the same time. I was ten years old then. Still a little kid. And, still little until now, nothing changed. HEHE. I followed the series religiously every time a book comes out. And I can say that I have grown up alongside Harry. I was witness(well, not literally) to how he started out as a young kid with unruly jet-black hair and glasses who had no idea about his true identity. I have followed him in every battle, every scrutiny, every pain (whether it be emotional or physical), every dark moments and every happy moments. I have also witnessed how he grew up as a wizard and how he established an excellent affinity in the D.A.D.A. subject. I observed how, as Harry grew up in every book, the plot becomes darker and the subject matter of the story becomes apparent, that is, death.
In a few hours, the 7th and final book of the acclaimed series that won the hearts of millions of readers worldwide will be released. In a few hours, I'm gonna say goodbye to a story I have been reading for 7 years, a story I grew up with, a story that I have, and always will, treasure forever.
Saw
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a while ago. Well, it was good although I still liked the 4th movie better. It's just that the Ron and Dumbledore in the book are way, way different from the ones I saw in the film. It looks like Ron is not in the mood for anything at all and Dumbledore is not the calm, great wizard. In the scene following the one when he allowed Trelawney to stay at Hogwarts after Umbridge sacked her, he turned and while walking back towards the door which he came from, he snapped at the students, "Don't you have some studying to do!"
DUH.
The
real Dumbledore wouldn't do that. Well, the new Dumbledore really didn't appeal to me much since I first saw him. I think Richard Harris makes a much better Dumbledore.
Another disappointment in the film is that after Sirius died, Harry is like,
dedma lang. Parang, okay, my godfather the only family I have, had just been murdered. I was actually expecting the scene in the book wherein Harry talked to Nearly Headless Nick and asked him whether there is a way to make Sirius go back as a ghost. I think it would've showed how deeply saddened, heratbroken and desperate Harry was over the death of Sirius.
I didn't get to see much of Tonks, which is one of my favorite characters in Book 5.
Natalie Tena is pretty. Para nga nyang tatay si Lupin...nevertheless, I can't wait to see them on the 6th movie!
And I very much liked the performance of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood. I thought she was perfect, the dreamy voice, the "loony" attitude and the look in which it seems as if she just walked in a place by accident.
quite good considering she's new
And of course, after reading books 5 and 6, I now say that Snape is my favorite character. I don't know, it's just really hard to tell which side he is on. But I just love everything about him: his black, billowing cloak, his greasy, curtain-like hair and his choice of words.
Exceptional.
As for Alan Rickman, I now have an answer if ever I'm gonna be asked who my favorite actor is. I think he gave Snape's character really good justice.
If I become an international star (yuck sabay ganun eh noh), I'm gonna BEG to have a movie with Alan Rickman.
So all in all, I give the movie an A. In the O.W.L.S., it means 'Acceptable'. I can't wait for the 6th movie, though. It better be an O, or 'Outstanding', what's with Snape playing a crucial part there.
My 1100 SUN cell phone fell off my pocket a while ago. Needless to say, no more
other phone. At least I still got my Ericsson but I was having so much fun using SUN!
Man!
I'm so stupid. How can I not have checked my pocket while goind down the fx like I used to? I only checked it AFTER i had gone down.
Stupid stupid stupid LEA.
From now on, I'm going to be alert.
...like a dog.
