Topic: It's finally ending, Harry (Read 6608 times)

Border Reiver · « **Reply #50 on:** 19 Jul 2011, 10:35 »

I've enjoyed both the books and the movies.

The books are good young adult (I hesitate to call the later books children's books due to some of the darker elements)/easy reading fare. Nothing too deep about them, but solid and consistent characterizations with reasonable character development throughout. And since I do most of my reading on the bus on the way to work - I'm not looking for my recreational reading to be excessively complex.

The movies are visually quite stunning with the effects and the very good story telling. I'm also quite happy with the way that practically every major character in the movies was played by the same actor throughout the series to allow for consistency (Richard Harris being replaced as Dumbledore being a major exception, but Zombie Dumbledore, might have been a bit more challenging to deal with.

All in all I've enjoyed the run, and so have my wife and kids. Not something you can say about every movie series.

JD · « **Reply #51 on:** 20 Jul 2011, 01:39 »

I think this was the funniest part in the movie because it is the most awkward hug ever. But I guess the dark lord does not get much time to practice his hugs.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #52 on:** 20 Jul 2011, 05:53 »

That and Mr. Felton looked reallly uncomfortable.

IMMANotListening · « **Reply #53 on:** 21 Jul 2011, 03:28 »

It was just such a pointless scene to throw in as well. It was funny, yeah, but it was like: ...why is he doing that? o.O

Border Reiver · « **Reply #54 on:** 22 Jul 2011, 10:03 »

Maybe the figured that them dragging a captured Neville before Voldemort and the subsequent slapping of a burning Sorting Hat onto Neville's head after Neville refusing to join. With the drawing of the Sword and the slaying of Nagini might have been just a little OTT for some.

But they'd have need a special spell to carry Neville's balls after he pulled that off.

Linds · « **Reply #55 on:** 25 Jul 2011, 06:34 »

Personally, I was a little annoyed with Part 2. (Though I did cry like crazy.) I feel like they spent too much time on certain parts (like Harry stumbling around during the battles) and not enough on others (I wanted that scene where Percy came back and apologized/Fred's death). But most of the movie was done very well and I was pretty happy with the scene at Gringotts and Snape's memories. Maybe I would have liked it better if I'd watched Part 1 right beforehand? Some of my friends who are also big fans felt the same way.

As for book midnight releases - I got books 5-7 at midnight. The party at the bookstore I went to for book 7 was awesome. Lots of people had great costumes.

And I think older people who aren't familiar with the series could enjoy either the books or the movies so long as they understand that the earlier books are meant for children and then start to "grow up" a bit as the series goes on. Then again, I think that anyone in touch with their inner child and like fantasy would like these fine.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #56 on:** 25 Jul 2011, 08:43 »

Here's something that is bothering me, was I supposed to know who the werewolf killed when they showed their dead body, or was it just the shock that he was eating a student/teacher?

Yakob · « **Reply #57 on:** 25 Jul 2011, 12:16 »

I thought it might have been Colin Creevey or the weird movie version of him named Nigel, but I'm not sure.

LoliBot · « **Reply #58 on:** 25 Jul 2011, 02:21 »

It was definitely Colin Creevey, from what I could tell. I can't remember the last time we saw him in the movies (I know he appeared at least once after Chamber of Secrets), so he's a bit older than when we last saw him.

I've always kinda prided myself on not crying at movies. But once the stuff with Nagini and Snape started, I was gone. I cried pretty much all through the Snape stuff and a while afterward because of Fred and Lupin and the massively under-shown Tonks. Oh, gosh.... Fred. *sniffle* And then I started tearing up a while after that because I realized it was all going to be over soon and what a journey it had been. It was rough.

I'm still waiting for my Hogwarts letter. It's ten years too late, but I'd gladly accept it if it were to show up sometime.

Being 11 and not getting my letter was kinda rough. And I knew it was fiction. But I wanted it to be real.

(By the way, I was 8 when the first book came out and 17 when the last one came out. I, too, feel like I'm in the perfect age group.

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Linds · « **Reply #59 on:** 25 Jul 2011, 09:16 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 25 Jul 2011, 08:43

Here's something that is bothering me, was I supposed to know who the werewolf killed when they showed their dead body, or was it just the shock that he was eating a student/teacher?

I can't remember if

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actually died in the book off the top of my head, but the werewolf was killing/eating people.

Lupercal · « **Reply #60 on:** 26 Jul 2011, 02:16 »

Anybody else kind of feel like the first film built up all this awesome suspense, the 3-young-wizards vs the world kind of idea, then it was all a lot of bombast and action scene after action scene with this film? I enjoyed it, perhaps the hype made it slightly underwhelming for me. And I'm sure that in running length its shorter than the first part. Definitely the two-part HP7 has been a lot better than recent films (I remember disliking 5 & 6 quite a lot, in terms of lost continuity). And you kind of feel as though a massive saga is over.

Lets all just be on the edge of our seats for the film adaption of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #61 on:** 04 Aug 2011, 05:21 »

I saw this last night and actually really enjoyed it. We had been going for the 8pm 2D screening, because it was the right time and also cheaper, but it had sold out when we got there so we got tickets to the 9pm 3D screeing instead (after some persuasion, since mum had to work the next day and John doesn't like 3D). I'm so glad we did see it in 3D because it looked great. I've only seen Avatar in 3D before so I can't compare, but I loved the way the sparkly bits of the protective shield fell - actually kept getting distracted from the film by the beauty of the 3D.

I was disappointed that we didn't see Tonks' baby with different coloured hair, or Percy's reunion, and I laughed out loud when I saw supposedly grown up Harry, but grown up Ginny was good. Oh and Helena Bonham Carter playing Hermione playing Beatrix Lestrange was some of the most magnificent acting I have seen in years.

Linds · « **Reply #62 on:** 04 Aug 2011, 11:38 »

Yeah, at the beginning of Part 1 when everyone shows up at Harry's house, Tonks started to say something and then it was never brought up again. No Lupin coming to Grimmauld Place, no Lupin announcing the birth at Shell Cottage, nothing shown at the end. Which kind of sucks.

JD · « **Reply #63 on:** 07 Aug 2011, 02:23 »

I've seen it twice now once in 2D, once in 3D. Swear I can't tell the difference.

Lupercal · « **Reply #64 on:** 07 Aug 2011, 03:49 »

Pretty much the reason why I watch nothing in 3D.

philharmonic · « **Reply #65 on:** 07 Aug 2011, 11:35 »

Watched the 3D one only because that was the only one playing at the showtime (10PM). Enjoyed the movie overall but the 3D glasses sucked. It seemed to me that if you where looking through the glasses then only say 75% of the surface area in the center of the lenses the image on the big screen was properly focused. I took the glasses off and looked and it seemed the whole picture was uniform on the screen so i guess it must have been the crappy glasses.

LoliBot · « **Reply #66 on:** 08 Aug 2011, 12:08 »

Quote from: Tiogyr on 13 Jul 2011, 06:55

I've never read any of the books or seen any of the movies, is it too late to give them a read/watch or have I missed the boat on this being a thing worth looking at?

Okay, so I've seriously thought about this some. And I know I replied before, but I have something a little more solid for an answer this time.

http://markreads.net/reviews/2010/11/complete-mark-reads-harry-potter-archive/
This guy.

He read the series for the first time and made a post for each chapter individually, without reading ahead. He pretty much thinks the series is the greatest thing ever. I think he's 27 or so. If he can get that enthusiastic over it, then I have hopes for anyone in that age range. Hope this helps!

tender · « **Reply #67 on:** 08 Aug 2011, 09:06 »

Quote from: LoliBot on 08 Aug 2011, 12:08

He read the series for the first time and made a post for each chapter individually, without reading ahead. He pretty much thinks the series is the greatest thing ever.

Quote from: guy in question

I was under contract to write the series

Which explains why the first bit sounded so forced and caps lock'd.

*shrugs*

Cire27 · « **Reply #68 on:** 08 Aug 2011, 01:21 »

He seemed to genuinely enjoy it to me! He did Twilight previously and hated that.

tender · « **Reply #69 on:** 08 Aug 2011, 02:02 »

Oh, ah. I now realize my comment might seem to say, "He was paid to do it, so he's just shilling an idea without genuine enjoyment."

While possible, I just didn't like the writer's style in that first chapter summary, and imagined the rest would be more of the same, so I stopped reading.

LoliBot · « **Reply #70 on:** 08 Aug 2011, 04:03 »

I'm in the middle of reading his Chamber of Secrets reviews, and so far it's gotten better than his first review. He actually mixes things up quite a bit--GIF parties, writing reviews as other people (In a Twilight review, he was William Shakespeare addressing Stephenie Meyer). He started on the Harry reviews right after reading through the Twilight books, so some of his enthusiasm comes from reading something he doesn't hate.

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