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Harry Potter HBP Trailer: "They find me... whisper things..."
Local H Jay
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So yeah, this movie is coming in sooner than I thought. It looks much better than the last few, which is great. The seen seems right out of the book (with some parts clearly edited out), and is really good.
The little guy playing Tom Riddle is just right for the role. His and Dumbledore's chemistry is great.
I want this to be good, because after Goblet, this is my favorite HP book. And since they really dropped the ball on 4, and 5 had issues, I really have some reservations. Still, cautiously optimistic.
Release date is Nov. 21st.
So yeah, this movie is coming in sooner than I thought. It looks much better than the last few, which is great. The seen seems right out of the book (with some parts clearly edited out), and is really good.
The little guy playing Tom Riddle is just right for the role. His and Dumbledore's chemistry is great.
I want this to be good, because after Goblet, this is my favorite HP book. And since they really dropped the ball on 4, and 5 had issues, I really have some reservations. Still, cautiously optimistic.
Release date is Nov. 21st.
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So the next Harry Potter is actually just Halo 3?
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I was wondering about that, but it looks like it is fixed.
NOOOOO! You BITCH! You SPOILED IT!
You just gave me the best idea for a HP/Halo/Starcraft fanfic.
No, but seriously, I got over Harry Potter in middle school. Anybody with me?
Yeah, and some people got over video games in high school.
Harry Potter is still good wether or not you enjoy it.
Haha just kidding. Harry Potter rules. 6 is gonna be a tough movie, suffering from the problems of 5 - too much stuff to fit in.
The difference is that there are video games which deal with adult experience with maturity. Harry Potter will always be for kids.
I don't have a problem with things that are for kids, and I'll confess to an amount of nostalgia there, but that's just not me anymore, ya know?
EDIT: Though in the interest of full disclousure, I should mention that at this exact moment Philosopher's Stone is the closest book to my person.
Hopefully this one will be good. I'm a bit concerned about it though, because they've cut out or changed so much that turns out to later be significant that I don't know if they can make the story coherent at this point.
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But many of the themes in Harry Potter it would be good for a number of adults to learn. Such as equal rights, justice, and understanding that nothing, not even being genetically more powerful (such as being born with magical ability) gives you the right to rule or look down on another person.
In fact I would say that the Harry Potter series is one of the most powerful statements of equal rights to have reached a worldwide audience.
Edit: Seriously, the best part is when you realize that people like Dumbledore, who has been seen as a force for pure good
And as much as adults may need remedial courses in basic human concepts, that doesn't mean that Harry Potter handles them in a mature way.
It's more sensitive than the Bible, I'll grant you that.
Does it go into detail, like with entrails and post death excavation of bodily fluids?
I read Ender's Game way before HP, and would recommend it first.
I don't mean to say that the book is mature or on the level of say Lord of the Flies, or anything written by Philip K. Dick, But for escapist fiction you have to admit it at least addresses some important ideas.
And lets be honest, there are a lot of adults out there that are way more likely to read Harry Potter than anything considered literature or mature.
Also, the drift from "sliding towards a darker story" to "WHO TURNED OUT THE DAMNED LIGHTS?".
Yes, yes it is. I read that back in grade 5, and it has since been among my favourite books.
Not so much, but
Truth.
I don't know, kid's entertainment IS pretty violent at times, the thing that most Americans get up in arms about is swear words and sex.
Then again, JK Rowling probably did mature her storytelling through the novels, since her original fanbase was maturing as well.
Always mean to read that book, but I found out the ending long ago. And well, Card's an ass.
Yah, one of the larger disillusionments of my childhood was discovering that Orson Scott Card is actually a homophobic douchenozzle.
Especially considering Songmaster.
Reason to see it:
Making out with Sir Cadogan in the Griffindor Hall, while the Fat Lady watches.
See, I've seen things like this referenced in books, and I have to say
He beat the living shit out of that kid, but never meant to kill him, he was only making sure there was no chance the kid would want to start shit later.
It isn't even revealed that the kid died until late into the book.
Another example is in The Subtle Knife.
Although I guess given his rationale of wanting to do whatever it took to make sure no one ever bullied him again you might be able to get him on second degree murder. I mean, discounting the fact that he was six.
What I mean to say is that colloquially, murder can be any unlawful killing :P
Huh? That's dumb. Do you dislike literature in general? Allusions and building upon previous stories and tropes and classic myths and stuff - pretty much par for the course.
I mean uh, I guess only stuff that is completely original is enjoyable?
Could you give an example or two? I don't remember anything that blatant.