Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion 1147
At midnight on Friday Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released, ending the ten year run of J.K. Rowling's extremely popular book series. I imagine that there are a few folks here who have already read the book and want to talk about it. Likewise, the movie version of Order of the Phoenix was recently released (a film I was kind of underwhelmed by). So ... what did you think of them? Be forewarned: I imagine the comments will be filled with spoilers.
Spoiler Alert!!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
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Spoilers within (Score:5, Funny)
So unbelievable (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What did I think of them? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:thinly-veiled homosexual propaganda (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I haven't read SINGLE Harry Potter book (Score:5, Funny)
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Harry and Voldemort fight a duel at Hogwarts in front of the students and faculty.
Voldemort hits Harry with a sex-change spell and Harry becomes Harriet.
The fight ends with that.
Voldemort and Harriet get married, go bowling every Friday night, and live happily ever after.
So far, noone has believed me at all.
Voldemort: "No Harry, I AM your father" (Score:5, Funny)
Jolyon
Re:Plot mistakes? (spoilers) (Score:5, Funny)
If you start to think about it, you might come up with questions like:
* Why didn't they keep using the time turner thing to go back in time to save people?
* Why didn't the bad guys use the same?
* Sure luck potion takes 6 months to make, but surely someone could have gone to a bit of effort? They spent a lot of time sitting around doing nothing...
It's very gay, is it? (Score:5, Funny)
My goodness. What an aberration. What a sin against the will of God.
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Re:What's this "my" Sweet Pea? (Score:5, Funny)
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Yeah, I grew up on Edgar Rice - those Barsoom books made me a life long fan of reading!
Good on you - Uh, wait, you mean William don't you?
Re:What? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm pretty happy with it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A few problems... (Score:4, Funny)
Harry not moving when Voldemort cast a Crucio on him?
I understand not screaming, since the pain can be resisted somewhat. But not even twitching?
Obviously, Harry was still semi-transparent and flickering with immunity after having cashed in a +1UP, and didn't feel the pain.
Re:Plot mistakes? (spoilers) (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:International Relations (Score:4, Funny)
I know what happened to Luna (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Voldemort: "No Harry, I AM your father" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What did I think of them? (Score:4, Funny)
The writer is commenting on Rowling's nihilistic perspective on the neopaganist movement.
The theory he puts forward in this sentence is that as a women she feels betrayed by the misogynistic class structure, and that neopaganism reinforces true classlessness. You see, in the wizard school those most proficient in magic rise to the top, not those born into a higher class. The writer postulates that Rowling is encouraging such a meritocracy.
The supposed naivety of the dream is amplified through the eyes of the protagonist, Harry.
I hope you all memorized what I just said, because you'll have to repeat it in your own words ad verbatim in the exam. You'll also have to be able to recite it while being monitored by a lie detector so we know that you really believe it. Class dismissed.
Re:I haven't read SINGLE Harry Potter book (Score:1, Funny)
I don't remember most of them now, but on occasion I see a book that I don't QUITE remember having read, and then it hits me that I read it when I was 5, like Green Mars. I need to pick up a copy of it one of these days and re-read it. I only remember the basic storyline now.
Re:I haven't read SINGLE Harry Potter book (Score:2, Funny)
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kinda like turbo boost in Knight Rider
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