So I guess he's some sort of wizard or something, huh.
Yeah, that's about all I got.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I think he makes pots.
Posted by Hank (Member # 8916) on :
Thank you. I felt so alone.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Just what this forum needed! Another Harry Potter Thread.
Thank you so much. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Harry Potter?!
I was talking about my HP Deskjet.
I tend to anthropomorphize.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
Lame. Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
<-- hasn't read a single HP book or seen a single movie.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I've seen four of the movies. There are five, right? I haven't seen the most recent one.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
@#$@# muggles.
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
My greatest regret in life is having never read a Harry Potter book. I think I'll just look at the end of "Deathly Hallows" and skip all of the rest of that stuff anyway. I can't afford to spend any time on HP because I am trying to catch up on OSC works. Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Hey, great thread, somewhere to belong. Saw the first two movies, but probably won't see the others unless a friend or neighbor insists that I borrow it.
I don't want to be a part of a book franchise that obviously began as a pact with the devil. No body comes from poverty to wealth untold by writing kids books unless their name in written in blood somewhere.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I've never read any of the books, and have only seen the first movie.
OK... put the torches and pitchforks away... wait... STOP! NO!!! AAAUUUGGGGHHH!!! Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Yeah, I heard about that guy. Isn't he a witch or something?
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
more like FAIRY POTTER
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: @#$@# muggles.
Be nice, Dan. They don't have to read them if they don't want to.
I mean, it's not like any of these nice folks ever tried to convince me -- repeatedly, and despite several requests to the contrary -- to read/watch something I didn't want to.
Actually, it's not. (I believe all of those folks are avid HP fans.)
Must be pretty frustrating for y'all on Hatrack these days. The good news: it'll die down soon. And there are only two more movies, and no more books.
Now 'scuse me. There are a couple HP threads I haven't posted in yet. Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
I kept telling myself I was going to read them eventually, and it never came about.
--j_k
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
You guys cannot judge the series on the first books / movies. They were children's stories, and pretty horrendous movies.
The series matured as the author and audience alike matured. The movies matured more than I ever thought possible.
I implore you to not write it off because of its popularity, or it's mediocre beginnings. I'm not trying to force you or convince you. It is just that me and others have enjoyed the series so much (and the interactions between the young ones and the old ones who have read it is something to behold) that it pains me that people may be avoiding it for the wrong reasons.
I've had my say. I won't bother you anymore.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Who says I've written it off? Or that I didn't enjoy the first movies? Frankly, I think the first movie was in many ways better than many of the later ones.
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
I really want to read Harry Potter, but I'm afraid that the end will be spoiled for me before I have a chance to start. I hate that.
Oh well, I guess it can only spoiled once.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I'd love to dig up the old threads where I used to tell the HP fans to get a flippin' life.
[ July 23, 2007, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
"I'd love to dig up the old threads where I used to tell the HP fans to get a flippin' life."
Pooka is funny. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Boy, I used to regularly slam Harry Potter for no reason in threads that on the face of them had nothing to do with the subject.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Given how many Enig had, I guess it's not unexpected that one was on the money.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: Frankly, I think the first movie was in many ways better than many of the later ones.
I think this may be because the plot was pretty simple in the first book, leading to an easier translation. Doesn't explain why the second movie sucked bludgers.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
For me, what I found was that the movie, in introducing us to this world, did an excellent job at creating a sense of wonder. As I sat in the theater and watched it, I remembered works of fiction--prose of film--from my childhood that had a powerful effect on me and inspired me, and I could see that this was clearly going to have that same effect for another generation. Much of that movie was simply magical.
(This does not excuse the lame-o deux-ex-machina, but I am given to understand that is Rowling's fault, not Columbus's.)
I think it's sad that whatever movie comes out that we speculative fiction geeks love, within a year we will be trashing it. The Matrix, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings. Revenge of the Sith. We're not worth trying to please.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
To continue the thought, I'll forgive a lot of crap for a work that creates awe in me. The total cheesiness of Escape to Witch Mountain. The horrible prose and stilted dialogue of Lord of the Rings. The wooden acting and slow parts of A New Hope. All these, despite their flaws, are works that changed my life, and that I point to as key for me.
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