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Topic: Harry Potter Posted: July 02 2010 at 22:28
^They're remaking Let the Right One In
And another stab at the heart from Hollywood:
Guillermo del Toro wrote:
]There's stuff that I really would love to do. Like always, I'm like a broken record, I would love to be doing [At the] Mountains of Madness, but still, even now, it's very difficult for the studios to take the step of doing an R-rated tentpole movie with a tough ending, no love story, [and] set in period
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Posted: July 02 2010 at 11:05
KoS wrote:
Wow, people here are defending Ann Rice?
It's spelled 'Anne'.
And no, I've never read a single page written by the woman. However, she has managed to stick around much longer than your typical hack, so I'm assuming she's more than just a fad. In comparison to Stephenie Meyer, the woman's a master wordsmith, I'm sure.
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Posted: July 02 2010 at 11:03
Progist wrote:
Movies are ok. Books are ok if you are 12, otherwise best left alone
*ahem*
JLocke wrote:
Firstly, let me put this out there: If you think these stories are just for children, you are either an idiot, or completely oblivious to what the series is really about.
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Posted: July 02 2010 at 10:35
I caught The Half-Blood Prince on cable a few days ago, then started watching the older movies again. HBP is definitely the best movie, so I can't wait for the Deathly Hallows. I haven't read any of the books past The Goblet of Fire, but I do think they're very imaginative. The first 3 books were definitely constrained by the desire not to let overly horrible things happen books gear for tweens. But gladly that changed. HBP has wonderful depth (as a film at least, and especially for the series).
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Posted: July 02 2010 at 08:23
JLocke wrote:
^ I think anything that gets such a ridiculously large fandom like HP has is overrated. Star Wars, The Beatles, Religion . . . it's all not exactly what it's cracked up to be by all these crazy-loyal followers.
I still like HP despite this, though.
What?! Star Wars isn't overrated, it's way too underrated!
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 10:27
^ I think anything that gets such a ridiculously large fandom like HP has is overrated. Star Wars, The Beatles, Religion . . . it's all not exactly what it's cracked up to be by all these crazy-loyal followers.
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 08:02
Everything related to Harry Potter is highly overrated, the movies are decent but still there is nothing special about them. The books are a bit better, but still I don't rly like them either
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 01:14
Books: All - 4/4
Movies: Sorcerer - 3/4 Chamber - 2.5/4 Prisoner (I never noticed how lame these titles are) - 2/4 (half of the movie is the climax, wtf) Goblet - 3.5/4 Order - 3/4 Prince (ooh baby) - 3.5/4
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 17:23
AbrahamSapien wrote:
I've read it 'till book 5 a few years ago and well, It turned out boring for me after that. It started to repeat itself, Harry was turning into an EMO wizard with no one understanding his deep pain ... Nice but too long.
Yeah book 5 was the worst, there was a little bit of that in book 6 too so I dont see how people are saying those are some of the more "mature" books. The best book in the series was the fourth
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 14:52
AbrahamSapien wrote:
...after that. It started to repeat itself, Harry was turning into an EMO wizard with no one understanding his deep pain ...
Yeah that's pretty much it....
I admit, I am of the generation that tore through those books like a starving dog ripping up a New York strip. They may not be the best stories I've ever read, and they may be childish in many aspects, but I cared so much about it at the time that I can only look back on it with fondness. Sure, this series is no literary masterpiece, but it was to me when I was twelve, so it has a special place for me.
The movies, too, are objectively nothing special, but really I just enjoy watching the stories I devoured so ravenously come to life on the screen. For that reason, I think that preview may be onto something when it calls itself "The Motion Picture Event of a Generation". I know I'll be in the theater for that one, regardless of how "immature" the books may be to me now.
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 14:46
AbrahamSapien wrote:
I've read it 'till book 5 a few years ago and well, It turned out boring for me after that. It started to repeat itself, Harry was turning into an EMO wizard with no one understanding his deep pain ... Nice but too long.
If I have one complaint about the books, it would be that I do indeed feel she took too long in revealing the 'real' plot. Teenage angst ended up being too much of a focus for a little too long. I honestly think had you pushed forward into book 6, however, you would have gotten back into it. Everything sort of shifts in that one.
And the seventh book is nothing like any of the previous books.
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 14:37
I've read it 'till book 5 a few years ago and well, It turned out boring for me after that. It started to repeat itself, Harry was turning into an EMO wizard with no one understanding his deep pain ... Nice but too long.
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