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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2007 at 05:08
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

If kids read it I think its ok, its in some ways a good introduction for them to literature... what I dont understand is when people passed their 15th birthday still read it, I mean, my mother reads themConfused


I'm nearly 44 and I'm looking forward to reading the last instalment - whether a book is primarily aimed at a certain age group is irrelevant; if the book is well written, it can be enjoyed by anyone.
 
Agreed, I've recently read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - an excellent read and not "just a kid's book"
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2007 at 05:19
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Agreed, I've recently read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - an excellent read and not "just a kid's book"


I bought those for my 10 year old niece for her birthday at her request.I must admit I was impressed.Not only at the books but at her precociousness.

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Points: 238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2007 at 06:44
I think that these books are really fantastic. They are well written and imaginitive as well. Furthermore they have done a great service for childrens books both by pushing what they can do (note the Order of the Phoenix was over 700 pages long) and have really rejuvenated the sector.
   How can you compare this series to the epic song of ice and fire which are adult books and also masterpieces.
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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2007 at 08:32
They're pretty good, but I haven't read once in like 6-7 years.
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Way overhyped, but not bad.

Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is much better when it comes to fantasy.
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Yep,
His Dark Materials is an excellent read and superior to HP in my opinion. It makes the reader think and question stuff.
Not all the characters are simply good or bad, there is a depth to it that hopefully they will keep in the film

trailer here


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Originally posted by enigma enigma wrote:

Yep,
His Dark Materials is an excellent read and superior to HP in my opinion. It makes the reader think and question stuff.
Not all the characters are simply good or bad, there is a depth to it that hopefully they will keep in the film

trailer here


Yeah, when I saw the trailer in the theater recently my jaw dropped!  I am so pumped, even though it doesnt come out until december.  Clap

I did hear that they removed all direct references to God and the Church from the movie to make it "financially viable" in the US, and all references will be euphemisms directed through the Magesterium...
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Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

I did hear that they removed all direct references to God and the Church from the movie to make it "financially viable" in the US


You mean like they changed the first Harry Potter movie title from '...The Philosophers Stone' to '...The Sorcerers Stone' in the US, as they were concerned about the use of the word "Philosopher"?

Or the way they changed "The Madness Of George III" to "The Madness Of King George", in case they thought the original was a sequel...

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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2007 at 12:12
The later books were terrible! Reading book five and on were an exercise of my willpower. 
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I thought that I wouldn't like the story as much when I got older, but the story got a lot more interesting and complex. Wasn't bad at all. Good reading when you don't want to think too much about what you're reading. 
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2007 at 12:27
Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Good reading when you don't want to think too much about what you're reading. 

For some of us, that's never.

(But I do agree, and see your point.)


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Overhyped, But Not Too Shabby
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Harry Potter died for your sins

 

that's the message



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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 23:26
Originally posted by cookieacquired cookieacquired wrote:

Harry Potter died for your sins

 

that's the message


I don't believe in your silly HP myth.
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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 23:28
Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Originally posted by cookieacquired cookieacquired wrote:

Harry Potter died for your sins

 

that's the message


I don't believe in your silly HP myth.
SPOILER ALERT
Yeah, he did. He had the last bit of evil (voldemort) inside of him and he had to die to completely rid the world of the evil Voldemort....only to be resurrected.
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 23:34
Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Originally posted by cookieacquired cookieacquired wrote:

Harry Potter died for your sins

 

that's the message


I don't believe in your silly HP myth.
SPOILER ALERT
Yeah, he did. He had the last bit of evil (voldemort) inside of him and he had to die to completely rid the world of the evil Voldemort....only to be resurrected.

you might want to make that bigger for people. People are known to be stupid.

Yeah, I hated the ending. Found it totally....totally....EUGH!
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Love it!! Books are much better than the films !
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I had a problem with the epilogue... Too expected.
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you can have a great time reading HP books, and an awful time watching HP movies

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Originally posted by YesFan72 YesFan72 wrote:

I had a problem with the epilogue... Too expected.


At least it pretty much closed the book (no pun intended) on the series; Rowling always said there'd only be 7 books, but can you imagine the temptation to write more, given the demand?

Of the series, the only one I had any issues with was '...Phoenix'; always saw that one as a bit of a filler, not really moving the narrative on - having said that, I still enjoyed it & thoroughly enjoyed the film too.

Originally posted by jetson jetson wrote:

you can have a great time reading HP books, and an awful time watching HP movies


Have to disagree I'm afraid; OK, Radcliffe/Watson/Grint aren't the greatest of acting talent the UK's ever seen, but so far the films have had the advantage of good directors, screenwriters who know what to cut or keep & a supporting cast of A-List actors more than able to raise what could have been sub-standard adaptations to good films in their own right.

Edited by Jim Garten - December 27 2007 at 11:35

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