Harry Potter!
 

I took my little sisters to see the Harry Potter movie today and I must say I really enjoyed it! it was almost exactly like the book!! If you havent seen it or read the book you should. :) It's a great movie!! Has anyone else seen it yet? If so what did you think?


Nichole

I just got home from seeing it and I really liked it, too!
However, a lot of the critics were saying that this will be a children's classic on par with "The Wizard of Oz"...and I don't agree with that. The Wizard of Oz is still more fun to watch.
My husband has read all the books, and he enjoyed it, but he said the book was much better because no special effects can really compete with your imagination.

But all in all, a very entertaining movie. Go see it!

Haprry Potter was a fabulous movie.

I saw it last night with two of my sisters...I really enjoyed it.
lol
Of course, Jason gave me crap just for going to see it.
Something about anyone over 11 shouldn't ge going to see harry potter.

Boys just don't get it.
lol

Jess

I just saw it this weekend with my friend and boyfriend. I was so impressed--it was like the book. I think my friend and I were more excited than the little kids in the theater. I can't wait for the next movie!

Haha Jess I know guys just dont understand it at all! But Im taking my guy to see it this week:) haha I told him Iwas paying so he has to see whatever I say!!:D


Nichole

Ah, Harry Potter ...
 

I love it! I saw it couple days ago, and really awesome movie. I *think* I am the only non-teenager there at the movie, but who cares, I was cheering and enjoying the movie!

For scale 1 to 10, with 10 as the best movie, I would rank it 9 3/4 :D

Re: Harry Potter!
 

I haven't read the book, but we took our kids to see the movie and my son said the same thing. It was a good movie (I'd looove to have it on DVD). But... I didn't know it was going to be so long!
Anyway, it kept the kids interested, so it gets a thumbs up from me.

Harry Potter is SATANIC!

Harry Potter is soo not satanic! Whatever I am so sick of people thinking that crap.

Some facts...
 

Fact #1: Harry Potter is a fictional character. He is not real. None of the other characters or events in the books or movies are real either.

Fact #2: Magic is not real. Sorcerers and Wizards are not real. If you think otherwise, then your doctor gives you better prescriptions than mine does.

----- Corollary to Fact #2: Children are not stupid. They can understand that magic isn't real. They don't think that they can really cast spells or fly on a broom.

Fact #3: In the Harry Potter stories, the nice people "win" at the end. Harry succeeds by making friends and working hard (i.e. good virtues).

Fact #4: Harry Potter is a children's story. It is not a religious doctrine.

Most of the complaints about Harry Potter that come from the fundamentalistic, conservative religions claim that the stories' use of sorcery, magic, etc. will "tempt" children into joining satanic cults or trying to practice "black magic." Have these people never heard of C.S. Lewis? Lewis was one of the greatest Christian writers and theorists of all time. Clearly a man truly devoted to God. He was also the author of the Narnia series - "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

OH MY!!!! :eek: MAGIC!!!! :eek: Not to mention witches, talking animals (must be possessed by Satan!), time travel, spells, and more.

What most people forget is that the Harry Potter books are getting kids to READ instead of rotting their little brains out with TV. If you can get a kid to read one book and really enjoy it, then you can get them into another book, and another. Have you people SEEN what crap is on TV lately? Drives me nuts that the same close minded twits that won't let their kids read Harry Potter because he's "evil" :rolleyes: don't carefully monitor their kids' TV watching (or internet use, for that matter).

There is no sex in Harry Potter. No one gets their head blown off and brains splattered on the wall. No nuclear bombs are dropped, no airplanes crash into buildings.

I say, I hope there are 1,000 more Harry Potter books! The world will be a better place for it.

...retiring the soapbox for the evening...

G8Ralphaxi, Grand Defender of All Things Literary

My son gave me the first book in the series-got half way through last night. I love it. Such an easy read, but so creative.
If this won't excite a child to open a book, I don't know what will!

Walt Disney believed in majic and Tinkerbelle so why shouldn't we?

I can't wait for book 5!

On the other side...I LLLOOVVVEDD Monster, Inc.!! Boo is soooo cute! Although I'd see HP2, we are going to see MI again first, lol!!

No, Bill Gates is. And I have prove!!!!!!!!


Bill Gates real name is William Henry Gates III.
Name widely known is Bill Gates III. Take Bill Gates III and convert it into ASCII code, add them and you get: 666.

B=66
I=73
L=76
L=76
G=71
A=65
T=84
E=69
S=83
I=1
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BILL GATES III = 666

Re: Some facts...
 

Umm, not a big fan of tv either. Children need to be outside playing ball or something. Not inside watching tv, reading, or playing videogames. Or, they may end up like me! :eek:

I just took some of the kids to see Harry Potter tonight and we give it six thumbs up! I didn't want to read the books and someone convinced me and all I have to say is that the author is a master of detail!

Anyway, I realized as the new people were being sorted that much of Harry Potter is like Greek life. See, Dumbledore tells them as they enter the hall that their "house" will be their family for the next several years. Then they're sorted (like rush) and then they have activities that correspond to intramurals, secret passwords, colors, and so forth.

An ex-roommate from the UK told me that boarding schools there and in Australia have many Greek-like attributes. There are "better" and "worse" houses or clubs that you can be chosen for and there's very much a legacy system. We were amazed by the similarities!

Reading? Yeah, that'd be a terrible thing for a child to do. Why, he might as well try to learn stuff in school while he's at it. What a waste, these kids!
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Anyway. In 6 nights of reading, I'm 1/4 of the way thru the 3rd book, and I'm a terribly slow reader. It's absolutely brilliant, I must say. JK Rowling's Potter is tremendous! The film was very well put together, but you don't realize quite how well until you read along, and discover shit further explained in later books. Something that is so incredibly amazing of a tactic that Rowling used is that each successive book is longer. It's my opinion that she knew a long book to begin with would turn kids away, but once they got hooked they'd be forced to sit and read the longer books, but the catch is that they'd truly enjoy the experience rather than bear through it. Honestly, I don't want to get done with these books because there will not be another for me to read as of yet. It's crazy how Rowling did this, it's really turning kids on to reading other things too. Brilliant tactics.

Cory

I have NEVER seen the same movie in the theatres twice. But I made an acception with Harry Potter. I saw it for the second time last night at the 10 o'clock showing. A friend had mentioned that he had never seen it while we were on the phone. I hung up and drove to his house to take him to the movie. I continued to tell him about the next three books until 2 AM.

It was stunning how much the movie resembled what I had envisioned as I was reading the books. I must say I recommend these books to absolutely everyone. I was completely enamored. I completed the first three books 2 days and nights. I hadn't been on a literary mission like that since I was a child with Roald Dahl books.

Carnation
A very interesting parallel!

Cory-
Off the topic slightly but have you had the opportunity to experience "On the Road" yet?

And the children's librarian jumps on the bandwagon...
 

I was disappointed that all my favorite parts of the book were left out of the movie. However, I thought it was an excellent movie and could certainly be enjoyed by someone who had never read the books. I thought the cast was phenomenal, especially Ron, even though Rupert Grint was MUCH too short to play him, he was just so charming I wanted to give him a hug.

Harry Potter is a big part of my life, no children's book has EVER done what this series has for kids' enthusiam for reading. HP #4, for you trivia buffs, had 7 million books in its first printing alone, an all-time publishing record. Kids are putting down their video games and picking up books, which just makes me want to stand up and cheer (and it's good because it means I won't be out of a job anytime soon :)). Hooray for J.K. Rowling and shame on Time magazine for not electing her Person of the Year for 2000 (they got a lot of angry letters about that one).

I saw the movie the weekend it came out with my little and some other friends. My little had read all the books and it was her idea to go. I loved the movie! Over break I've read all 4 books & loved every second of it. I'll be standing in line waiting for the fifth. My boyfriend makes so much fun of me for liking Harry Potter & my parents have been calling me "Harriette Potter" and "Pot head" b/c I love it soo much. Not to mention the cool owls. It's about time they got a little respect. :D
H

OMG OMG OMG I LOOOOVED Harry Potter...
It was by far my favorite movie...but of course i had to read the book first..
My younger sister has all the books, and she told me that I should read it..since I was always asking her why she loved harry potter so much..she said i wouldnt understand until i read it...so i did and im addicted.. i finally saw the movie and it was very good..it was fun to see all the things i had imagined put into motion.. much of it is just how i had imagined it..
i think what i liked best about the movie was how i finally heard how some things were SUPPOSED to be pronounced... Hermione in the book sounds so much different in my mind than how they said it in the movie...
it was good.. i wish they hadn't left out certain parts...but all in all it was definitly GREAT!!
and to all those people who haven't discovered Harry Potter yet I HIGHLY suggest you pick up the first book today... you will be HOOKED... if i can get a good friend who HATES to read to actually read it...then anyone can do it.. the writing is very colorful and keeps you entertained from start to finish..
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

So sad
 

I finished all the Harry Potter books now, and I've no more to read until the next comes ot, and she just got married so I wonder if that means it'll take longer for the next to come out. hmm.

waiting.
Cory

Here I am talking about one of my favorite subjects... Harry Potter!

I absolutely loved the first movie, Ill be 27 when the 7th comes out! Bah!

I cant wait til the 5th book, which is titled (or supposedly titled) The Order of the Phoenix, and will be a tad bit scarier!

Random Harry Potter Fact:
Harry Potter was origionally intended for an adult audience! Children then began to like the books, and it took hold as a 'chlldrens' series!


<3Alison

Harry Potter rules! :D
 

I just finished book #4 a few days ago. I knew I wanted to read the books when they were first getting hyped up, but hadn't gotten around to it. But I had to read the 1st one before the movie (which I saw opening weekend w/ my lil') came out. I should not have worried, I read it in 2 days!

Anyways, I loved the film, and think I might go see it again tonight, because my lil' & I were just talking about how we can't wait til it's out on DVD, etc. She'll probably go see it with me!

My boyfriend won't go see it, nor will he read the books. He's no fun :p

Anyways, I wanted to respond about the whole pronounciation thing. I was way off in my head pronouncing Hermoine's name, too! I love in book #4 where she is teaching the kid how to say her name. I was like, "FINALLY!!!!!!! That's how you say it!" :D Are there any British folk on these boards... is that a common name in England?

Oh, and Cory, I know exactly what you mean about not being able to wait for book #5. I was forcing myself to read only a chapter or 2 a day on Goblet of Fire, but it got really good, and I couldn't put it down! Now I have probably MONTHS to wait until # 5 is out.

To end my really long post: here are 2 great HP web sites:

The Harry Potter Lexicon- all kinds of info. Does have spoilers for all 4 books, read cautiosly!

The WB film site- lots to do, including: getting sorted, choosing a wand (it's really the wand that chooses the wizard you know) creating magic creatures, Quidditch training & of course chat boards, which I know you all love! ;)

The WB site is great! Just watch out, those little kiddies like to role play on the boards, and have cyber sex etc... so pick your threads wisely! Also- they threads move down the board quickly, so if youre really into one, if you can, try to book mark it... or it may end up on page 17 in a few hours!

<3Alison

(Gryffindor House, 8 3/4 Redwood wand with a phoenix feather core)

PS Dont AutoSort if you can. Doing the ritual is cool and dosent take long, plus it puts you in the house you SHOULD be in!)