Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- the movie

[preciousjeni]

The movie ended too abruptly for me. People in the theater were like "is there more"??? LOL! It seemed an odd way to end. This was my least favorite thus far.

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

The movie ended too abruptly for me. People in the theater were like "is there more"??? LOL! It seemed an odd way to end. This was my least favorite thus far.

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

The movie ended too abruptly for me. People in the theater were like "is there more"??? LOL! It seemed an odd way to end. This was my least favorite thus far.

I forgot that part! My nieces, nephew, and I arrived so early that the credits were still rolling at the end. There were about 20 people still in their seats just waiting through the credits as if this was an Eddie Murphy movie with bloopers and outtakes at the end. When we finished the movie, the four of us in my party were still in our seats waiting because there just had to be more than that.

That's news to me about Lavendar, too.

Lastly, the book is always better, but this was just too much off the mark. I know the book and characters have evolved, and the story is about more than discovering magic and witchcraft. But the magic wasn't there for me. Even my nieces fell asleep.

I think both parts of The Deathly Hallows will be utterly amazing. They have to be.

[MysticCat]

Well, I finally got a chance to see it. What a let-down.

I really thought that I had read/seen enough about the liberties taken and changes made from the book that I was prepared, but I wasn't. There were some good and well-done parts, but they really mangled the overall story.

I think I am now dreading Deathly Hallows I and II.

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And if that isn't enough...this movie is slated to be the "next big fantasy series"

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Now this I'm looking forward to -- loved seeing the trailer before HBP. I think I've mentioned them before at GC, but the Percy Jackson series (recently completed with book 5) is awesome. My 11-year-old likes it better than Harry Potter -- it really got him interested in Greek mythology. His copies of the fourth and fifth books are signed by Rick Riordan, the author, who came to a local bookstore.

For my money, I'm hooked on any book/series where the first chapter is entitled "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher."

And I really like this background (borrowed from The Wiki, but edited a little to match what Riordan said when we heard him): Development for both The Lightning Thief and the Percy Jackson series as a whole commenced when Riordan, a teacher and author of several adult mysteries, first began making stories for his son Haley, who had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. His son had been studying Greek mythology in second grade and requested that his father tell him myths at bedtimes. Riordan had taught Greek mythology in middle school for many years and was able to remember enough stories to please his son. Eventually he ran out of myths and his son then requested that he "make one up." So, Riordan created the fictional character Percy Jackson and made the story of how he would travel across The United States to recover Zeus's lightning bolt. Riordan gave Percy ADHD and dyslexia, like his son. (It seems both traits are common among half-bloods (demi-gods) -- ADHD because of the need to be ready to fight a battle and dyslexia because the brain is working simultaneously in English and ancient Greek.) The bedtime stories turned into the books.

I highly recommend these books.