Harry Potter Thread

[ryannumber1gamer]

Hey everyone, You can talk about anything Harry Potter related in this thread. First i'll start off by saying that my favorite movie would be Chamber of secrets and i think ether that or Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite book. Also here is a funny video i found on Youtube that shows how Voldemort convinced Draco Malfoy to join his side .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tytOwMLqufg&feature=plcp

[Alcoremortis]

That video was hilarious and incredibly disturbing. I will never be able to think about Timon and Pumbaa without thinking about mass murder of millions from now on.

[DAISHI]

It sort of sucks.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Something i hated in Harry Potter & the deathly hallows is the amount of characters who dies, In no order some of the characters are, Hedwig,Mad eye moody,Lupin,Snape,Fred (Ron's brother and twin to George), Wormtail,Harry (He comes back),Voldermort (who didn't guess this one?)., and there was some i didn't mention.

[Ribs]

my favorite is the green one

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

Something i hated in Harry Potter & the deathly hallows is the amount of characters who dies, In no order some of the characters are, Hedwig,Mad eye moody,Lupin,Snape,Fred (Ron's brother and twin to George), Wormtail,Harry (He comes back),Voldermort (who didn't guess this one?)., and there was some i didn't mention.

You forgot poor Tonks, Dobby and Scrimgeour (not that anyone liked him). I also find it interesting that in the film version, Wormtail doesn't die!

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

It sort of sucks.

This. Only not just sort of.


Harry Potter is my favorite book series. I've read each of the books at least 3 times, and I have the (UK) audiobooks for all 7 books, which my wife and I have listened to so many times, we've lost count.

My least favorite book was Order of the Phoenix when I first read it, because Harry spends so much of his time angry about everything. Sure, there are a legitimate reasons for it, but he just not all that likeable in Book 5.

Regarding the audiobooks, I highly recommend the British version as read by Stephen Fry instead of the US version by Jim Dale. Stephen Fry is just better. Seriously.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Regarding the audiobooks, I highly recommend the British version as read by Stephen Fry instead of the US version by Jim Dale. Stephen Fry is just better. Seriously.

Stephen Fry is better than everything.

[ryannumber1gamer]

I think Half Blood Prince is my least favorite book, I just don't think that much happens other than Snape killing Dumbledore

[Alcoremortis]

It's weird. Deathly Hallows is both my favorite and least favorite book. On the one hand, there were some moments that I absolutely adored. Infiltrating the ministry, learning the tale of the Deathly Hallows (that animation was pretty much my favorite part of the movie), Snape's memories in the Pensive... those were all fantastic moments.

But then, there were lots of things that just didn't work. Character deaths didn't seem to have as much meaning in this book as they did in previous ones. They just die and are instantly forgotten, with the exception of Dobby and possibly Snape (but they do just leave him rotting in a shack). Fred Weasley, who was half of the staple comic relief for the entire series, gets barely a few sentences about his demise. We don't even get a hint of what's going to happen to George after the series. Does he continue to play pranks in his dead brother's memory or just become a bitter, closeted man and join the Ministry of Making People's Lives Miserable? We don't even get a vague reference.

Not even in the epilogue (which reminded me of every bad fanfiction ever). I'm halfway convinced that the only reason Harry got paired with Ginny was so that they'd remind everyone of James and Lily because Ginny lost all her character traits once she stopped being the super shy little girl. Reading back through the last few books, Luna seems a much more likely candidate, given the much larger portion of time that Harry spends with her. But nope. It's Ginny.

So yeah, loved some parts, hated others.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Something that annoys me in the movies is how the cut out certain parts & characters. For example Dobby was cut out of every movie after Chamber of Secrets even through he was in Goblet of fire, Order of the Phoenix, and The Half Blood Prince books but he is only in HP & The Chamber of Secrets & HP & the Deathly Hallows movies. Also i think i remember hearing that Sirius Black's role in Goblet of Fire was bigger in the book.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

Something that annoys me in the movies is how the cut out certain parts & characters. For example Dobby was cut out of every movie after Chamber of Secrets even through he was in Goblet of fire, Order of the Phoenix, and The Half Blood Prince books but he is only in HP & The Chamber of Secrets & HP & the Deathly Hallows movies. Also i think i remember hearing that Sirius Black's role in Goblet of Fire was bigger in the book.

I rewatched them all last month and Goblet of Fire became my least favourite movie. (before it was Order of the Phoenix) They just wasted so much precious time to show them dancing and romancing.

And yes all that house elf stuff was cut out of the movies except for Chamber which (just wouldn't work without Dobby), Order of the Phoenix (I guess someone noticed that Kreacher had to be shown at least once) and Deathly Hallows 1 where we need Kreacher to find a Horkrux and Dobby.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

I rewatched them all last month and Goblet of Fire became my least favourite movie. (before it was Order of the Phoenix) They just wasted so much precious time to show them dancing and romancing.

Good point but i still like the parts of the tournament and the start was pretty good in my opinion.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

The problem with Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince is that after you've read/watched them you realize that the only really important parts of the story happen in the last few chapters/last twenty minutes.

I think Half-Blood Prince is also my least favorite because after everything that happened in Order, seeing Harry and Co. return to their Scooby Doo antics in Half-Blood just seemed silly.

Plus, remind me why we were supposed to care that Snape turned out to be the Half-Blood Prince again?

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by BlankCanvasDJ

The problem with Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince is that after you've read/watched them you realize that the only really important parts of the story happen in the last few chapters/last twenty minutes.

I think Half-Blood Prince is also my least favorite because after everything that happened in Order, seeing Harry and Co. return to their Scooby Doo antics in Half-Blood just seemed silly.

Plus, remind me why we were supposed to care that Snape turned out to be the Half-Blood Prince again?

I don't know, Maybe Harry needed to think he was starting to act like Snape ...You know after in Order of the Phoenix when Harry thought he was starting to act like Voldermort.

I like Order of the Phoenix, i liked how Harry and Hogwarts had to rebel against The Ministry of Magic and Umbridge who has taken over the school. But one thing i hate is how fast the school stands up to Umbridge at the end and i feel it was rushed since if i remember right all that happens is Fred & George set off fireworks and then Harry tricks Umbridge . The fight and the last 30 minutes or so were great in my opinion.

[Chyron8472]

Because he was, in a way, Harry's best and favorite teacher when Harry hated him so much.

Because the books flesh Harry and Snape out more as people who downright hate each other. In the movies, Snape is snide and mean, but it's never really shown why Harry just can't stand him at all.

Then it turns out that Harry learns a whole lot from him, and that it's quite probable that Harry's mother did also, if Slughorn is to be believed about her being one of Slughorn's best and favorite students.

I like the books for the humor and the interactions between the characters, not just the plot. Reading/listening about Ron and Hermione argue about "spew" is much more enjoyable to me than reading/listening about Robert PattinsonCedric dying.

Also, the lessons with Dumbledore are some of my favorite parts of Book 6. I liked that things were in a way back to normal, to confirm that it is Dumblore who is the only real protection that Harry has left.

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

But one thing I hate is how fast the school stands up to Umbridge at the end and I feel it was rushed since if i remember right all that happens is Fred & George set off fireworks and then Harry tricks Umbridge .

Again, the books flesh it out better. The fireworks weren't Fred and George's final prank in the books. It was Umbridge's first day as "Headmistress" and the school, even the teachers, hated her so much that it was enjoyable for the school to turn her first day of victory over Dumbledore to turn into a complete nightmare. Also, the fireworks are hilarious because they refuse to be put out.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by BlankCanvasDJ

Stephen Fry is better than everything.

Steven Fry is in Sherlock Holmes a game of shadows ain't he? He's Holmes brother in it?

[KingOfTheDead]

will i get in trouble if i post a harry potter related photo

[Giant Tope]

...no?

[BlankCanvasDJ]

That reeeeally might depend on the photo. This isn't a Rule 34 thing is it?