Harry Potter: Its all over

it's called fiction. and of course she invented it. do you think there's a real magic book out there?anyways. i enjoyed the series. being a girl i hoped for the ending i got, but was displeased with it when i found it. it was sappy. i suppose that may be a failure in her writing. whatever.i didn't mind how the last book didn't happen at the school. eventually you have to leave school and a big scary quest is a great way to do that. it was unlike any quest i've ever read. i really liked the endless pages of aimless wandering and unsuccessful subquests. it gave us a chance to see what these kids are made of.

kids books? it's not about the magic. the magic just makes it interesting. and it is kind of touched on when they're discussing their courses. they talk a lot about the limits on things and the behaviors of various ingredients and whatnot. the problem i think may lie with the fact that, especially with harry potter himself, there's a great deal of discussion about how he seems to break most of the magical rules. so in many cases, they fall by the wayside. but not everyone can be a tolkein and invent whole languages just to have some consistency in the book. it's really not that important, i don't think.

REALYY?!?!?!relax, i only started reading them a month ago, and i don't own a single piece of potter memorabilia except the wristband we got at the store to reserve our copy of 7 the other night. i'm just saying it's a silly reason to dislike a book about children growing up and facing impossible odds.

i think i recall liking the first movie and maybe the second. 3 was wretched. 4 was almost as bad. i haven't seen the new one. i'll probably continue watching them just to see what they do with them.

i didn't like three as a movie for precisely the reasons you complain about the first two... i think.it was a great survey of what happened in the book, but it only touched on things oh so quickly and i didn't feel like it explained anything. it didn't seem to stand on its own very well. of course, i may be biased since i didn't see it until after i had read it but saw the other two prior to reading them. i somehow skipped 3 while seeing the movies. i have no idea what happened.4 was timed very differently from the book, but it stood pretty well.

brenna.
it's easy. a common girl's name even. just not mine. possible. i saw them in the theatre a million years ago. i have fossils to prove that date. i agree. i guess it wasn't a BAD movie. it's just that it worked so much less than i had hoped.Edited by brennakimi, : No reason given.

i agree. also, note that the story ended in chorus at hogwarts.btw i thought it was really interesting that each of the seven horcruxes was destroyed by someone different.

he's my favorite character, i think. but that may be because he's the voice of god. i think even his reasons for turning to dumbledore were flawed, but people grow, and he sure did. he was grumpy, but redeemable.Edited by brennakimi, : No reason given.

i'm sorry? you actually watched the last season of babylon 5?i guess it lost it for me when marcus died. but then i was just that much too young for politics then and aftermath is so much politics. i was ready for ds9 though.

it's alright. i've just had this moniker for more than five years. i actually will answer to it in person. i went on a few dates with a guy who intoduced me to his parents as brenna. it was quite funny but completely unintentional.

i quite agree.

i don't think he hated harry. i think it's more complex than that. he disliked him, sure. but that really more influenced by his issues with his parents than with potter himself. also, i think he was very clearly frustrated with potter's failures as a student. added to the reaction one naturally has to a student who clearly dislikes you, defies you at every turn, and keeps trying to get you fired while you're trying to save his life from the very people doing the things he accuses you of and you have a recipe for nastiness. but all out hatred? i think that's a bit strong.