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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Reaction Thread - SPOILERS!!!!
me | 7/21/2007 | me

Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB

So you finally know what happens to Harry. All our questions are answered. Or not. What are your reactions? Whose death hurt the most? Do you want more, and about whom?

SPOILERS are ok on this thread! You have been warned!

Wow. It's over.


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To: HungarianGypsy

I really should read more Roald Dahl. The only book I actually read was “The B.F.G.” (Big Friendly Giant), which my daughter was assigned in third grade. She read more on her own. But considering that I loved the film versions of Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (not to mention “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), I probably should read the originals.


1,501 posted on 07/28/2007 5:34:39 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
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To: schwing_wifey; retrokitten; JenB

Here’s a link to an interview with Daniel Radcliffe and his opinion of DH. It’s pretty good.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20048635,00.html


1,502 posted on 07/28/2007 5:38:54 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: Tanniker Smith; All

You might find this article interesting. :)

http://news.sawf.org/Entertainment/40373.aspx

this would be a good book, I hope she does it!


1,503 posted on 07/28/2007 6:18:38 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

I saw Taming of the Shrew at an outdoor theater in England when I was on a business trip 14 years ago. I LOVED IT!


1,504 posted on 07/28/2007 9:35:53 AM PDT by Explorer89 (Could you direct me to the Coachella Valley and the big carrot festival therein?)
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To: Tanniker Smith

I actually did not like the movie for James and the Giant Peach. The book, of course, is better. The Johnny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is closer to the original book as far as the factory tour. But, it took a lot of liberties, also. This is why I would be nasty if my book ever became a movie. I hate it when directors muck up a good story with their “vision” of how things should be.


1,505 posted on 07/28/2007 2:03:46 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: HungarianGypsy
I hate it when directors muck up a good story with their “vision” of how things should be.

So do I, sometimes, but movies are a different medium from books or stage productions, and sometimes things that work in one format just plain don't work in another. A prime example of that occurs in Little Shop of Horrors. In the stage show, Audrey and Semour get eaten by the plant, but then--despite having been eaten, they are still "all right" at the curtain call. Movies don't have curtain calls like stage productions do. The ending which was humorous on stage turned out devastating on film. Frank Oz, the director, had insisted, against the producer's advice, on keeping the original ending. After having seen how test audiences reacted, he realized the original ending just didn't work in the movie, and had to remount to create a happy ending.

1,506 posted on 07/28/2007 3:14:25 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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To: Explorer89

Oh wow, I bet it was even better in England! It is so very funny, that and Much Ado About Nothing are two of my favorite plays that he wrote. :)


1,507 posted on 07/28/2007 4:05:26 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: JenB; Corin Stormhands; All
My wife and I went and saw Order of the Phoenix for the first time tonight. I thought it was an OK adaptation... although it seemed a little flat to me. I'm not sure if that's because this is the first of the movies that I've seen after having read the books, though. Also, I think they left too much out, there was too much that wasn't explained, so that someone who hadn't read the books would be left wondering at some things.

Things I liked best: the DA training, and Harry's occlumency lessons (Alan Rickman is fantastic!) Nice touches: Ginny giving Cho Chang a dirty look as Cho is talking to Harry; Sirius calling Harry "James" by mistake during the fight at the Ministry. What I didn't like: Harry's talk with Dumbledore at the end was too short, and left too much out; and, in general, too much was left out. The nice little touches needed the extra scenes for a casual viewer to understand their significance, IMHO.

It all went by very quickly! One fun thing we experienced is that there was apparently at least one young lady watching who hadn't read the book, because she kept exclaiming at various points, such as when Harry received his expulsion letter, and again when Harry was cleared at the Ministry hearing. :-)

After seeing more of Mrs. Weasley in this one, and seeing Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix, I can't wait to see their fight in the DH film! ;-)

1,508 posted on 07/28/2007 7:43:20 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I can't wait to see their fight in the DH film!

Meow! The casting overall has been a delight.

1,509 posted on 07/28/2007 8:00:34 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper
That was about my favorite scene in HP:DH. When I turned the page and read that line in ALL CAPS, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.
1,510 posted on 07/28/2007 9:07:28 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: supercat
There are many classic films that differ substantially from their source material. The Wizard of Oz takes great liberties (yes, the mention of Frank Oz brought it to mind). Frankenstein has been filmed many times, but the closer and truer you are the source the more in danger of boredom and tedium you'll find yourself (plus, portions of the text are a bit vague).

And then there's the SF classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still". It branches off from its source material about a millisecond after Klaatu gets shot.

1,511 posted on 07/29/2007 8:52:42 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Muggle when I married her.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Something else I noticed throughout this book, was the recurrence of the themes of parents' obligations to children, and what parents will (and should) do for their children. I hesitate to make the comparison, but look at the difference between the Lupins, who left their child to join the fight, and died, and the Malfoys, who in the end only cared for finding their child and keeping him safe, and lived.

The way I see it is that Tonks and Lupin were fighting for something worth dying for, while the Malfoys realized that what they were fighting for was not worth dying for - therefore they decided to save their own.

1,512 posted on 07/29/2007 9:34:54 PM PDT by aberaussie
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To: supercat
I think it works much better to say that wizards can, in general, block house elves but will often choose to make exceptions.

As Dobby used to be their house elf, he could certainly go in and out of the house. I'm sure they never expected him to dare return to it! Why bother with a spell?

1,513 posted on 07/29/2007 10:40:01 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: EmilyGeiger

That is good! Thanks for posting it.


1,514 posted on 07/30/2007 6:21:10 AM PDT by retrokitten
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I saw OotP with three of my kids yesterday, and my reactions were very similar to yours. I liked the actors for the newly-introduced characters, especially Luna Lovegood. She was perfectly goofy, and yet charming. And I thought having Kingsley Shacklebolt as a posh Kenyan was cute, although not exactly as I’d imagined him; I was thinking more Bahamian, in the very latest three-piece suit. (My son said leather coat, and shades ...)

Helena Bonham Carter was perfect as Bellatrix. I hope the movie of Half-Blood Prince will give her more screen time.

I agree that WAY too much was left out ... but what was in there, was quite well done. The in-your-face direction was a bit of a nuisance to me: I kept thinking, “Pull back, and let them breathe!” And I thought the fight at the end sacrificed character for special effects.


1,515 posted on 07/30/2007 6:39:26 PM PDT by Tax-chick (All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
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To: retrokitten; Tanniker Smith; Tax-chick; JenB; All

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20035573/

Click on the link, it tells more about the story line and the parts some of us were confused by. At the end there are other links to her interview that are good to, such as why Tonks and Lupin die, etc. A friend e-mailed this to me, so I thought everyone might find this interesting.


1,516 posted on 08/01/2007 7:16:40 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger; Tax-chick; JenB; Corin Stormhands; Lil'freeper; SuziQ; RosieCotton
Very good article! Here's another one some here might have seen, but might not have... a a JKR webchat transcript from mugglenet. Lots of questions regarding the overall story and what happened to the characters afterward are answered!
1,517 posted on 08/01/2007 5:09:18 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Good find! Thank you!


1,518 posted on 08/01/2007 5:14:45 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper
You're welcome! I never would have pegged Ginny for a professional Quidditch star, myself. ;-)
1,519 posted on 08/01/2007 5:20:02 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

My husband mentioned that interview. She went with the Holyhead Harpies, I guess :-).

Very “aspiring” girl, with all those older brothers; I guess it fits. My oldest daughter has five younger brothers (and sundry sisters), so it’s kind of the opposite.


1,520 posted on 08/01/2007 6:20:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick (All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
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