@2 - My mom, sister, and I are all huge Potter fans. We like really discussing the finer points, character developments, etc. It's much like discussing literature in university the way we do it *lol* We were planning on going and seeing it tomorrow, but we might wait until Thursday to avoid (some of) the crowds. Then next week we're going to see it in IMAX, and then we'll probably see it again when it comes to the base.
I like the books more, but the movies are very well done. The casting is fantastic!
When Deathly Hallows came out, we preordered 2 copies from Amazon, but then my mom went out that morning and got a copy as well. Three copies for a four person household *lol* We didn't talk to each other for a couple days :)
I like that the complexity of the books/the themes grow deeper/darker as Harry gets older. The first book, when he's 11, isn't super dark. But sixteen year-olds are dark and angsty! There aren't many series of books that follows a character over that many years while adjusting for age as required. And the plot was just so well thought out, tiny things mentioned in book one (seemingly in passing) turn out to be of vital importance later on; it's almost like a whodunit in a way :)
*hehe* One of the tricks I'm teaching Lily is to turn on/off one of the lights in the living room (it has a switch on the floor that one steps on.) The command I'm using is "lumos", since the light will "magically" come on when I say it *lol* I'm a dork, I know ;)
You really should read the books though, you get so much more out of them! You can defiantly get them done by the next movie ("Deathly Hallows Part I") I agree about the first two being able to stand on their own; it's the same way with the books. The first few repeat details so that if you haven't read the others you'll get by. However, the later books are very much "if you haven't read the previous ones, too bad, I'm not going to explain it again. So, in that sense, the movies are very true to the books :)
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Date: 2009-07-14 06:37 pm (UTC)I like the books more, but the movies are very well done. The casting is fantastic!
When Deathly Hallows came out, we preordered 2 copies from Amazon, but then my mom went out that morning and got a copy as well. Three copies for a four person household *lol* We didn't talk to each other for a couple days :)
I like that the complexity of the books/the themes grow deeper/darker as Harry gets older. The first book, when he's 11, isn't super dark. But sixteen year-olds are dark and angsty! There aren't many series of books that follows a character over that many years while adjusting for age as required. And the plot was just so well thought out, tiny things mentioned in book one (seemingly in passing) turn out to be of vital importance later on; it's almost like a whodunit in a way :)
*hehe* One of the tricks I'm teaching Lily is to turn on/off one of the lights in the living room (it has a switch on the floor that one steps on.) The command I'm using is "lumos", since the light will "magically" come on when I say it *lol* I'm a dork, I know ;)
You really should read the books though, you get so much more out of them! You can defiantly get them done by the next movie ("Deathly Hallows Part I") I agree about the first two being able to stand on their own; it's the same way with the books. The first few repeat details so that if you haven't read the others you'll get by. However, the later books are very much "if you haven't read the previous ones, too bad, I'm not going to explain it again. So, in that sense, the movies are very true to the books :)
*uses Luna Lovegood icon*