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[semeticsister]

i like harry potter because there is so much action!

Edited by semeticsister, 25 November 2006 - 06:58 AM.

[Albus Dumbledore]

wow, semeticsister, welcome back to trap17! you might have been here for longer than i have, but i haven't seen you here for months! i remember reading your posts about Harry Potter, because if you cant tell by the ScreenName, i'm a big fan to but that's off topic.

Yes harry potter is awsome!! and there is allot of action and i cannot wait for book7 to come out whenever that may be!!

But the 5th movie is coming out in July and i cannot wait!!

Welcome back!

[husker]

No surprise Albus has already posted here. I've never gotten into the books and haven't tried either, because they just seem so long. It would take me a long time to sit down and read 700 pages of a book when I can sit back and watch a 2-3 hour movie. So, I just watch the movies, although I hear they leave a lot out.

[coolduck123456]

ehh...dont care too much bout' harry potter! Read the first book then quit. Too weird with all the voldermont or w/e his name is! I hear its big in the UK but not as big as it once was in the US!

[Albus Dumbledore]

husker, on Nov 25 2006, 10:33 AM, said:

No surprise Albus has already posted here. I've never gotten into the books and haven't tried either, because they just seem so long. It would take me a long time to sit down and read 700 pages of a book when I can sit back and watch a 2-3 hour movie. So, I just watch the movies, although I hear they leave a lot out.

You COULD watch the movies, but the books have allot more thrilling details in them, and have allot more important scenes that Warner Brothers leave out

@700 pages, nonense, what you do, it take a vacation, and that vacation is the week before the next book comes out, and on the way home you have nothing to do, so you read.... atleast, that is what happened in my case for the most recent book. and i finished it in a 14 hour drive home

[semeticsister]

Wow, i can't believe this stupid post has garnered so much attention! The only reason I posted here was to see if I could put a huge nonsense post, then edit it into a little one, but still get the credits for the big post.

Haha, needless to say, it didn't work.

Anyway, I gave up on trap17 a while ago, since I just didn't feel like rotting in front of my computer trying to get credits. So, I just decided to go with computing host.

Plus, anything worthwhile I had to say was considered "racy" by the mods and I got warned a bunch, so I was like "screw you guys, I'm goin home!"

Edited by semeticsister, 25 November 2006 - 07:52 PM.

[TeeCee06]

Well, back in the day around 5th grade or so whenever the books started coming out I actually read the first one, part of the second one, amazingly the entire third one, and a little over half of the fourth one. I am definately not a huge fan of reading at all, and to tell you the truth I actually enjoyed reading the books from time to time, the first book I read I was hooked on it and read it constantly until it was finished, same with the third one. In my life I probably havent read over 20 books, most of the books I have read were those boxcar children books because I really liked those when I was little. Even though im not a huge fan of Harry Potter like Albus Dumbledore up there I did enjoy reading the books at the time. Today, I probably wouldn't enjoy reading them, basically because I have enough patience to wait for the movie to come out.

[SouLClan]

Lol, I've read all of the Harry Potter books at least twice ! I love them !! Is there any news on when the 7th book is coming out ?

[semeticsister]

Meh, I think the books are kind of repetitive.

Edited by semeticsister, 27 November 2006 - 01:21 AM.

[paper-heart]

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Meh, I think the books are kind of repetitive.

I've never thought that the books were repetitive. Sure, there is always going to be facts that are repeated, but thats natural in a ongoing series. I've always like the movies, but I feel that things are changed to suit audiences, important details are left out, etc... etc... But honestly, if they made movies based exactly on the books, all the Harry Potter movies would be about 5 1/2 to 7 hours long. Who wants to sit through a movie that long. Titanic was torture enough.

[biscuitrat]

I fell asleep during the first two movies, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. The movies suck the life out of the books, the talent that JK Rowling has for storytelling. Sure, the effects are nice, but it just amplifies the angst of the entire series.

Ah, the angst. The girl troubles, the hormones, the anger, the sulking, the "WHY WON'T YOU TALK TO ME, HARRY?!", the shameless egotism, the unnecessary deaths. Thank you, Rowling, I get it. I'm a teen, I know what it's like. However, I'm not a whiny little boy who's curled into a ball at the slightest memory of something that went wrong. I'm not the person who everyone knows and loves for nothing. Harry doesn't even have a purpose. The books can be divided into these scenes:

1) Summer - angst, hating families, OMG GINNY'S HAWT, and thoughts of Quidditch. Birthday presents.
2) Getting on the Express and getting to school
3) The Sorting Hat, beginning classes, notations of how no teacher has changed (except for those who are about to have their lives go drastically wrong)
4) Class troubles - Malfoy fights
5) GIRL TROUBLES AND QUIDDITCH - how Harry saves the day while being a bumbling pile of tard.
6) There's trouble afoot! Quickly, to the WizMobile!
7) Nananananananananananananananana!
8) Training begins to fight the trouble
9) Girl troubles pause training
10) Middle of the year = Girl troubles HALT everything
11) Skip, skip skip, trouble is resolved, people die without having to, the kids save the day.

People make the argument that Rowling's storytelling is better than her writing. I disagree. Her writing is more entertaining to me than digesting the story. I've read all 6 books (only read the 5th one twice, and the 6th one once because they're so aeguhu), and as they get darker and darker, Harry goes a little more insane and starts to resemble one of my acquaintances who has about every mental disorder known to man. So the interesting part will be his resulting madness and how it relates to him finally saving the day, or dying because of it.

As much as the progression bothers me, I don't want Harry to die because that just completely ends the series. That's it. The Boy That Lived? WRONG, guess again! It gives you no reason to read the series again, not even for enjoyment. Thanks. JK.

[crayolabox]

Harry Potter has gotten me back to reading. I've stopped reading for years, but when my aunt bought me the first harry potter book some years ago, at first i thought it was childish and boring but i tried readingthe first chapter anyway, and i couldnt put the book down after that. Ive been addicted to the book and movie evrsince.

I find the book more interesting though. There's just too many limitations in the movie so nothing really beats your own imagination

[techclave]

I have not read any Harry Potter book yet . But i have watched all the Harry Potter Movies. The last one was really superb. Especially , that Quiddich World Cup scene , was just fantastic. Really good special effects, in that movie. I think it's time for me to get a copy of Harry Potter book, and get started.


The amount of hype it generates is something unbelievable , for me !!! Does it really deserve the hype surrounding it ?? Obviously, the answer would be yes , from Harry Potter fans ,.

[roseysaidwhat]

I enjoy reading Harry Potter. Like the only book that I've ever read and been really interested in. I know a lot of criticisms come with the book but I like the book because it's enjoyable, not because it's "promoting magic." I wouldn't call it the best book ever...as far as American literature is concerned, there are many other books out there better than Harry Potter.

[Iceblade]

semeticsister, on Nov 25 2006, 06:57 AM, said:

i like harry potter because there is so much action!

Do u like the book or the movie more? I like the movies better the books arn't interesting..

My favorite part in askaban is when Harry and everyone get's stuck on the train and the dormenters almost suck the day out of harry but, somone saves him as he get's up and recovers..

Edited by Iceblade, 05 February 2007 - 09:41 PM.

[dmntr]

HP is one of the best books i've ever read, but please don't watch those fils...

[FolkRockFan]

I can't really concentrate on the Harry Potter movies. As with most films that are adapted from novels, the Harry Potter movies don't do the books justice. They can't - you only get so many minutes of film and, oh yeah, the CGI/special effects budget can only be so big

The books, on the other hand, are great. I won't go so far as to say that they're the BEST novels ever written - but that's a matter of opinion.

I've already pre-ordered book seven. The thing will show up a couple of days after the street date at the very latest. Maybe on the street date if Amazon is on the ball. Oh, sure, I could go to the bookstore and grab a copy at 12:01 a.m. on the street date, but I'm not THAT dedicated. Heh.

[Zlash]

The movies leave a lot out. If you wan't the full story, you should read the books. Will be fun watching the fifth movie and it will be great reading the last book, but in the same time it will be really sad when the book ends as it is the last book. I wish there could be more books, but if J.K extends the end I think it will be like a show like LOST which they extend and make it boring.

[narutorasengan17]

does anyone have any info on when the 7th harry potter book is coming out, i gotta read it, ive been waiting for so long, though im afraid that j.k. rowling is gonna give it a horrible ending, i heard harry's gonna die...

[seez]

Hm... the books are good, but Eragon and Eldest are FAR BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!

[narutorasengan17]

seez, on Apr 7 2007, 04:13 PM, said:

Hm... the books are good, but Eragon and Eldest are FAR BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!

ive heard allot about those two books"eragon and eldest" i heard that they are really good, but i never was interrested in them for some reason, many of my friends have told me to read them but i always say no...its all about dragons and such, right?

[dedoran]

Eragon and Eldest are pretty good books, but I don't think they are as good as Harry Potter. The Eragon movie was okay, but I really suggest that you read the book before seeing the movie (this goes for anyone who is thinking about seeing the movies). I just think the movie cuts so many important key elements from the novel that take away from the whole plot, but I still thought the movie was good.

As for Harry Potter, I think this series got me to start reading a lot. I never use to read many books prior to reading the Sorceror's Stone, but I don't think I would have read the book without seeing the movie first and getting hooked on it. I am absolutely dieing for the last book in the series to come out. I personally believe that Dumbledore is still alive, despite JK Rowling's assertions that he is truly dead. What if he has the properties of a phoenix? We are not sure that he does not have this magical ability. Not to mention, what was up with Snape's Avada Kedavra curse? Is it not true that, when cast, the Avada Kedavra curse kills the victim instantly and not levitate the person in the air? Why did Dumbledore happen to levitate? Odd, if you ask me....

[demonatashadow]

Harry potter is a really good series but I wouldn't say that it's my very favorite. I like all the action-packed stuff like Harry having to watch his back 24/7, but I've read better books, no offence to hard-core Harry Potter fans.

[bhavesh]

Mine best book ever is the Harry Potter. I have all its series in my book rack, I read all of that and now I am waiting for the latest edition of the Harry Potter. I go through all the Harry Potter series and read it twice and thrice. Its a wonder full and amazing to read this books. its not only fill us with action but also makes our mind full of joy. Each time we have a new story to read. Although its a famous book among the children but it also soon to become famous among the elder ones too. They also interested to purchase and to read the Harry Potter books.
As a well wisher of Harry Potter I hoped he will live long and defeat all his enemy, as I heared that he will died in the eight series of the Harry Potter.
The popularity of the book is so much that is now to published in different different languages in different different countries. This book has established his own great market in the world and make the writer a millioner.
Although it is a great book to read.

[Goltar]

Harry Potter is too long, it starts to be boring already, if it was a little shorter
or there will be different setting, not the Hogwarts all the time it would be more
interesting, I guess.