Harry Potter

[Naomi]

So, book 7 comes out soon. I've read all the others so I have to read this one :hehe: but I'm going to wait until Big W or KMart have it on sale.

Is anyone counting down the days until it's released?

[BrissyGal]

I've read them all as well and I will probably read the last one but I'm not in any hurry to get it. I didn't enjoy the last book as much as the rest of them but I can't not read the ending.

[Naomi]

yes, that's how I feel too ... I'm kind of relieved it will all be over soon LOL

[BrissyGal]

Have to agree...I'm a bit over Harry Potter but I think it's been a fantastic series of books.

[Alexa]

You know I have never read one line or even a word of any of the Harry Potter books.

I am sure they are fantastic but they just don't grab me, my step mother loves them.

I haven't even watched the movies.

[Heather]

I've enjoyed the books....and the movies....but am quite happy to wait until the hype is over. The TT was over HP years ago...hasn't even read the last two books.

[Happyjacq]

I've enjoyed both the books and movies. When is the last book out?

I will also wait for Big W or K-mart as it's much cheaper than bookshops.

[Naomi]

It's out on 21st July, so a couple more weeks to go. But I think the next movie is out soon? or has it been released already?

[Alexa]

Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix is released this Wednesday 11 July 2007.

and runs for a whopping 138 minutes and seems to be the darkes movie so far in the series

[Happyjacq]

Thanks ladies.

I think I will go Gold Class to see the next movie. I will be comfortale and will have some snacks delivered during the movie. :jump: :jump:

[sapphirebabe]

I have the other books so I'll be also waiting until the last one is on special.

[Barbara]

We are off to see the movie on Thursday :yes:

The boys want to have a Harry Potter DVD day tomorrow. So we are going to watch all 4 movies. It's going to be a long day - but dvd days are great :)

Looking forward to seeing the movie more on Thursday though.

[Happyjacq]

That sounds like a great idea. I have been trying to watch the movies over the last couple of weeks on TV but have fallen asleep during each of the movies!!!!

I might need to rent them over the weekend and do that.

[kezabelle]

I'm with the rest of you - will wait till it's on special - but more importantly, in paperback LOL I bought the others in that format and used to have a teenager who leant me her hardcover within a couple of days of the release so I could read, then I'd buy it when it came out in hardcover. Now though, will have to wait forever or go and hang out at the local high school and befriend a new teenager LMAO

[mumofAdenandJai]

I love the movies and books. I have read all of them and seen all the movies. I am soo ging to see the new movie just waiting for all the teenagers to see it first. But i am soooo buying the book when it first comes out. I have all of them. Some in paperback and some in hard cover. Mum found most of them at the op shop and picked them up for me. I love them. I have atleast the first 3 dvds and pretty sure i have the forth one. If not im going to have to get it. Just cant quite remember. I soooo cant wait to get them.

Amanda

p.s only 8 days untill the book is realeased. I cant wait

[Alexa]

So has anyone seen it? Is it good? Seems to have mixed reviews on it; might be too scary for kids etc, very dark etc

[mumofAdenandJai]

i am hoping to see it next week

[Happyjacq]

I'm booked to see it on Sunday afternoon. Will give a review after.

[Heather]

We saw it on Wednesday...not too bad (at least I didn't fall asleep)....follows the book but with gaps so that unless you knew the story, I think you might be a tad lost. The TT noticed that it seemed rushed.
None of the last four pictures have had the same magical (pun intended) feeling that the very first brought out in me.....it is still my favourite.

[mumofAdenandJai]

I have a baby sitter booked so i can go see it next saturday. Sooooo cant wait.

Amanda

[Barbara]

We went to see it today - and it was very good :yes:

[mumofAdenandJai]

I cant wait to see it. I am like a little kid counting down the days lol

[Happyjacq]

I went to see the movie on Sunday. It didn't seem to go for over 2 hours, it went really quickly but I did feel there where parts that where rushed. I suppose they have to lose parts of the book.

I went to see it with 2 friends who hadn't read the books but had seen the movies and they really enjoyed it. I filled in some of the blanks but because it had been acouple of years since I have read this book I had forgotten alot of it.

I still enjoyed it and can't wait to read the final book. Only acouple of days to go........yah :y: :y:

[TexasGirl]

I love the books but I never could get into the movies at all. I was a bit dissappointed with the last book. My grandma bought me the first 4 as a set and I thought she was crazy because I didn't think I would ever read them. But as soon as I did I couldn't stop so she has bought me all of them since. She said she has it wrote down on her planner calendar to go buy it for me the day it releases :-D

[mumofAdenandJai]

Only one day to go until i get to see the movie. well two considering it is morning here and i dont get to see it until tomorrow night. I really cant wait. Only one more sleep lol. Watched the forth one again last night but fell asleep at the ending so i am going to have to watch the ending today. Not that i ahvent seen it before.

As for the book that is going to have to wait until i get paid again

[Happyjacq]

I will be at the shop at opening to get my copy of the book. I think I will be quickly finishing my current book tonight so I can start HP tomorrow.

Only one more sleep to go...........yah

[Mad Old Cow]

so happy, doesnt the movie tell you if he dies? is it only the book

[mumofAdenandJai]

The movies are not upto the book yet. We are only upto the fith movie while it is the seventh and final book on sale tomorrow. By the way i vote that no one is allowed to write up here what happens becuase that would spoil the book for everyone else and i cant get it until next week

[Mad Old Cow]

thats fair enough to, i have never read a HP book & have never sat through a movie i just wondered about the book & movie ending but hubby explained it to me a few mins ago lol

[Di Nana]

JK Rollings is very upset seemingly in the USA a few shops have breached their contract and released the book ahead of time, the ending has been posted on the internet , she is pleading for owners of the book to keep the ending to themselves and not spoil it for others

[mumofAdenandJai]

Apparently that was a fake ending that was posted on the internet. Havent looked yet to see as i am still reading the book. My gran brought it for me yesterdya.

I saw the movie last night and it was really good. Brett did say at times it was hard to follow and some things seem to come from no where. But he still really enjoyed it. I dont think it was rushed but i do feel that they couldve added a couple of things for those that havent read the books. Maybe they figured everyone who will be watching the movies have read the books who knows. I hope they do the final two movies as when they first started the movies they werent sure weather they would get to make them all.
Anyway got dishes to do. Catch you later

Amanda

[Telori]

Isn't that funny, I have heard it is the right ending posted on the Internet...they have had big new stories on it and the author admitted it was right...not sure what to believe...but either way doesn't bother me...I dont read the books and I dont watch the movies...

My daughter loves them though...and went out straight away yesterday and bought the book...picked it up for $30...a bargain she says :)

[Happyjacq]

I got the book yesterday but trying to finish my other book first before I start HP. I havn't heard anything about endings yet - I hope I don't bcause I want to enjoy the book myself without knowing what happens.

[Mad Old Cow]

Teena Big W had the book yesterday where i was for $24.95

[Happyjacq]

I went to Big W but they had sold out so got it at Angus Robertson for $29.95

[Mad Old Cow]

wonder how they can charge different prices 'not fair'

[Naomi]

I got a copy today. Big W has them for $25, no way I would have bought it for the RRP of $49.95 :blink: I'm not madly reading every minute but I read the synopsis on wikipedia anyway LOL so no surprises for me.

[Stormy]

Naomi the RRP isn't that much is it??? I paid $30 all up including postage, got it Wednesday night but didn't start reading it until yesterday morning. I tend to read them in one sitting so it annoyed me that I only had 30 pages to go at midnight last night and I was so tired I had to go to bed. :hehe:

I just finished it a little while ago...not sure if I am disappointed in the ending or not but without putting a spoiler up, I did feel it was a bit of an anti-climax. :brow:

[mumofAdenandJai]

I loved the book and the movie.

I loved the book and i have to say although it wasnt what i was expecting. I wasnt disapointed at all. So much was happening on every page.

The movie was excelent aswell. We sat up near the front and it was like we were insdie it.

Brett thought some of the stuff came from no where becuase he hadnt read the book so a couple of bits were hard to follow but it was pretty good all the same.
Anyway got to go

Mandy

[Happyjacq]

I finally finished the book today - loved it. Didn't want it to finished so the last couple of chapters I read really slowly!!!

[Naomi]

Yes, I thought the ending was a bit of an anti-climax - almost like she took the easy way out if that makes sense. I started reading it on Sunday and finished it on Wednesday night (hard to find big chunks of reading time lately). I did enjoy it though.

[Rachel]

I haven't read it yet but I heard a review on the radio on Monday morning and the reviewer said that JK Rowling had always said that she had the ending of the series penned from the very beginning! (which I didn't know!) The reviewer also said that the end was anti-climactic which made it hard to believe that was the planned ending all along..? I found that interesting!

[mumofAdenandJai]

I thought the ending was great as it was something no one really expected. I really liked the fact that it gave the 19 years later part although i wouldve liked it to give it for a couple of the other characters as well.

I wasnt disapointed in the book at all. I thought that it all tied together well and even though it wasnt the ending i expcted i found it to be quite good.

[miss kiki]

my DF bought the first book last week and bought the second and third books yesterday. was shocked to see that it was $15.95, but he said they were worth it. he read over a hundred pages of the second book yesterday and is getting really into them. we have all the movies, except the last one, of course. i haven't gotten to watch them yet, but i've seen bits and pieces here and there and i think i saw the first one all the way through. my DF said i should watch all the movies first and then read the books. he thinks that the movies are better, only because the books have things in them that aren't in the movie that doesn't have to be in the movie. so we'll see. i usually like the books better than the movie, but i'm looking forward to watching the movies and reading the books.

[Naomi]

my DF bought the first book last week and bought the second and third books yesterday. was shocked to see that it was $15.95, but he said they were worth it.

Books are so expensive in Australia :( $15.95 US converts to about $19 AU which is fairly cheap for any fiction book, especially hardback.

[miss kiki]

WOW. that is alot! why is it that money there is so high?

[Stormy]

GST, poorer value of the Australian dollar compared to US dollar, greedy companies...there's a few reasons...

But I think we have it lucky compared to the UK...there was a good column in the Sunday mail on the weekend about the difference between UK and Aus.

[miss kiki]

wow that's interesting. same thing with us and canada. and croatia, which is my nationality, is so cheap! 7 kune (their money) is equal to one american dollar. this is getting a bit off topic, sorry!

[rythemgrl]

its all over and im kind of sad about it

[miss kiki]

what's all over?! i'm confused!!

my DF bought another book..i think it's the 4th. just finished the 3rd tonight. i thought i was a fast reader! i need to start watching the movies, so i can read the books! his uncle is giving him the last book..so he only has a few more to buy.

[Stormy]

Well the seventh book was the last that JK Rowling was planning on writing about Harry Potter.

So in that sense, yes it is all over. :yes:

[miss kiki]

oh. well, we still have two more movies to go..at least that's what my DF told me. the one that just came out was the 5th.

[Naomi]

It's over in the sense that there is no more wondering what will happen, the last big climax has been read, there are no more surprises. The movies are just repeating the story already in the books.

[miss kiki]

ohh, i see. so is it getting boring then? i don't know what the climax is, so don't share please!! lol.

[miss kiki]

my DF and i saw the harry potter movie about a week ago in the theatre. it was pretty good! looking forward to the next movie!

[TexasGirl]

I finally got the last book and finished!!!!! I am VERY happy with the ending of the Harry Potter series and loved reading the last book. It's sad that it's all over!

[miss kiki]

my DF has all of them except 2. i think the 5th & 6th ones. i started reading the first one, got to the second chapter and stopped. i feel like it's repeating the movie and i should have read the book then watched the first movie and so on, but i felt like i was in rush to watch it in the theatres with my DF, so i couldn't do that. he watched all of them in the theatres alone and i really wanted to go with him to watch the 5th one together. so i didn't have enough time and crammed all the movies in within a weekend. i still don't know what happens and i'm sure my DF is going to spoil it for me, but just don't tell me please!! LOL.

[Stormy]

Kiki the movies are based on the books, so yes they will be repeating them. :hehe: But as the books get bigger, more of the side plot lines are left out of the movies....

[miss kiki]

oh i see. my DF explained alot of the parts that were excluded from the movies to me..so i'll just have him read them and explain certain parts that are missing in the movie! LOL.

[Naomi]

I finally got the last book and finished!!!!! I am VERY happy with the ending of the Harry Potter series and loved reading the last book. It's sad that it's all over!

I was a bit ... a lot ... disappointed with the ending. Actually pretty much the whole book was a bunch of cliches held together with mediocre writing. (I know I'm a bah humbug but I'm glad the series is finished, it was just getting too much and a bit repetitive).

[miss kiki]

that's what my DF said about the books..they're very repetitive..he said they'll go back and refer to the book before about something, which can take a page or two..now, who would read book 4 if they haven't read the first 3? isn't harry potter supposed to be read or watched numerically and not just starting in the middle or something? ugh!