Harry Potter Book - This thread MAY include SPOILERS!!!!

[jdcarra]

J K Rowling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Must have been an interesting series of books. My 11 year old grandaughter received hers yesterday and by this morning had completed reading the book. Do kids sleep these day's ?

[general jack o'niell]

i've never "got" the harry potter thing, i've been a great tolkien fan since childhood and over the years read all the borrowers and narnia books to my kids, but harry potter? i read the first two, i've seen the films, but no, can't say it impresses me at all, still i was an avid reader of the series of stephan donaldson books(think that was his name?) "white gold wielder" being one, and nobody ever made multi million pound movies out of them.

No.4 will probably give you the correct name, it slips my mind just now and i don't do google

[bill]

Wilbur Smith/John Grisham/James Patterson/John Connolly, wo'nt miss any of theirs,though Grisham's last few have been pretty poor.

[general jack o'niell]

every one i've read was about a lawyer, then the films started and they were garbage, not as bad as the worst film of a book i've seen, mine is "dogs of war" a good read as a book but as a film, complete tripe, thats if tripe is worse than mince.

if you've read a book and think it'll make a good film, then the film appears, look to see if the director and screen writers are american, if thats the case don't bother going to see the film, rest assured it will bare little resemblance to the book and will disappoint.

books i'd like to see as films? the sven hassell series, ok so they are about german soldiers in WW2 but they are filled with great characters, there was one film made of one of his books but it was rubbish, being made in a "dirty dozen" genre and completely missing the point of the books. when i used to read them back in the seventies and eighties i would read them as if watching the film, i had all the characters being played by actors of the day, can't remember who i had in the roles or even the namesof the characters, but they would have made decent movies if done right.

i'm sure harry potter fans feel the same, i've never been convinced by the central characters in the films, they might have been good choices for the first film but i don't think they took the chance of ending up making seven into account when they were chosen, not for me anyway, but then i don't think the books are better than a poor average and thats from a man who reads an average of 100 books a year, tho not so much since they moved the library, i'm boycotting it in protest, have never been inside the new one and don't plan to.

[bill]

Usually you find the book is far better than the film, for your imagination knows no bounds when reading. One of the films I found to be far superior to the book was Mystic River ,directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn/Robert DeNiro and Tim Robbins.I actually saw the film before reading the book ,so wether that had anything to do with it I do'nt know

[general jack o'niell]

i haven't got time to read, i'm busy practising my bass, brother No.3 says i have to play bass with badger if the thing ever happens so i better be ready!!!! he has certain standards he likes to maintain

[Sweltered]

i've never "got" the harry potter thing, i've been a great tolkien fan since childhood and over the years read all the borrowers and narnia books to my kids, but harry potter? i read the first two, i've seen the films, but no, can't say it impresses me at all, still i was an avid reader of the series of stephan donaldson books(think that was his name?) "white gold wielder" being one, and nobody ever made multi million pound movies out of them.

No.4 will probably give you the correct name, it slips my mind just now and i don't do google

Yup Stephen Donaldson

[SBpete]

I got mine on Saturday morning, and I finished it this afternoon (should add I'm 28 years old). It was brilliant

[general jack o'niell]

thought i had the name right, just looked wrong when i wrote it down, tell us who died, save us the bother of reading the thing, not that i would

[Sweltered]

This thread has been spoiled

[bill]

So whats all the fuss about??

Who does what to who??

[general jack o'niell]

sometimes you get more with honey than you do with vineger

me? i say throw the vineger in the beggers eyes, steal his chips and give him a kick for good measures

only if he refuses to tell you how the book ends, of course!!!!!

[big tony]

the beginning of the end, it all started with a simple what happens next question

[Annie]

I must admit I was never impressed with the stupid Harry Potter books. But then I am not 10 years old either. J. K. Rowling has nothing on the Chronicles of Narnia nor the Borrowers neither!!!

[Pete Reek]

Ah wunner hoot this "Chroncles of Ninja is yur writin aboot?

As for yir neeburs wantin yir mower an maybe a drap o sugar noo an again, dizni shoorly mean yiv tae tell uvvriboady ah aboot it in a book.

Borrowers is it yi sey?