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How long? How different is it from the book?

Like, for instance....

Does "Lockhart" have long hair or short?

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I just read that Potter author J.K. Rowling is set to be the first billionaire author in the world! That's pretty darn amazing, considering that she was flat broke just five years ago!!! :)
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Just shows there's no justice in the world.  I mean, HP is OK, but it's not *that* good - just another bandwagon to jump on :-(

Phil

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Just shows there's no justice in the world.  I mean, HP is OK, but it's not *that* good - just another bandwagon to jump on :-(

Phil
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I wonder if the amount of money is a sign of the times though.For the way she has grabbed childrens imaginations I think people like Enid Blyton and C S Lewis would be in the same possition as her if they were writting today.

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I just read that Potter author J.K. Rowling is set to be the first billionaire author in the world! That's pretty darn amazing, considering that she was flat broke just five years ago!!! :)
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I think it shows how desperate people (in general) are for escapism. I mean, there are just as many adults taken by the series Harry Potter as there are children.

In this reality we live in, in these days, It IS great escapism.  :)

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Uh...that snitch looks sorta like an apple?
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er... nope

Phil

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Who was William Tell again? Forgive me...my education escapes me...all that rises to mind is that catchy classical song and that whole legend of the apple off the head with the arrow thing
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He was a Swiss patriot who was famous for shooting the apple off the head of his son: basically he was the revolting type who threw the Austrians out of Switzerland (if you're Swiss, that is) - I think he also features in, of all things, Austrian folklore

Phil

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I wonder if the amount of money is a sign of the times though.For the way she has grabbed childrens imaginations I think people like Enid Blyton and C S Lewis would be in the same possition as her if they were writting today.
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I think this is a good point.  I actually went to read just the first part of the first book, to make sure it was okay for my son (you know, all the hub-bub that was going on about it being evil and so forth  ::))  and ended up loving it myself and rushing out for all the books (luckily, that part was easy--my dad had already bought and read them all!)
..anyway, I think the money IS just a sign of the times--we're paying sports figures 250 million dollars and actors millions per movie--naturally a book series that is selling the way the HP books have would be just as "worthy" of the big bucks.  

Personally, I'm glad to see an author writing books that are actually getting kids excited about reading at all.

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Good point.  Me too! :D :)

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I am not a big Harry Potter fan, but that's probably because I haven't picked up one of the books yet.  I have heard that Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) is on the top of the list to replace Richard Harris as Dumbledore, which could be interesting.
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Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

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Why would anyone would want to go see Harry Pothead?  The movie is dumb and boring and is a kids show.  I saw the first one and was totally bored through-out the whole movie.  Not to mention Lord of the Rings, don't get me started on that.
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I just finished reading your posts on "8 Mile". You feel very strongly about that movie and bashed those who disagreed by calling them closed-minded, not respecting their individual opinions.

Then, you jump-in on this post to insult Harry Potter?

That's all well & good.

I will respect your opinion and not call you closed-minded.

Please pay the same courtesy to others in these forums.

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I just finished reading your posts on "8 Mile". You feel very strongly about that movie and bashed those who disagreed by calling them closed-minded, not respecting their individual opinions.

Then, you jump-in on this post to insult Harry Potter?

That's all well & good.

I will respect your opinion and not call you closed-minded.

Please pay the same courtesy to others in these forums.
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Yeah! What he said!!

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I just finished reading your posts on "8 Mile". You feel very strongly about that movie and bashed those who disagreed by calling them closed-minded, not respecting their individual opinions.

Then, you jump-in on this post to insult Harry Potter?

That's all well & good.

I will respect your opinion and not call you closed-minded.

Please pay the same courtesy to others in these forums.
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eh they bashed Eminem and 8 Mile without giving it a chance, they could have kept their opinions to themselves.  me on the other hand, I watched Harry Pothead the first one and didn't like it.  people were praising it and I wanted to see what all the fuss was.  to me it was way overhyped and still is.  

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???

Messageboards in general are opinion forums.

Everyone, including you, has a right to express their individual opinion - Within the Forum Guidelines, of course:

http://www.inthe80s.com/rules.shtml

It's OK to agree to disagree. If everyone liked the same things, this world would be quite boring.  ;)

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I am not a big Harry Potter fan, but that's probably because I haven't picked up one of the books yet.  I have heard that Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) is on the top of the list to replace Richard Harris as Dumbledore, which could be interesting.
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I heard in the U.K that Christopher Lee was the favorite.I hope not I don't think he would make a good Dumbledore at all.To give him his due he did tell the jounalists that it was disgusting and disrespectful that they hassled him for comments on the rumour a day after Richard Harris died.

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I heard in the U.K that Christopher Lee was the favorite.I hope not I don't think he would make a good Dumbledore at all.To give him his due he did tell the jounalists that it was disgusting and disrespectful that they hassled him for comments on the rumour a day after Richard Harris died.
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...so they're hyping Gandalf or Saruman as Dumbledore replacements?  ...best suggestion so far from h2g2 forums is Tom Baker - a doctor (or rather the doctor), as opposed to a wizard ;-)

Phil

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...just a quickie: do you know what the connection is between Harry Potter and William Tell?

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...I forgot which thread I posted this question in (or should that be "in which thread I posted the question"...

The answer is that William Tell's wife was called "Hedwig" (though Italian retellings, like the opera from which the famous tune is taken, often have that as Hedda)

Phil

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I heard in the U.K that Christopher Lee was the favorite.I hope not I don't think he would make a good Dumbledore at all.To give him his due he did tell the jounalists that it was disgusting and disrespectful that they hassled him for comments on the rumour a day after Richard Harris died.
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I'll file this movie under my "I'll see it when its out on video" file.
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It was worth it for me. You could never get the same effects and impressions from a TV screen.

Then again, I find this series quite enchanting. Great escapism!!!  :D

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I saw The Chamber of Secrets a couple of days ago and I thought it was great.  I actually liked it better than the first.  Harry Potter may be aimed for children but I saw more adults in the theaters than children.

Dobby was just the cutiest (ugliest) thing.
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I agree.  When we went, it was mostly adults and teenagers. (and apparently, judging by the "ooh's and aww's" I heard, Harry has gotten a popular teenaged girl following  :-*)  I think the books may have originally been intended for kids--but I think most of the adults that've read them like them just as much as the kids do!  I heard all about them from adults before my son showed an interest in them.  Now we've both read all four of them and are anxiously awaiting the fifth, sixth, and seventh!

And yeah, Dobby was an ugly little thing, in a cute-ish way--but he was really funny. In fact, my daughter said her favorite part was watching Dobby bang his head against everything! Course, she's only five... ::)