Just watched the Larry King special on HPDHpt2. Man Larrys gettin old.
Im antsy for july 15th. I dont want it to end, but i really cant wait to see how it ends. I havent been this excited for a movie since i heard about Pirates 4. [Reply]
I decided to go with the 3D just because its on the "Ultra Screen" I've never been a fan, but I went to Transformers last week in 3D and It didn't bother me at all like some others. I hated Pirates in 3D, but then again I was drunk. [Reply]
Looking forward to it. I've enjoyed most of the movies other than HBP, which I thought was very boring. While I could argue about stuff here and there, on balance I thought most were pretty well done given time constraints etc. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JD10367:
You're kind of missing the whole point. The books and films were never about Harry being Yoda-powerful. The point initially was that he thought he was just average and it turned out he was "the chosen one". What preteen doesn't daydream about being that (i.e. more powerful or "special" than others)? Then he had to deal with the fact that everyone expected him to be powerful, and he really didn't have any special powers aside from his connection to Voldemort. He had to rely on his friends, and his smarts (since, at heart, every book has basically been an Agatha Christie-like detective story). And it all took place as he was dealing with the sometimes more painful transition from adolescent to adult (which, as in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", is sometimes harder than the special-ability stuff). Ultimately Rowling's message has been that it's better to be a good person ("choosing Gryffindor over Slytherin") and have good friends, and be smart, than it is to simply be "all-powerful" like Voldemort. This isn't new ground. From Disney's "Aladdin" to the "Star Wars" universe, that moral has been pushed before. If you honestly wanted the whole seven books and films to be pretty much a version of "Anakin Skywalker stays good and kicks everyone's ass", that would've been pretty boring.
I agree, and I never minded any of that. The one thing that drives me a bit crazy, especially in the books, is that I'm not quite sure whether the name of the series shouldn't be Hermoine Granger and How I Defeated Voldemort Despite Being Stuck with These Two Half-Wits.
I don't mind strong female characters, but it's taken to extremes. Harry seemingly can't add two plus two without Hermoine there to tell him how. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Amnorix:
I agree, and I never minded any of that. The one thing that drives me a bit crazy, especially in the books, is that I'm not quite sure whether the name of the series shouldn't be Hermoine Granger and How I Defeated Voldemort Despite Being Stuck with These Two Half-Wits.
I don't mind strong female characters, but it's taken to extremes. Harry seemingly can't add two plus two without Hermoine there to tell him how.
Yes, but...
Spoiler!
...while Hermione gets credit for being very smart and talented with spells, especially for a "Muggle", you can't forget that Harry's connection to Voldemort is pretty much the reason for the whole series--how he can speak snake, how he and Voldemort share thoughts, how he's able to even remotely stand up to him. And ultimately it's Harry (or at least, in the book it's Harry) who figures out how to defeat Voldemort--unless they fuck that up and give it to Hermione as well. And IIRC Hermione really didn't have as big of a role in "Prisoner" as the film gave her; in the book, she wasn't the driving force, whereas in the movie she's pretty much the one who figures it all out.