Rereading Harry Potter Series
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- youbreccia
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Rereading Harry Potter Series
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I prefer book Fred and George to their film versions, I think Ron was played quite well, but they should have put more of his Quidditch career in there
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kirple93 wrote:I'm halfway through the Goblet of Fire, again My favourite is a toss up between Azkaban and the Half-Blood Prince but I'd probably go for Azkaban just because it's a bit different from the rest of the series.
I prefer book Fred and George to their film versions, I think Ron was played quite well, but they should have put more of his Quidditch career in there
Don't get me wrong I love Ron in the movies as well. But I felt that they gave a lot of his better qualities to Hermione in the movies. I agree with you on Fred and George. Honestly its hard to do everything right in the movies, unless they wanted them to be like 6 hours long, which I don't think I would have been upset with. Happy reading
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Spoilers to follow.
I love the Order of the Phoenix because it is the first book that Harry receives answers for many of the things that have been going on since his first year. At the end of every previous book, Harry is given only partial answers or told that he will know when he is old enough. At the end of this book Dumbledore is finally honest with Harry.
This is also the first book that gives the reader a real glimpse at the wizarding world outside of Hogwarts. There are characters, places, and even the fighting scenes take place outside of the school. The reader starts to see what the characters lives could potentially look like after school. Harry finds a profession he wants to pursue, auror.
I would say the only part of this book that I do not particularly enjoy is the unnecessary whining that takes place. It appears that Harry spends majority of the year whining about something, from his scar to his friends.
Sincerely,
Jessica
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I definitely have to agree that I like the book Fred and George better than the movie versions. In the books, you can see so many little instances of Fred and George helping Harry out. When he first gets on the Quidditch team for instance. They try and reassure him about it. It`s almost like they just kinda accepted him as another brother and began to treat him as such. I feel like a lot of those little moments got cut from the movies, and I was especially disappointed that Harry giving his Triwizard winnings to the twins was cut.
On that note, I actually didn't realize how much they cut for the movies in general until I went to see the final one with a friend who had never read the books. Coming out of the theatre she kept asking me questions about the plot holes that I hadn't even noticed because I already knew the story.
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My absolute favorite book of the harry Potter series is Prisoner of Azkaban. The fact that we meet my favorite character (Serious Black) make it even better. I love that we discover another part of the Wizard world and that Harry starts to grow up and face more serious problems. I agree that the movie has a lot of holes. In my opinion, the first movie really trust the book and then as the movies go on they start cutting a lot and adding things that are not to true, like the scene in Harry Potter and the deathly hallow when harry and Voldemort fly around hugging each otherKia wrote:I actually just finished re-reading the series myself. I would have to say that my favourite is the Prizoner of Azkaban. Harry is still just a child in it, which I appreciate for a number of reasons. However, for the first time he is really forced to deal with the circumstances of his parent`s deaths. He gets the first realization that the circumstances surrounding his life are not all black and white.
I definitely have to agree that I like the book Fred and George better than the movie versions. In the books, you can see so many little instances of Fred and George helping Harry out. When he first gets on the Quidditch team for instance. They try and reassure him about it. It`s almost like they just kinda accepted him as another brother and began to treat him as such. I feel like a lot of those little moments got cut from the movies, and I was especially disappointed that Harry giving his Triwizard winnings to the twins was cut.
On that note, I actually didn't realize how much they cut for the movies in general until I went to see the final one with a friend who had never read the books. Coming out of the theatre she kept asking me questions about the plot holes that I hadn't even noticed because I already knew the story.
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Exactly! Like if you have the screen time to be able to add stuff like that, then you had time for some of the stuff that you cut out. SPOILER Like when Harry didn't fix his own wand before destroying the elder wand.Marianaleivap wrote: My absolute favorite book of the harry Potter series is Prisoner of Azkaban. The fact that we meet my favorite character (Serious Black) make it even better. I love that we discover another part of the Wizard world and that Harry starts to grow up and face more serious problems. I agree that the movie has a lot of holes. In my opinion, the first movie really trust the book and then as the movies go on they start cutting a lot and adding things that are not to true, like the scene in Harry Potter and the deathly hallow when harry and Voldemort fly around hugging each other
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Totally agree with you!!Kia wrote:Exactly! Like if you have the screen time to be able to add stuff like that, then you had time for some of the stuff that you cut out. SPOILER Like when Harry didn't fix his own wand before destroying the elder wand.Marianaleivap wrote: My absolute favorite book of the harry Potter series is Prisoner of Azkaban. The fact that we meet my favorite character (Serious Black) make it even better. I love that we discover another part of the Wizard world and that Harry starts to grow up and face more serious problems. I agree that the movie has a lot of holes. In my opinion, the first movie really trust the book and then as the movies go on they start cutting a lot and adding things that are not to true, like the scene in Harry Potter and the deathly hallow when harry and Voldemort fly around hugging each other
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Harry is just beginning to grow up and accept responsibility in this book and we also learn a lot more about various other characters.
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I must say she did do any excellent job of drawing all the pieces in together and creating one cohesive story. I was also impressed, as you mentioned, that the ability to create so many books in a series without them dragging on and even becoming so redundant, speaks to her amazing abilities as a writer.mduchene wrote:I re-read the series every year during the holidays, and while I love many of the books, I have a hard time not saying the 7th books is my favorite, because that book is when you truly see the genius of J.K. Rowling's writing and story development. In the final book, you see how she masterfully wove each of the earlier books into a masterful plot to end the story. Too often you have a great first book, but the sequels drag, wander from the storyline, or even just lose the magic, but even through seven books she was able to keep the end vision in mind. Phenomenal writing and the series will be one of my go-to's for years to come!
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