Harry Potter-Love or Hate?

[Angel]

Re: Harry Potter-Love or Hate?

Well, as they are still classed as children's books the people who make the films are in that awkward place of introducing new themes like relationships and romance along with more complex situations in a film that those under the age of 12 can still go and see as they have done previously. Goblet of Fire was the first real murder situation and they managed ok, but as things progress, they will find it hard to make it accessible to kids. After all, the characters are now in their mid-teens and it is becoming apparent in the texts that it's more "who's going out with whom?" in many places rather than playing fun games together...

 

[HodgePodge]

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I don't know how radcliffe is going to pull of the seventh movie. He's gonna be in his 20's by the time they start shooting it. :/ And +rep Angel for adding the poll

 

[Angel]

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My poll is awesome. It rocks. Every possible response is covered. I was gonna put in Hex's entire feelings towards HP but I didn't have enough space...would have been good though...:lol:

 

[blu phoenix]

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I started reading the books when I was 12/13. In middle school. So maybe I was younger. Only 2 were released then, and I read them both. so as I got older, more books were released. So if I have kids, I'll give them the books in moderation. One for every year.

I started when I was 10, 11 maybe. I know I was young, but at the time I had the reading level of a high school student, and I was mature enough to read it. Plus I believe my mom read it first, so at that age she would have told me whether or not I could have read it.

It's good that parents moderate what their children read, until they think that they are at a good age for them to be able to choose what they would like to read., or that the content is appropriate for them. Still I suppose it depends on the parent and child, although the parent should always take great care in what their child reads.

 

[HodgePodge]

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Didn't include the games though...jk it's good

 

[blu phoenix]

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I don't know how radcliffe is going to pull of the seventh movie. He's gonna be in his 20's by the time they start shooting it. :/ And +rep Angel for adding the poll

Yes, and Rupert will be in his early twenties, Tom in his early twenties I think as well. I honestly don't see their age being a problem or concern. I've seen actors in their late 20's pull off a role of a teen ,like at the age of 15-17 years old, and they do it brilliantly. I think they'll do just fine, like they've always done.

 

[Angel]

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I started when I was 10, 11 maybe. I know I was young, but at the time I had the reading level of a high school student, and I was mature enough to read it. Plus I believe my mom read it first, so at that age she would have told me whether or not I could have read it.

It's good that parents moderate what their children read, until they think that they are at a good age for them to be able to choose what they would like to read., or that the content is appropriate for them. Still I suppose it depends on the parent and child, although the parent should always take great care in what their child reads.

My family are big on reading - so it was only natural for me to pick up Austen and Chaucer at the age of about 6/7...it's like with anything though, if you're any kind of parent you'll check what your kid is into, be it books, films, games, TV shows - whatever. Kids can get desensitised by the media but it doesn't mean as a parent you can just assume that they can handle all they see/read/play.

Didn't include the games though...jk it's good

Moan moan moan...are you people ever satisfied?? Fine, I'll edit the poll and you may worship me later :lol:

 

[HodgePodge]

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*worship*

 

[Angel]

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Hehehe - yes, I know...I'm so damn good it's almost too painful to bask in the adoration...but one does one's best...

 

[blu phoenix]

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My family are big on reading - so it was only natural for me to pick up Austen and Chaucer at the age of about 6/7...it's like with anything though, if you're any kind of parent you'll check what your kid is into, be it books, films, games, TV shows - whatever. Kids can get desensitised by the media but it doesn't mean as a parent you can just assume that they can handle all they see/read/play.


Moan moan moan...are you people ever satisfied?? Fine, I'll edit the poll and you may worship me later :lol:

Yes my family is huge on reading as well(Yay for Jane Austen and Chaucer...yep I know who he is.:lol
But yes, bottom line is all parents should be cautious and take great care in what their child reads, watches, etc....like you said.

The only games so far out of the series that I enjoyed was probably only PoA. GoF was short, although a little enjoyable...too easy though. Wait, most of them were. Like I said let's hope OotP is more of a challenge.

 

[Darg]

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I myself adore the books to an extent, though with all this wait I've kind of forgot its original glory. The same could not be said for the movies. At times they're inaccurate, strange and just dull... though in a sense they do a fair job of depicting the movies, but I just pictured it better in my bizarre, twisted realm of reality that is my imagination.

 

[Rhadiel]

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i like ALL of HP...just not the new Dumbledore....hes too....snappy i guess...i old one was much better...more wizard like if u ask me...and too bad that

Spoiler

Sirius dies...

he was a badass

RIP Richard Harris....

 

[Darg]

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I'm glad someone else noticed it about the whole Dumbledore thing. I also sort of believe that Harris did a much better job than the current, though Rhadiel pretty much hit the nail on the head with his previous comment.

 

[Sephiroxas]

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I'm glad someone else noticed it about the whole Dumbledore thing. I also sort of believe that Harris did a much better job than the current, though Rhadiel pretty much hit the nail on the head with his previous comment.

We were just talking about that on the previous pages.

 

[blu phoenix]

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Well, I just saw on Mugglenet.com that the London Times gave Order of the Phoenix(the movie), 3 of 5 stars. You can go to Mugglenet to see tons of stuff(if you've never been there), including the review from the London Times. Still it's only one review.:hmm:

 

[Tsuyu]

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Aww... bless yer heart Angel, for giving books to the poor child.

Anyhow, I really enjoyed the first couple of books, I think I keep three or four at home that I've read so far.

The first one is epic, I love that one, but I felt that as far as I kept reading into the series, that feeling dissapeared, so I never gone about buying/reading any more.

The movies.... nah. As with most movies based on books, I feel that they generally don't do to the books justice.

And don't even get me started on the games...

 

[Albion Knight]

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I liked the books the 6th one was by far the best so far. They are VERY easy reading which is a welcomed break from reading technical manuals. The movies are OK something I'd watch if there was nothing else to do. I did enjoy them don't get me wrong. I haven't played any games except a couple on the web site. Since I'm more in the "like them" category I vote for cookies