Well done on scoring tickets Baz!

In other news: What a dick.

Film opportunity for Potter fans.

If anyone in the Edinburgh area wants to see the fillum on Wednesday for absolutely nothing, drop me a PM and I'll give you the details. Don't worry, it's all kosher and above board.










Well. Mostly.

Petition seeks extra Potter books.

Also, Emma Watson realises that Danny Radcliffe is a bit buff . . .

I'd think they'd want to wait to see how Deathly Hallows turns out at the very least.

A petition set up by Waterstones. What's that? You want more Potter books? Why, what a totally selfless and pleasant act Mr giant bookseller.

Bloody lazy journalists: no she has not. She said two more characters will die than she had previously planned.

The Explodify curse obviously got out of hand . . .

I knew she'd said that! But then everyone's been saying "two characters are going to die" so I presumed I'd read wrong, even though two seemed like a low number.

I feel like I'm the only Harry Potter fan who hasn't bothered with all of the wild theories flying around and has made no predictions whatsoever concerning the final book. I think it spoils it somehow, thinking too much into these things.

I really don't like to speculate either. I enjoy the books and during the last two there has been considerably more to think about in terms of wider-story but there is very little that I want to guess, it will just ruin the pay-off of the final book. That being said it's coming pretty soon and so there's that to look forward to. I recently re-read the last two books as well, just in preparation, but I finished them far too quickly and have read a couple more books since then so I think I'll come to the final book very fresh. Hopefully my internet pre-order will come on the day of release too, just because I'd hate to have spoilers ruin the fun.

Going to see Harry Potter on Friday.


Woop.

I would have gone to see it last night, but I was knackered. Not sure if I can be arsed to go see it tonight. Probably watch it tomorrow while I'm meant to be working instead.

I'm havin to wait for a friend to move back home before I can go and see it. I watched Azkaban and Goblet of Fire as a warm up but I am now unbearably and sadly beside myself with excitement.

I would be seeing the film tonight but my sister has promised she'll see it with friends and I don't fancy seeing it alone.

That said, I'm not looking forward to it. The only enjoyment I got out of Goblet of Fire was sitting there and ridiculing it and considering how much will have to have been left out of Order of the Phoenix I imagine I'll just sit there and nitpick it when I do see it.

I'm still annoyed that there wasn't a sphinx...

I see the movies as a totally separate entity to the books. They cannot possibly try and fit in all the storyline into the films so I see them as highlights in film form.

So you'll be needing two seats then!

I'll go and see it in a few weeks, when everyone'll be watching The Simpsons!

Fair enough, but even then they sometimes bungle the best parts of the books and so they don't even work as highlights. Goblet of Fire was one such instance for me.

Another case of squirmingly embarassing situations Japanese TV shows seem intent on forcing movie stars into. First it was Johnny Depp having tiny squeaky kids sing pirate songs, now it's Daniel Radcliffe visiting a school full of screaming Japanese girls performing amateur magic tricks. At least it's not as uncomfortable to watch as this interview with Dakota Fanning.

I'll be cannonballing The Order of the Pheonix with Die Hard 4.0 on Saturday.

The real trick is trying to sober up enough after the first movie to avoid being kicked out by staff when you try to get into the second one.

It's a tall order, but I'm sure I can pull it off. Experiencing five hours of movies whilst tipsy (or in my case roaring drunk) is a tall order...

Kev W

Just got back... All in all, it was bloody enjoyable. They, as always, took a few liberties, but for the most part, I was not disappointed.

The Ministry of Magic battle is superb and Imelda Staunton was (once again) perfectly cast!

Highly recommended.

I watched it today ... and it was pretty good! Usually I'm not too keen on the films, but this one was great. Yeah, they missed quite a bit out and swapped some things about, but other than that it was great, and it was pretty hilarious!

I am super happy with Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) as I felt they were both fantastic in their roles. Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) had me smiling every time she came on screen, she was great too!

One thing that I've always said about the HP movies... They are perfectly cast!

Just watched OotP. I enjoyed it muchly, but have posted my thoughts on another forum and thus cannot be bothered to reiterate them here (I could do a little ctrl-c, ctrl-v action, but that's even lazier).

Quickly, better acted than the previous ones, with enough left out to be not too intense for non-readers. I have a couple of Ron/Hermione gripes, but I'll air these when I can be bothered.

So I was thinking about the new book this weekend... I was thinking about things we probably won't see...

---
Malfoy embraced Ron... "You had me at hello."

Harry closed his eyes as a strange noise grew louder in the Gryffindor common room. The noise subsided and Harry opened his eyes to see a strange man grinning before him. "Hello Harry... I'm The Doctor!"

Harry advanced on Voldemort, his wand drawn... "You are soooooo my bitch!"

"Meesa your new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher... Meesa called Jar-Jar Binks."

Voldemort loomed over Harry and in a sinister voice asked... "Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your own personal savior?"

"Hello... My name is Harry Potter. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"

"Harry is just 17 and already has to kill the most evil wizard that has ever lived. Not only this, he also has to deal with a foster family, his dead mother's own sister and husband, that verbally abuse him at every opportunity. Please welcome Harry to the Jeremy Kyle Show."
---

Feel free to add any others that you want!

Harry awoke sharply in Privet Drive with a sinking feeling in his stomach... it had all been a dream.

"Shit!"

"Harry... Dumbledore never told you what happened to your father..."
"He told me enough... He told me you killed him!"
"Oh... I guess Dumbledore did tell you what happened to your father... my bad!"

Harry turned to Ron and Hermione and said ''I aim to misbehave''.

Harry looked up from the phone and said to Ron, "This shit just got real." And with that they were off to Cuba.

Watched Harry Potter & The Order Of The Pheonix at my local fleapit last night and I have to say that I really wasn't a fan.

It suffers from the "Attack of the Clones syndrome" in that it is the mid-section of a large story where precious little happens and serves merely as a way of marking time until the climax.

Everything just seemed to annoy in Order of the Pheonix - many of the more interesting characters from previous instalments appeared fleetingly and several newer characters were given too much exposure.

The action sequences weren't patricularly thrilling and the climax, where a certain character is killed off is not given the necessary gravitis that such a character warranted.

And another thing, it would be wise for Warner to shoot The Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows back-to-back, as most of the cast are already starting to look a bit too old to still be going to school...

I suppose my enjoyment of the movie was compromised by the fact that sitting right next to me was a quartet of teenage girls, who nattered incessantly throughout the movie - I was too polite (I was also very drunk, ingesting ale and whiskey during the movie) to resort to my usually tactic of telling noisy moviegoers to "shut the fuck up"...

Kev W

That one's more likely to happen in Doctor Who, especially considering the number of celebrity spots they've been throwing in recently.


Possible... possible...
reminds me of THIS

I've only seen the first film, but I really liked it. I'm just gonna wait until all the films are released on DVD in one huge boxset then take a week of work.

The dedicated thread for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will open for business here, soon after the book is published at midnight on Friday. Please try to keep all discussion of the book to that thread, and in particular do not post any spoilers - even in spoiler tags - to this thread.

The dedicated thread will contain plenty of spoilers that will not be hidden behind spoiler tags, so I suggest you avoid it until you've finished the book.

ohhhhhh...........
a Harry Potter thread......
now i feel at home.........
haha.........
saw the film on friday.........
to much Ron/ Hermione attraction for my liking......
(big Rupert Grint fan)
other than that........

thumbs up..

Hehe Foul.
Not safe for children, persons at work or those of a nervous disposition.
Actually disgusting.
EDIT:
Which in turn makes me wonder if this will get an update post Friday.

I'm at work

yep, pretty bad. I have to agree with you there

Not that they care, but she's seventeen so maybe someone has had their worry soothed by that small fact.
Still, poor show.

So not long to go now. I went down to Waterstones today and there are people queuing already, nutters.

I have only read the first and second book... I never got into it, but as I am curious about what happens no doubt I'll red the 6th at the weekend and then buy the 7th when I get paid and the freak crowds initial rush is over.

Why do they do that? The book's not out until Saturday ... And it's not like there's a shortage of them or anything. I wouldn't even queue up at midnight for it, let alone almost two days early ...

The thing is, they are queuing outside the Waterstones in Picadilly which is the biggest book store in Europe, and that they've had 14,000 copies ordered for tomorrow (i know this because the other half works for Waterstones), so it's not like they wil miss out.

Maybe the queue is fun, I've no real opinion to back that up because I've never been part of one, but perhaps it's the queuing and chatting that is the main motivation rather than getting the book 14 minutes quicker than you would have from Amazon (perhaps not with the first few books, but they may have little groups of people they go with by now).

Ooh, it's out on Saturday. I can hardly wait to go to Asda on Monday and buy it for 7 quid.

I will be working all day on Saturday but I take solace in the fact that my Amazon order will be waiting for me when I get back. My best so far has been reading Goblet of Fire inside the day that I bought it, I doubt I will beat that this time but I will enjoy staying up reading - makes me feel like a kid again, like the first one I read when I was 11.

I read Order of The Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince on the days that I got them. Phoenix was bloody tough going.

That book was easily 200 pages too long.

I'm still in the middle of Consider Phelbas, do I put it down to read the literary event of the year, or do I finish a very enjoyable book and try to dodge the spoilers?

Keep reading. The whole final third of Phlebas is like a giant train-wreck unfurling in slow-motion before your eyes.

Seconded, without any critique of the book you're reading - just a preference I have to never leave one book unfinished and come back to it in favour of another. It's pretty easy to dodge spoilers.

unless you happen to post on site where people enjoy putting them in clear sight, specifically to ruin the enjoyment of other people. i really hope the one i just read isn't real, otherwise that's totally spoiled the book for me.

and i've been purposely avoiding anything that could even possibly ruin it for me.

Speaking of spoilers, I started reading the NY times online review, then I got a bit worried about a third of the way through that the next sentence would say something like "Dumbledore comes back but he's a ghost like Ben Kenobi," or "Neville ends up being the real hero and everyone forgets who Harry is."