Comments | caspian_x: couple more days

caspian_x

couple more days

Jul 18, 2007 10:01

My marathon of reading the first six Harry Potter books continues. I finished Order of the Phoenix last night and read the first chapter of Half-Blood Prince this morning ( Read more... )

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entelein July 18 2007, 15:24:18 UTC

Harry dying is dumb. It just doesn't really make sense.

I think the prophecy has got to have some sort of twist to it.

I've read all the books, and seen all the movies.

Favorite book? dunno.

Harry the Horcrux resk July 18 2007, 15:41:41 UTC

Ah, but what if Harry is a horcrux?

Re: Harry the Horcrux entelein July 18 2007, 16:15:37 UTC

It's possible he could be, but I kinda doubt it.

Re: Harry the Horcrux caspian_x July 18 2007, 16:40:28 UTC

As do I. Don't think Voldemort was in any state to make Harry into a Horcurx after his curse backfired.

wooo poll! lakilika July 18 2007, 15:26:05 UTC

1. Yes
2. Haven't seen OOTP yet, but I will
3. Prisoner of Azkaban, it's far and away the best one
4. Yes
5. I've read too many spoilers, which may or may not be true (but probably are), so I'll sit this one out!

Re: wooo poll! caspian_x July 18 2007, 16:41:01 UTC

Enjoy dressing up. I love the books, but I'm not that hard core.

Re: wooo poll! lakilika July 18 2007, 16:44:07 UTC

I'm not either. I'm going to wear a beard and a shirt that says "STILL DEAD". I fail at cosplay.

Re: wooo poll! caspian_x July 18 2007, 16:45:51 UTC

Heh, nice.

coffeejedi July 18 2007, 15:28:30 UTC

1) No- but I may, my wife's encouraged it
2) Yes, all in the theater, then again on DVD
3) Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite film
4) No, she's content to wait apparently
5) No, it doesn't make sense from a franchise and marketing perspective, nor does it make any sense from a story and character perspective

caspian_x July 18 2007, 15:34:02 UTC

I highly encourage it as well. I've enjoyed the movies - mostly starting at #3 - but I must say that in my humble opinion they do not hold the tiniest candle to the books. As movies go, they are pretty entertaining and tend to capture the spirit of the books, but they fall short of capturing the wonder and build up of excitement. Of course, having seen the movies, it's possible that you will find the books slow (since you know what's coming), but I'd still highly, HIGHLY recommend it.

rhyana July 18 2007, 15:35:24 UTC

1 yes
2 yes
3 POA, which was also the first one I read
4 yes
5 Having read spoilers, I refrain from answering

caspian_x July 18 2007, 16:41:20 UTC

Was it difficult reading POA first?

rhyana July 18 2007, 18:22:26 UTC

Not really. I have read book series out of order before (the Harper Hall comes to mind, and a couple of others). I think it was actually easier, since there were synopsis available for the first two.

ubersaurus July 18 2007, 15:36:57 UTC

Read all the books, and seen all the movies. So far my fav book is probably Half Blood Prince, just because so many things are coming together. Also, it's not as depressing as book five.

I've got the book coming from amazon on saturday, and I could see Harry dying, or at the least losing his Voldemort-equalizing abilities. Something's gonna happen to him that's bad in the end.

caspian_x July 18 2007, 16:41:42 UTC

I agree. If he doesn't die, there will be major badness happening to him.