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| <span style=HumongousDiva | Nov 17 2010, 07:51 PM Post #61 |
Turn on the PMs, you fat shit!
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This. So someone who read the books once really should just read them again before writing them off as "bad"... |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 17 2010, 08:29 PM Post #62 |
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Ok. |
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| <span style=HumongousDiva | Nov 17 2010, 08:34 PM Post #63 |
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Turn on the PMs, you fat shit!
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Cunt. I will stand by my opinion, and I just can't understand why someone like you would even choose to rank HP books. :rolleyes: |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 17 2010, 08:39 PM Post #64 |
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You can't understand why someone would rather procrastinate and waste time than write essays? 
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| <span style=Mikester | Nov 17 2010, 09:50 PM Post #65 |
so misguided and so rude
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Oh I never said I called myself a "true fan." You're right, I'm not a diehard. But I still read the books and I still have every right to give an opinion on them. What you're actually trying to say is that nobody can have a different opinion than you, because the only people who are going to read the books in one day and 5-6 times are the people who love the series. Reading it one time, reading it slowly, it's all just another way of saying "YOUR OPINION SUCKS BECAUSE IT'S NOT MINE" so I mean, whatever. But in reality, people can read something once and slowly and are going to have an opinion about it. I'm not analyzing every word of the book by any means but I'm giving my overall opinion on it.
Because you didn't read them all... I did read all the HP books.
Uhm, yes, it rang a bell. The bell that it rang was that I didn't like the book  I think I made that clear? |
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| <span style=Ninth Bill Sender | Nov 17 2010, 09:57 PM Post #66 |
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I didn't read the book, but the sixth movie was terrible. Harry Potter 4 and 5 are actually some of my favorite movies ever. You probably didn't know that though. So naturally I was really excited for the 6th one and it was shit. Literally nothing happened until the last 30 minutes, and even that wasn't all that cool. |
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| <span style=CO | Nov 18 2010, 01:38 AM Post #67 |
A stunning physical specimen
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wtf are you people talking about? The 6th book DID suck. @_@ |
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| <span style=chad6 | Nov 18 2010, 02:12 AM Post #68 |
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I liked the 6th book. But like some peeps in here, I liked them all. To me, 1 and 2 have a different, more childish style that doesn't do it for me, but when I was younger and reading them I was mesmerized. The books grew up with me and I appreciate that. If I had to rank them I would go: 1) Deathly Hallows: to me, it's got to win. Even if it was shitty (which it isn't), it is the end so it would have been really hard for any other book to beat it. Everything about the book makes me smile. The end of the greatest series I have ever read. ("Nineteen Years Later" could have been omitted imo, but who am I to turn down EXTRA HP?) 2) Order of the Phoenix: great book. Funny thing is, the first time I read it it I was like WTF O_o. But after re-reading it and re-reading it, I began to love it. A lot. It gives us so much information and finally answer questions I was DYING to know. And it has an epic battle scene. It was long (which I appreciate in a book I love), and I just think it made me think the most out of all the books. 3) Goblet of Fire: I was probably the most in to Harry Potter at the time of this books release. It was so good. It was the first book to really get "dark." The return of Voldy, Harry's epic escape, actual murder. Wow, Harry Potter definitely grew up with this book. I loved the Triwizard Tournament and everything that went with it. 4) Prisoner of Azkaban: I've gone back an forth on this one. While I do love the uniqueness of the book (in that it wasn't so focused on Voldy as the main villain as much as the others), it just wasn't as good as the top 3 for me. It was great, don't get me wrong. And it offered a lot of new info. Sirius' story arc was great in this book, imo. 5) Half-Blood Prince: it was a great book too. Sure, the HBP thing didn't fit too much with the story line. But it was setting up Snape to be some sort of legendary wizard. And the Horcruxes were great to learn about. I loved loved learning about Voldy's past too. 6) Chamber of Secret 7) Sorcerer's Stone Both are great and both have their charm. Both seem more like kid's books to me; which was great considering I was a kid when I read them. Now, they don't seem nearly as good as the others, but they are that good an they were perfect for their time. Can't wait to see the movie tomorrow night! |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 18 2010, 03:17 PM Post #69 |
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3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book #3) Book #3 and #5 might be considered interchangeable on the ranking because I liked #4 and #7 far better than the others in the series, but, just like the Order of the Phoenix, the Prisoner of Azkaban was awesome. Sirius Black and Lupin's introductions and contributions to the storyline is probably the main reason this ranked higher than #5, but again, they are almost interchangeable. Off of the top of my head, I think the Marauder's Map is probably the coolest magical tool (at least in concept) that Harry used. Ron's rat being a death eater was a pretty wild twist, and the time-travel thing was a complete shock to me the first time I read it. What else? Oh, yeah. Buckbeak was amazing. Also, even if I'd rate two or three other endings better. the ending was epic in every right. |
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| <span style=spnintendo | Nov 18 2010, 03:24 PM Post #70 |
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Nuuuuuuuu. My childhood! (Ok actually I think I was in tenth grade when I read it :shifty) I loved the traveling back in time aspect. Which they somehow made even cooler in the movie. And Sirius going from murderous villain to good guy was very mind boggling for my young mind too. |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 18 2010, 03:27 PM Post #71 |
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2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book #4) This was easily my favorite until the last book came out, and it still might be when I reread it. Either way, the top two is fine. The book starting with the professional Quidditch match was great because Quidditch was one of, if not my favorite part of Harry Potter in the first three books. Then, after all that shit happened, and they got to school, I found out that there wasn't going to be any Quidditch. Because of this, I was ticked off, and I thought the book would suck. Boy, was I wrong. The Triwizard Tournament was crazy, and I realized after the second task how much better it was than a game of Quidditch, which we had seen the best of in previous books. That second task (the underwater one) is my second favorite chapter (or couple chapters if it went on for longer) by a long shot in all 7 books. My favorite obviously came in the 7th book. When Cedric died, I was petrified. The final task was ridiculously awesome and scared me at the time by itself, but after they touched the trophy together...holy shit. Great fight scene is an understatement. I was also blown away when we found out Mad Eye was a fake. At that point, I was just confused as hell. The Goblet of Fire drew me in so much that I felt almost every emotion possible while reading it. Had the 7th book not been as great as it was, then this would without question be my favorite book of all time. Again, these write ups are very, very short summaries. Anyone who liked the 4th movie (which was absolute shit) and hasn't read the book needs to read it ASAP. |
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| <span style=Pulau Tiga | Nov 18 2010, 03:36 PM Post #72 |
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I don't remember what happened in the sixth book, but it probably wasn't that great if it couldn't get me excited enough to read the seventh one. But then again, I wouldn't blame Half-Blood Prince for eliminating my interest in the series. I think good, ol' time is most responsible for that. I started reading these when I was, what, 10? And they were cute and fun and easy to breeze through, and that carried me for a while. But that's a difficult interest to maintain over the entirety of a person's adolescence. Besides, the books didn't stay cute, and that was part of the problem. For a lot of people, the evolution of the books matched their own personal maturing, and it worked. For me, they just started trying to be serious fiction, and they failed. They weren't intriguing or compelling enough as real novels, and yet they weren't the cutesy adventures they used to be. So they fell out of their niche and I could never finish them out. ETA: As far as movies go, it's kinda similar. The last few just haven't had any magic at all. |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 18 2010, 03:39 PM Post #73 |
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1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pure Genius. All I can really say. There is no question as to why everyone is excited for the 7th movie, and it's not just because it is Harry Potter. JK Rowling could've sold books with no words in them, and she would've made a fortune on the finale, but she wanted to end the series on a high note. From the first page, the Deathly Hallows was nonstop action throughout the entire book, and I was definitely emotionally invested. As soon as Hedwig died in like the fourth chapter or something really early, you knew shit was hitting the fan fast. That feeling never stopped for me. Just a few of my favorite parts: The wedding, Harry visiting his parents house and getting attacked by the snake, Ron bailing and coming back to save Harry, Luna's father trying to kill them, Dobby saving them from Bealtrix, and the entire final fight scene (especially with Malfoy's chumps in the Room of Requirement). Oh, yeah. My favorite chapter in any book ever written is Harry walking to what he know was his inevitable death. Most emotional scene ever? I felt his pain, and I was distraught in his state of depression right along with him. I don't know how Rowling made me feel like shit, but she messed with my emotions for sure. ETA- I forgot to include my second favorite part. When the truth about Snape was revealed, my jaw hit the floor for about 15 minutes. Literally. I was in absolute shock, and I couldn't believe it. Suddenly, though, almost everything in the previous books made sense, but I did not see it coming after how the HBP ended. |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 18 2010, 03:40 PM Post #74 |
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Read the 7th book and tell me when you have a different opinion. Time got the best of me, too, until I finally picked up the 7th book and read it myself. |
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| <span style=Teighteen | Nov 18 2010, 03:41 PM Post #75 |
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The Goblet of Fire has been my fave book since it's release. It was fucking amazing. |
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| <span style=Teighteen | Nov 18 2010, 03:45 PM Post #76 |
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T18's ranking! 7. Half-Blood Prince 6. Philosopher's Stone 5. Deathly Hallows 4. Chamber of Secrets 3. Prisoner of Azkaban 2. Order of the Phoenix 1. Goblet of Fire I totally disagree with this too:
What? No it wasn't. I feel like I could rename this book "Harry Potter and the Camping Trip" and it would be a more appropriate name. The first half was pretty boring, and the second half was nothing special. The last 100 pages were great, but the leading up to it left a lot to be desired for me. As a finale, I was underwhelmed. If not for the line "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!!" I'd probably rank this book 6th/7. |
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| <span style=SurvivorFan GP | Nov 18 2010, 03:51 PM Post #77 |
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Goblet of Fire is amazing, the Triwizard Tournament is probably my favorite part of the Harry Potter books ever. I read your update for the 7th book, and am *crushed* about Hedwig  I would have added the Patronus to PoA, maybe because that's the part of the book I remember most apart from Lupin/Sirius' character introductions. |
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 18 2010, 03:51 PM Post #78 |
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Action doesn't have to include huge blood pumping scenes (although there were many, many more in the Deathly Hallows than any other HP book), but there was plenty of action (in terms of frustration and paranoia) between the three. But I obviously agree with T18 about the Goblet of Fire being completely awesome, and I understand it being #1. Also, I forgot my second favorite part in the write up. Editing now. |
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| <span style=island sun | Nov 18 2010, 03:53 PM Post #79 |
Dracotrix <3
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Such an AWESOME line that they better not leave out of the movie. |
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| <span style=spnintendo | Nov 18 2010, 03:54 PM Post #80 |
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"It would be the day my childhood ended." - Lisa Simpson |
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