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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 8:00:52 GMT -1
Cooking tho i do caring as well Tis ok,don't worry bout it Ah yes... you did tell me in fairness! *thumbs up*
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 16, 2007 8:00:57 GMT -1
They did miss loads out but then the film would have been about 8 hours long if they hadn't. They also made Grawp quite sweet when he wasn't in the book. And all that with Occulmency (sp?) lessons and him finding out about his dad bullying Snape. And Kreacher wasn't in it much. I think Mrs A2V would have enjoyed an 8 hour Potter flick. They also missed out the hosptial visit to Mr Weasley, where Harry finds out about Nevilles parents. Firenze was never mentioned at all, it was Cho's mate who grasses them up .......... and Neville didn't find the room of requirement in the book either. I'm beginning to worry how much I know about Harry Potter I really am!!
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Post by CarrowGirl on Jul 16, 2007 8:02:01 GMT -1
Right i'm outta here Well done on 14k Jules,when you get there
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 8:03:28 GMT -1
Well done on 14k Jules,when you get there Cheers! Is everyone else gonna carry on talking about HP? I've not seen it yet, and probably won't, so... meh...!
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 16, 2007 8:04:05 GMT -1
They did miss loads out but then the film would have been about 8 hours long if they hadn't. They also made Grawp quite sweet when he wasn't in the book. And all that with Occulmency (sp?) lessons and him finding out about his dad bullying Snape. And Kreacher wasn't in it much. I think Mrs A2V would have enjoyed an 8 hour Potter flick. They also missed out the hosptial visit to Mr Weasley, where Harry finds out about Nevilles parents. Firenze was never mentioned at all, it was Cho's mate who grasses them up .......... and Neville didn't find the room of requirement in the book either. I'm beginning to worry how much I know about Harry Potter I really am!! You love it! lol ;D
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 16, 2007 8:04:21 GMT -1
Hi CG Bye CG
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 16, 2007 8:05:42 GMT -1
Maybe .......... but not enough to queue outside of WHSmiths at midnight on Friday!!
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 16, 2007 8:06:23 GMT -1
Well done on 14k Jules,when you get there Cheers! Is everyone else gonna carry on talking about HP? I've not seen it yet, and probably won't, so... meh...! Is it intellectually beneath you??
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 16, 2007 8:09:21 GMT -1
Maybe .......... but not enough to queue outside of WHSmiths at midnight on Friday!! No that would be sad and obssessive of you. You'll be going to Waterstones instead then will you? Amazon are delivering mine so I don't have to leave the house. Just re-reading Half Blood Prince at the moment to get me back up to speed. God I'm such a nerd ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 8:10:00 GMT -1
Is everyone else gonna carry on talking about HP? I've not seen it yet, and probably won't, so... meh...! Is it intellectually beneath you?? Ouch, bit early in the morning for that kind of bitchiness?! No, I just don't find anything especially fascinating about HP, not read any of the books, not really "up my street" - though nowt against it! However this thread would probably move faster if I invited people to have a pop at me - so go on!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 16, 2007 8:27:31 GMT -1
Is it intellectually beneath you?? Ouch, bit early in the morning for that kind of bitchiness?! No, I just don't find anything especially fascinating about HP, not read any of the books, not really "up my street" - though nowt against it! However this thread would probably move faster if I invited people to have a pop at me - so go on! To be fair, I'm not an HP fan either - the media hype killed any initial interest I might've had, and then I was forced to sit and watch the first film. While I appreciate books are inevitably superior to films, the fact that I was literally made to watch it against my will made the whole experience painful and completely put me off any interest in it. Besides which, from what I've heard (including from several hardcore fans) the books after the first three got kinda crap and stuffed with pointless filler, which puts me off massively too. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is my seven-part love ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 8:34:15 GMT -1
I'm not sure I love any seven-part series of books or films, bit uninspired surely! Though I think I read most of the sequels to Hitchhiker's Guide... they grew less funny as time went on, think there were at least 5 in the end?
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 16, 2007 8:39:36 GMT -1
Ouch, bit early in the morning for that kind of bitchiness?! No, I just don't find anything especially fascinating about HP, not read any of the books, not really "up my street" - though nowt against it! However this thread would probably move faster if I invited people to have a pop at me - so go on! I'm not having a pop. It took much cajoling from Mrs A2V before I started reading the Harry Potter books. I tend to read non-fiction books by and large, because as I've said before I find most fiction books to be quite dull. The Da Vinci Code being a case in point, everyone seemed to enthuse and obsess about it in equal measure. I thought it was a very bland book, and stylistically it was annoying!! I have actually enjoyed the Potter books and the films are okay as well!!
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 16, 2007 8:42:59 GMT -1
No that would be sad and obssessive of you. You'll be going to Waterstones instead then will you? Amazon are delivering mine so I don't have to leave the house. Just re-reading Half Blood Prince at the moment to get me back up to speed. God I'm such a nerd ;D ....... well at Waterstones I might at least get a coffee while I wait!! ;D Mrs A2V has read each book at least 4 times!! She verges on a Columbo type obession with trying to figure out what will happen in the last book, and re-read bits of previous books looking for clues. I may have to get her professional help if the last book is a disppointment!! ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 8:46:54 GMT -1
I'm not having a pop. It took much cajoling from Mrs A2V before I started reading the Harry Potter books. I tend to read non-fiction books by and large, because as I've said before I find most fiction books to be quite dull. The Da Vinci Code being a case in point, everyone seemed to enthuse and obsess about it in equal measure. I thought it was a very bland book, and stylistically it was annoying!! I have actually enjoyed the Potter books and the films are okay as well!! Ah, seems I totally misread the situation...! I've not read DVC either, I tend to react against these books that get seized upon by the press, and suddenly everyone's reading them. That's also why I never read Captain Corelli's Mandolin, if you remember that "phenomenon" (and the execrable film that followed!) Hmmm, well while thousands of people can - very easily - be wrong, maybe I'm a tad quick to come to a view. Just can't really be bothered though. Pretentious swine that I am, I still reckon one of the best books I ever read was Marquez' 100 Years of Solitude...
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 9:09:08 GMT -1
Is everyone working or summat?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 16, 2007 9:26:05 GMT -1
I'm not sure I love any seven-part series of books or films, bit uninspired surely! Though I think I read most of the sequels to Hitchhiker's Guide... they grew less funny as time went on, think there were at least 5 in the end? Usually, I would agree - seven parts is far too long. King somehow makes it work, though - I couldn't begin to tell you how he does it, but there's something about the way he writes that just makes it click into place. It could easily have been written as one horrifically long book (see War And Peace) or even as a twelve-part series - more if he'd expanded the plot even further, which he could have at a slight loss of quality (Rowling, I'm looking at books 4-6!) - but he just makes it work as it is. It probably helps that each book feels like its own story in its own right too, as well as a continuation of the last one. You could pick any of them up as a stand-alone item and get a lot out of it (having read book 4 first years ago, I know this well!), though obviously knowing the back-story helps you appreciate it so much more. Whether this applies to many other series, I couldn't honestly say. Truth told, I may have my opinion slightly biased by the fact that I see King as a god among novelists (he isn't just talented, he has talent), but that's never stopped me objectively reviewing his work before (some books have clearly been weaker than others, others have more of a cult feel etc)
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 16, 2007 9:26:26 GMT -1
Is everyone working or summat? Looks like it - so much for 14k today!
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Post by Billy on Jul 16, 2007 9:28:58 GMT -1
Hello!
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 16, 2007 9:33:54 GMT -1
Is everyone working or summat? Looks like it - so much for 14k today! *shakes fist* Come back here and chat to me! Your jobs aren't important! ;D
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