If you're new to the thread and you haven't read the books or already been de-flowered regarding the big spoiler in this movie/book then don't read this thread (and probably the rest of the internet for the next 1.5 weeks). Some are marking them as spoilers, and some are not.
I guess it's coming out on the 15th, almost 4 years to the day that the book was released. The same book that sold some 90 million copies in the first 24 hours.
The same book in which [spoiler:mkx2qiyk]Dumbledore dies[/spoiler:mkx2qiyk].
I had forgotten it was coming out, and disappointed that due to transformers it won't be in imax 3d until the 29th. I'll probably watch it on regular screen, and then (if I still have a job) watch it again in imax 3d.
Still, I enjoy the HP series, so I'll be seeing it. I always wish I had time to read the books again before the movies, but never do.
I think this is the book where Snape asserts himself as not only a major character, but a rather powerful one. Of course the books are largely told as though from Harry's perspective, and he marginalizes/pities/etc Snape, but he finally realizes that Snape is not one to be considered lightly. [spoiler:mkx2qiyk]I wonder how much of Dumbledore's faith in Snape they put into the movie, so we can see Harry twisting in the wind trying to reconcile that Dumbledore was stupid to have trusted Snape. Of course he learned differently in the next book, but for the moment there's a huge chasm between what Dumbledore says and who he trusts, and the reality as perceived by Potter.[/spoiler:mkx2qiyk]
Of all the characters created for HP, Snape is particularly interesting not because he changes throughout the series, but because Harry's view and understanding of him changes so much. To be expected as it's simply a 7 book coming of age story, but still.
-Adam
I guess it's coming out on the 15th, almost 4 years to the day that the book was released. The same book that sold some 90 million copies in the first 24 hours.
The same book in which [spoiler:mkx2qiyk]Dumbledore dies[/spoiler:mkx2qiyk].
I had forgotten it was coming out, and disappointed that due to transformers it won't be in imax 3d until the 29th. I'll probably watch it on regular screen, and then (if I still have a job) watch it again in imax 3d.
Still, I enjoy the HP series, so I'll be seeing it. I always wish I had time to read the books again before the movies, but never do.
I think this is the book where Snape asserts himself as not only a major character, but a rather powerful one. Of course the books are largely told as though from Harry's perspective, and he marginalizes/pities/etc Snape, but he finally realizes that Snape is not one to be considered lightly. [spoiler:mkx2qiyk]I wonder how much of Dumbledore's faith in Snape they put into the movie, so we can see Harry twisting in the wind trying to reconcile that Dumbledore was stupid to have trusted Snape. Of course he learned differently in the next book, but for the moment there's a huge chasm between what Dumbledore says and who he trusts, and the reality as perceived by Potter.[/spoiler:mkx2qiyk]
Of all the characters created for HP, Snape is particularly interesting not because he changes throughout the series, but because Harry's view and understanding of him changes so much. To be expected as it's simply a 7 book coming of age story, but still.
-Adam
