Harry Potter Discussion Thread

[Flacolaco]

Originally Posted by jthig32

So I finally got around to seeing DH II. And it, of course, left me annoyed and unsatisfied. What was most frustrating was that the majority of the movie was pretty good. Pretty good is of course based on the sliding scale that the entire series of movies has produced, since all but DH I were anything from severely disappointing to absolute garbage. But still, pretty good.

Even the Snape reveal was good, I thought. Certainly not what it could have been, but they hadn't put in the proper groundwork in the previous movies to give that scene its due. But based on what was available to them I thought it was good. The scene where Harry is dead was good, with some actual good work from Gambon.

And then....and then....it all basically sucked after that. Nothing close to the proper emotion when Voldy reveals that Harry is dead. Harry and Voldy flying around. Harry beating Voldy...why...because he's just better? No explanation at all? No Harry in Dumbledore's office being applauded by the paintings? Unforgivable. Harry BREAKING the Elder Wand???

Bleah.Triple Bleah. Awful, awful ending.

Good riddance.

I agree with all of that. I thought it was quite good right up until the last 30 min or so. And I saw it twice, hoping I might like the end better. I think I liked the end even less the second time, but the rest of the movie I liked even more.

[Murphy3]

In a semi-related note.. Anne McCaffrey has passed away... Her books were a great read back when I was 12-13 years old...

[mcsluggo]

she was the Dragonriders author.. right?

[Big Boy Laroux]

I just had one of the biggest nerdgasms of my life Tuesday night. My company had their annual sales kickoff in orlando, and they rented out "The Wizarding world of Harry Potter". It was pretty damn awesome. Looked/felt like you were in hogsmeade/Diagon Alley (it was kind of a mash-up of both). Butterbeer, Honeyduke's, Ollivander's, the Three Broomsticks, etc. the dragon roller coaster was cool, but the "experience" ride (where it looks/feels like you are riding a broomstick, and you're surrounded by dementors, dragons, spiders, etc.) was way cool.

And just the detail... the line to the experience ride (well, the walk-up, we didn't have lines cause it was rented out) went through hogwarts, with talking portraits, talking sorting hat, dumbledore's office, etc. Hell, they even had moaning myrtle in the bathrooms.

definitely recommend it if you are ever down in orlando.

[alby]

That sounds amazing.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

I just had one of the biggest nerdgasms of my life Tuesday night. My company had their annual sales kickoff in orlando, and they rented out "The Wizarding world of Harry Potter". It was pretty damn awesome. Looked/felt like you were in hogsmeade/Diagon Alley (it was kind of a mash-up of both). Butterbeer, Honeyduke's, Ollivander's, the Three Broomsticks, etc. the dragon roller coaster was cool, but the "experience" ride (where it looks/feels like you are riding a broomstick, and you're surrounded by dementors, dragons, spiders, etc.) was way cool.

And just the detail... the line to the experience ride (well, the walk-up, we didn't have lines cause it was rented out) went through hogwarts, with talking portraits, talking sorting hat, dumbledore's office, etc. Hell, they even had moaning myrtle in the bathrooms.

definitely recommend it if you are ever down in orlando.

I was just there last weekend with my gf. Very cool but they need to expand it. Small space with a big crowd at least when I was there. I couldn't believe how good Butterbeer was.

[Murphy3]

so does potter die in the final movie or what?

[Big Boy Laroux]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

I was just there last weekend with my gf. Very cool but they need to expand it. Small space with a big crowd at least when I was there. I couldn't believe how good Butterbeer was.

Yeah, it's a small space. So I suggest renting it out.

Our event was at night, with a full moon, too. That added to the ambience of the village. It really all felt self-contained, like you were actually there, with no city around you. And the hogwarts castle was set up in perspective like you were viewing it from a great distance. The amount of detail in this place was crazy.

You go into ollivander's, and they put on a little show of a wand "choosing you". I wasn't selected, but one of the guys i was with got to say "accio ladder" - ended up pulling some shelves out instead, so the wand "wasn't for him"

Then we had a DJ toward the end (in the main village square area), and some wizards came out in full robes to dance with us. Pretty funny.

[fluid.forty.one]

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