Harry Potter and the...

For me it's Azkaban as a no-brainer. This series was a bit of a victim of it's own success, artistically speaking. Book 3 is the last one before a combination of editorial timidity and JK believing her own hype turned the books from something charming, quirky and inventive into a rambling RPG sourcebook. I still lapped them all up like crack, of course.

Thread connections bait.

I thought this was going to be a thread to make up new titles. :(

Can be if you like.

Harry Potter and the Head Werewolf's Girlfriend

Harry Potter and the Wardrobe of Coughs

Larry Porter & his Hairy Partner

Harry Potter and the Jizzbong Fannydangler.

(I voted for HBP btw. Tough call btw it and OOTP)

Harry Potter and Hannah Montana, the Foreign Exchange Student

Thread connections bait.

Haha I just got Harry Potter and the... Passive-agressive housemates. Which presumably is some kind of university spin-off.

harry potter and the bum bum

Harry Potter and the Truly Bizarre Buildings

Harry Potter and the Amazon Returns Procedure

Harry Potter and Sad Clown Porn

Harry Potter and the Hairy Potter

Harry Potter and Obama's National Security Team. . .

Pooling resources against Al Qaeda and Voldemort

google to thread

Harry Potter and I Live In Squalor

Harry Potter and the 1P3 Top Ten Posters

^^ would buy on opening night

Harry Potter and the Loose Chair Cover

Harry Potter and the Direct-to-video "Mockbusters" released by "The Asylum"

Harry Potter and the Horsefucking

Movie is Pris, book is 1/2BP.

Harry Potter and the sparklocalypse.

The Asylum should do one! Harvey Porter and the Alchemist's Tome.

Harry Potter and the Horsefucking

Just the one?

Harry Potter and the Mumbai Terror Attacks

Harry Potter and Wall-E, could be a good Xmas blockbuster.

HARRY POTTER AND THE AIM CHATZ.

HP gets the HPV

Harry Potter and the Funky House Sceptics

Harry Potter and The Things You Learn from The Metro.

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Harry Potter and the Christopher Hitchens

this whole thread belongs on the EXCELSIOR thread.

Harry Potter and the Milf Island

So, uh, back in real thread land:

"Prisoner" is probably the best as just a book for book's sake - tightly constructed, clear, its tangents pay off and the suspense is earned.

That said, from a fan's perspective it's hard to forget the hours of delirious delight in the later, longer books, which had plenty of dud moments and ill-considered major plot points - but so much delicious plot and twists and turns and payoffs. I just voted for "Order" because I thought it was great how the status quo got thrown off by the arrival of Umbridge ...but now I remember the TERRIBLE, confusing climax and the stupid 'Oh right, why didn't I think to use my magic mirror' knife-twist at the end.

"Prince" is similarly saddled with the inane 'guess I'll keep using this mysterious book of evil spells' subplot - all of this stuff kind of makes it hard to accept that Harry is growing up and getting smarter, because he keeps making the same stupid mistakes.

The final one is pretty damn great all the way through, and does the most to break the format - I LOVED their pointless, grouchy wanderings in the wilderness, seemed really plausible and suddenly made me feel like I was reading the Prydain books which is a good thing. The climax had a little bit too much Matrix to it, but there are so many badass bits along the way that I can forgive that. This should have gotten my vote I think.

Harry Potter and the Curmudgeonly Poster

Harry Potter and the Fancy Magic Boys

Harry Potter and the chili crisis!!!

Harry Potter and the Giant Jerk Shoots Himself in the Leg

harry potter in real thread land.

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Really surprised Order of the Phoenix got four votes. That's the weakest of the bunch if you ask me.

Oh, no way, Goblet is definitely the weakest - TONS of filler!

Well they all have tons of filler post #3.

Harry Potter and the Gay marriage: your thoughts

Harry Potter and the Sopranos - season 2

"Expecto patronum?! Get a load of this prick..."

emma watson on the cover of the express today saying she can't wait to do a nude scene and on page three saying nothing of the kind

oh this thread isn't about harry potter

Harry Potter and the BAGS MADE OF CAT HAIR

i dont know what i would have voted for but i think the "private lessons" with dumbledore in half-blood prince were my favorite bit of writing in the whole series

the first book is the one i remember the most fondly but i was like 12 or 13 years old when i read it (geez did this series really start that long ago?) so i was just the right age to fully appreciate it without noticing any flaws or poor writing.

am i seeing things or has the BBC just posted a link to the recorded message of Rob Knox's friend calling the police? that's a little, um, unecessary isn't it?

How the fuck did I miss this thread?????

Sorceror: Great!
Chamber: Great! The best bits are the ones that didn't make it into the movie (the Singing Valentine)
Prisoner: Great!
Goblet: Good, almost great, but I think Rowling overdid it with the romance/Yule Ball subplot. That could've been easily edited out.
Phoenix: AWESOME! Probably the best in the series. Umbridge is the best character in the whole series.
Prince: Good. Slughorn is very one-note. It just seemed like his only purpose in the book was for the Horcruxs, and then after that, there wasn't anything for him to do. Was he even in the last book?
Hallows: Blarg!! The series ends on such a rotten note. The whole "Dumbledore might actually be a BAD guy!" subplot was SO SO STUPID!! And oh how I hated the ending. Rowling spends like 300 pages all setting up PERFECTLY how Harry is going to die at the end. Well, not only doesn't he die, but he goes and lives a happy life and it's 30 years later and they all have kids and everything is so nice and pretty. Vomit. Fuck you, JK Rowling.

I think Rowling overdid it with the romance/Yule Ball subplot. That could've been easily edited out.

No Edward Cullen, no credibility.

I like the ridiculously happy ending! Killing Harry off would have been kind of easy and nail the "epic" tone, but it would sort of miss what I saw as the point of the series - all Harry wanted was a normal life with a family and so on, he didn't ask to be a messiah or anything, and all his happiest moments came from being a peaceful wizard with his peaceful wizard chums and surrogate Weasley family.

Oh Harry, when will you ever defeat that nose-less dick Voldemort. We will find out this summer. I will be there, supporting you mentally in the audience. Then prepare for no further career captain pigeon hole

^^^^ Been really enjoying your posts lately, keep up the good work.

like Sting said - "Fileds of Gold"

That website is about e-book versions.

Also, audiobooks.

Apparently, the books have some extra bits on. Bit like "Directors Cut" versions.

So, there you go.

Gotta give 'em credit for creating a relative frenzy for such a boring announcement.

Harry Potter and the World Wide Wicket

Been reading the series with my daughter, and having taken some time off, we are now up to the fourth book. Which is well-written but, especially after Azkaban, truly a narrative slog. 200+ pages in and literally nothing has happened beyond the opening drama, and I haven't even gotten to the romance stuff. Was she being paid by the word?

Dick of Magic

I decided to watch (or rewatch, in some cases) all of the movies in the last two weeks. I very much enjoyed Prisoner of Azkaban, liked the first one, and kind of could give two shits about any of the rest of them, up until Deathly Hallows Pt.1, which was actually pretty fun. It becomes increasingly obvious that Harry is kind of an emotional slut, and his nigh-romantic affection for father-types is sort of offensive and badly written. I mean, he loves Hagrid for exactly three books, then casts Hagrid aside for a new older boyfriend, Sirius, with whom he spends almost no time but develops a great and abiding fixation. Then, Sirius dies and Harry goes all googly over Dumbledore, until Dumbledore dies. Harry is actually a lot like Snape, a dickhead to potential allies b/c he feels wronged by his peers. He is passive 90% of the time, a mean stupid jerk for 5%, and vengefully righteous for the remaining time. He might be the most unlikeable, unsympathetic, passive, and whiny character to carry such a big series on his shoulders. Note: Radcliffe is actually a passingly decent actor by halfway through, but Rupert Grint is always great, and Emma Watson is unbelievably terrible throughout and acts only with her eyebrows and a sort of breathiness.

the most fully realized characters, imho, are luna lovegood and neville longbottom, who don't have much to do but show up at convenient plot moments to support harry

Ian Brown cameo wtf

Harry Potter and the Human Leg He Found in the Trash

Harry Potter and the New Kid in Town Harry Potter, No Relation

Is there anything else near the UK Harry Potter World that you'd recommend for a 9 & 11 year old?

...Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash

Ron was going to be spiders. He just was.