Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

[Disgruntled70sHab]

Enjoyed it immensely folks. I thought the third installment, Harry Potter and the Goblett of Fire, was possibly the best of the lot to that point. However, this movie gives it a good run.

However, what I think I like the most is how each movie changes as the young wizards grow up. They've gone from a kid's story in the first movie, to more mature themes as the series progresses. And the young actors are the relatively the same age as their characters in the books and films.

I looked up some spoilers for the last book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, and even though I know what happens and to who, I'll be picking up the book soon enough.

There are two movies left in the series. But, if you have some time, check out Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Not a waste of time or money.

Cheers.

[Skilly]

Saw it on opening night ..... same premise as the other 4 movies, but good nonetheless.

Re-reading "The Half-Blood Prince" right now and I picked my copy of "Deathly Hallows" up and Midnight on Saturday (had to wait in line for over an hour to get it).

[franko]

Saw it Friday – “date night”. Waited a week so we wouldn’t have to put up with a million kids in the theatre (along with the fact that I was otherwise occupied with music the week before).

Decently done. The story is definitely getting darker.

Had Deathly Hollows on order and Canada Post delivered it for us Saturday morning (waiting in line? How old are you? ) Reading it off and on (when my wife put it down I’d pick it up). Doesn’t look like I’ll finish it before Saturday morning when we leave for vacation, and the book will stay behind. [no spoilers, please!] Today I’m back to reading more work-appropriate books (I wonder if I can read Potter and claim that it is relevant to knowing more of the societal mindset?).

[HabSolute]

I went to see it on Friday. I didn't read the books. My wife is a big fan. I liked it. It's quite entertaining. I went to see it at Imax. the picture quality and sound quality is really great. The 3D portion of it is also pretty cool (apart from the fact that we all look like a bunch of losers with those big glasses ).

[Disgruntled70sHab]

Wanted to make sure I heard this right so I looked it up. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" has sold 812,000 copies in Canada in the first 48 hours. Check out the US and English markets as well.

Harry Potter's spell creates bonanza for booksellers

Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2007 | 5:51 PM ET

CBC Arts

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S. and more than 2.6 million copies in the U.K. in the first 24 hours of its release.

Sales in Canada were equally strong, with 812,000 copies of Deathly Hallows sold in the first 48 hours, compared with 650,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book, in 2005.

"We're seeing very strong sell-through," said Jamie Broadhurst, vice-president of marketing for Canadian publisher Raincoast Books in Vancouver.

The latest take in the boy wizard series by J.K. Rowling outstripped opening-day sales of every other book in history, including the first six Harry Potter novels, U.S. publisher Scholastic said on Monday.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold 6.9 million copies in the U.S. the first day.

Bloomsbury PLC, the British publisher of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume, announced Monday that it had sold a record 2.65 million copies. That figure topped U.K. sales of the sixth book.

Reviews of Deathly Hallows have been almost universally enthusiastic, with both young readers and adults saying Rowling has brought the series to a satisfying ending.

Readers welcome back Potter

Millions of readers lined up to purchase a copy of the book at midnight Friday, then spent the weekend indoors, immersed in a fantasy world as Harry Potter faced his final showdown with the evil Voldemort.

Hollywood studio Warner Bros. said the book took business away from the fifth Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which opened July 11.

"They wanted to get that book Saturday, lock themselves in the house and read it, because they didn't want their other friends by Monday telling them who made it and who didn't," said Dan Fellman of Warner Bros.

Scholastic said revenue from Deathly Hallows outstripped box office from the opening weekend of the film.

Sales averaged 300,000 copies an hour or 5,000 a minute in the U.S. Scholastic had previously announced its first run would be 12 million.

Canadian publisher Raincoast Books declined to announce the size of its print run for the final book.

Some stores already were out of copies, according to Scholastic spokeswoman Kyle Good.

"We are working with retailers to move additional copies to the places they are needed most in the coming days and weeks."

Pre-orders alone account for large sales

Borders Group Inc. reported that it had sold 1.2 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows worldwide, the biggest ever first day sales for a book.

Pre-orders alone exceeded 2.2 million at online bookseller Amazon.com, with seven of its top sellers Potter-related, including an audio CD of Deathly Hallows and a box set of all seven books, due out in September.

The running total for Harry Potter book sales was at 325 million even before the seventh novel came out.

Meanwhile, police in Bangalore, India, have seized thousands of pirated copies of the final book.

One man was arrested after officers raided a printing press and storage depot. The pirated books were being sent to other Indian cities and some may have been destined for Sri Lanka.

Bloomsbury had orchestrated an anti-piracy campaign to coincide with the publishing of the final book, according to Reuters.

CBC reports.

Cheers.

[wpghabsfan]

I was actually quite disappointed with the movie, though I think I had my expectations too high. It was a meh movie for me. They cut out some of my favourite parts, but then again 800 page book = 2 1/2 hour movie with loads of editing. In all honesty I don't think a movie has ever been better than it's book, if in fact the book was written before the movie...

Just finished the 7th book...AMAZING!!! A great ending to one of the greatest stories ever written.

[mic]

wpghabsfan said:

I was actually quite disappointed with the movie, though I think I had my expectations too high. It was a meh movie for me. They cut out some of my favourite parts, but then again 800 page book = 2 1/2 hour movie with loads of editing. In all honesty I don't think a movie has ever been better than it's book, if in fact the book was written before the movie...

Just finished the 7th book...AMAZING!!! A great ending to one of the greatest stories ever written.

I enjoyed the last book. However, I wonder how they will manage to transform it in a 2 hour movie. You can't do much more in terms of rebondissement.

In all honesty I don't think a movie has ever been better than it's book

I don't know if you were talking about the Harry Potter serie, but I recently read The Godfather by Puzo, and I found that Coppola added another dimension to the book (which is good, but the movies are just astonishing).

[Disgruntled70sHab]

wpghabsfan said:

I was actually quite disappointed with the movie, though I think I had my expectations too high. It was a meh movie for me. They cut out some of my favourite parts, but then again 800 page book = 2 1/2 hour movie with loads of editing. In all honesty I don't think a movie has ever been better than it's book, if in fact the book was written before the movie...

Just finished the 7th book...AMAZING!!! A great ending to one of the greatest stories ever written.

Haven't read the last book as yet, but one of the lads at work sent around some spoilers. Didn't stop us from picking it up though. Will be starting it next week sometime.

Cheers.

[Skilly]

disgruntled70shab said:

wpghabsfan said:

I was actually quite disappointed with the movie, though I think I had my expectations too high. It was a meh movie for me. They cut out some of my favourite parts, but then again 800 page book = 2 1/2 hour movie with loads of editing. In all honesty I don't think a movie has ever been better than it's book, if in fact the book was written before the movie...

Just finished the 7th book...AMAZING!!! A great ending to one of the greatest stories ever written.

Haven't read the last book as yet, but one of the lads at work sent around some spoilers. Didn't stop us from picking it up though. Will be starting it next week sometime.

Cheers.

I finished reading "Deathly Hallows" yesterday. Got to say - staying away from all the spoilers made it an enjoyable read. Although I figured out the ending and wrote it on a piece of paper about one third of the way through the book and gave it to my wife ... when she finishes reading she will look at it .... so I didn't ruin the book for her with my supposition.

Now I want to write a book from where JK Rowling left off...