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DouglasP13

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Wheetsin    714

Wheetsin
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There was also this one book...a shipwreked boy and black man from the carribean are marrooned on some island and the boy goes blind and learns with from the man to survive but he man is killed in a hurricane. I can't remember the book or author at all for the life of me right now though. Ring any bells for anybody?

I think you're remembering The Cay by Theodore Taylor. Phillip, Timothy, and Stew Cat. :eek:

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AshevilleEddie    14

AshevilleEddie
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I was about to start a Harry Potter thread and found this one. Glad to see so many other Potterphiles out there! We have tix to OOTP at the local IMAX theater next Wednesday night. Woo hoo! I'm hoping it's a good one. GOF was pretty good, but POA SUCKED! They left out so much that was essential to other things making sense.

I preordered two copies of DH the first day they were available, so less than three weeks to wait now! I've heard so many theories that I don't know which ones even make sense anymore. I do think that Dumbledore is truly dead though. On Jo's website (J.K.Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more) she isn't always forthcoming, but she never lies. And she has said that he won't be making any reappearances. Either way, we'll have to just wait and see...

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piercedqt78    658

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We have the book reserved and are going to a release party. I got the meet the weasley twins last year, they are soooo nice. My daughter is a total potter junkie and she's only 6. We have read all the books and we have all the movies. I don't think I am taking her to see OOTP in the theater, I think she might be scared, she also had to wait to see GOF at home. She's pretty brave but I would hate for her to start crying and ruin the movie for others. I too believe Dumbledore is really dead and JKR has said that people don't come back from the dead, not even in the magic world. I have me theory, but I'll keep it to myself. I can't wait for the book. ~Mandy

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babygrl1234    6

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We have the book reserved and are going to a release party. I got the meet the weasley twins last year, they are soooo nice. My daughter is a total potter junkie and she's only 6. We have read all the books and we have all the movies. I don't think I am taking her to see OOTP in the theater, I think she might be scared, she also had to wait to see GOF at home. She's pretty brave but I would hate for her to start crying and ruin the movie for others. I too believe Dumbledore is really dead and JKR has said that people don't come back from the dead, not even in the magic world. I have me theory, but I'll keep it to myself. I can't wait for the book. ~Mandy

My 6 year old DD loves Harry Potter too. I did actually take her to see GOF at the theater but it was at the dollar show after it had already been out for awhile. Funny thing is that at one point when they were in the maze i was jumping out of my seat and she was looking at me like I was crazy. She's like "come on Mom it is not that scary".

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babygrl1234    6

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I saw OOTP yesterday and I must say I really think the only thing it had in common with the book were the names of the characters. I know it was a long book made into a short movie but I really feel like they changed too many things, and left out too many things.

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AshevilleEddie    14

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I saw OOTP yesterday and I must say I really think the only thing it had in common with the book were the names of the characters. I know it was a long book made into a short movie but I really feel like they changed too many things, and left out too many things.

I actually liked it a lot. Of course, after POA they could have made with a $100,000 budget and it would have been better as long as Alfonso Cuaron wasn't directing it. That was such a sucky movie. And while I still don't care for the choice of Michael Gambon to replace Richard Harris, he was better in this one.

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babygrl1234    6

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Well I am glad someone liked it =). I ma just so excited to be able to hole myself up in my bedroom next Saturday and finally find out what happens!!!!!!

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faithmd    14

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I gotta get mine ordered!

Right now I should be sitting in the IMAX at Henry Ford watching OOTP right now (the ending is in IMAX 3D), but alas I'm stuck up north for another night and Henry Ford got a free $26 extra dollars from me. Grrrrrr.

Oh well, I'll go Tuesday night.

I'm sure I will hate it, I freaking hated the GOF movie. OOTP sooooo should have been broken into two movies.

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AshevilleEddie    14

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OOTP sooooo should have been broken into two movies.

That probably would have been a good idea, but would any "normal" (unlike we big time Potterphiles) folk have gone to see it?

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faithmd    14

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Good point, but the Matrix and LOTR trilogies did well. Had they shot the movie at once and just released it a few months apart that would have worked, too. Or made and released the "full" version (like Titanic or GWTW-reallllly long) and had a "kid friendly" version, cut to more like 2 hrs.

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AshevilleEddie    14

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Well, I would have been all over it, but I dunno - if they broke down all the books (even just the longer ones) into multiple films, there could be 20+ movies! Hmm, maybe not a bad idea after all, Faith! ;)

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DerickM    1

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so....if I post a spoiler for the ending the day of release, how many people can I expect to be coming to my small corner of Oregon to kick my ass? :cry

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AshevilleEddie    14

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LOL! Don't have to worry about me Derick - I'll be too busy reading to be on here...

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