Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

**UmAnOnion** · 22nd July 07, 12:48 PM

**David Dalglish** · 22nd July 07, 12:50 PM

I have never read the books, But watched the films, good

**mudd** · 22nd July 07, 05:34 PM

We got the book delivered yesterday, for my daughter. I haven't read any of them, but I did read the last chapter of this one.

Want me to tell you who gets

and

? OK, maybe not.

I've seen all the movies and I think they are great. My daughter fills me in on what's missing.

**macsim** · 22nd July 07, 06:14 PM

I've never read the books myself but I have seen the movies, the latest just yesterday. We started out taking the kids but yesterday it was just me and the wife. I found them entertaining. Star Wars is the series I never really got into. Saw a couple of the newer ones but I don't think I've ever seen the originals except for bits and pieces on TV. (Ducks and runs for cover as legions of Star Wars fanatics hurl rotten fruit at him.)

**jordanjm** · 22nd July 07, 08:07 PM

I picked up deathly Hallows Saturday morning, and read about half of it yesterday. I finished it today. For me the great authors I have read are Asmiov, Heinlein, Tolkien, Herbert, and Rowling. When I read fiction I like epic, hero cycle type story lines.

**jordanjm** · 23rd July 07, 07:14 AM

I understand that some people do not like fantasy, or science fiction. For some it is hard to "suspend disbelief", for some it is not real enough. I just want to let those who are saying how they just can not get into fantasty know why I do like fantasy and science fiction. In speculative fiction an author, or creator can weave into the tail some type of lesson, social commentary, or other lessons, sort of like parables. They are there, waiting to be found, and sometimes we find them, sometimes we do not. I have read the same story, or seen the same movie three times at different ages, and not seen the deep idea behind the story, until I was mature enough. Sometimes when I have idenitfied a social commentary in a story the movie will remove the social commentary. An example of this when H.G. Wells the Time Machine was made into a movie. The story was about how wrong it was for those who were well off to mistreat factory workers. Thanks for listening, I do not want to disrespect anyone who does not like fantasy, Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings, or science fiction because if everyone liked them the world would not be the brightly varied place it is today. I too do like a good documentary about history, or science, and "What About Bob" is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

**JimB** · 23rd July 07, 07:49 AM

OK.....here's how it ends.....
Harry and Voldamort find each other at Richenbach falls, they struggle...they both fall.... both apparrently die!!!
Oh wait...that's our friend Sherlock...never mind

**Panache** · 23rd July 07, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by JimB

OK.....here's how it ends.....
Harry and Voldamort find each other at Richenbach falls, they struggle...they both fall.... both apparrently die!!!

No it doesn't! The book ends with Harry and his 300 Spartans holding the pass of Thermopylae for three days against the Persian army. A traitor shows the Persian army a goat trail that allows the enemy to surround them. Harry and his men die in a hail of arrows but their sacrifice rally the Spartan nation to defeat King Xerxes of Persia. The Spartans place a large stone golden snitch where Harry fell. The epitaph reads:

"Go tell the Wizards, Stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws, we lie"

Or am I getting mixed up?

Cheers

Jamie

**McClef** · 23rd July 07, 08:19 AM

Ah but what about the flash scar on Harry's forehead being revealed as the original design for the 21st Century Kilts pin?

**Colin** · 23rd July 07, 11:55 AM

I can't believe the ending!! Who would have ever guessed that HArry Potter was really Keyser Soze?!?

Just kidding. Valdemort revealed himself to be Harry's father right before he and Harry defeated the Emperor and the empire and the rebel forces blew up the 2nd version of the Deathstar.