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Hermione69
| Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 12:58 pm
Eight more days!!! (P.S. I know the Wiggles well, thanks to my niece, and they scare me. Do you think these men have any kind of a sex life at all? Never mind, don't answer that question!)
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Neko
| Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 10:46 am
My dad, being the horribly mean person he is, love to point out the "fememine" actions of "the Wiggles" as too which, my stepmom and I both yell at him. I saw Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets yesterday and I have to say, I was scared at parts in the movie, which I wasn't in the first movie. The Quidditch game/rivalry between Draco and Harry is great! Ugh, and the guy, whoever he is, pulls off Lucius Malfoy to the hilt. I wanted to smack him several times in the movie. LOL I think I might go and see it again, or...download it from KaZaa. Whichever one LOL
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Wargod
| Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 4:25 pm
The Wiggles certainly aren't manly men, LOL. But, I still like them! Neko, is it too scary for a 6 year old?
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Jkm
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 6:57 am
We saw the movie over the weekend!!! Better than the first -- quidditch match much better this time -- seemed like most of the money spent on the chamber sequence though -- I'm sure that part of the film gave many kids a good scare -- it was a bit much for the 10 and under crowd -- but just that group of scenes. Still strays from the book too much -- they have to explain a lot after the fact -- Kids are doing a better job - except for the kid who plays harry -- he needs more acting experience. the girl did a much better job this time. Disappointed Ron didn't get as many one liners as last movie - he is funny!!! I think the guy doing Lucius was dead on -- too bad the guy who plays Snape doesn't play Snape more like the guy doing Lucius. Over all a very entertaining good movie, get your money's worth out of it, -- but still not a great movie.
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Neko
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 9:13 am
6 year old?? Let me think.... There's the huge spiders (the Acromantula).. There's the Baslik. He's scary. I don't know, it's all up to you. I saw some smaller kids at the movie. They didn't seem to traumatized. LOL
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Wargod
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 9:58 am
Hehe, hubby came home from work and said one of the women he works with had told him that the movie was great but there was a few scary scenes that included the spiders and the weeping willow tree. Said he thinks that we should leave the little one home, LOL. I had no intention of taking Kota to begin with!! I'll go ahead and take him...he's been watching Buffy (episodes I approve of first) for the last two years, so I'm guessing he'll be ok.
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Denecee
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 3:33 pm
Wargod, we took our two grandboys ages 3 & 4 to see this movie. The 4 yr old hid under his coat during the scary parts, but the 3 yr old wasn't scared at all.
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Wargod
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 3:44 pm
I don't think Caleb will be too scared. My little one, on the other hand, definitely won't be able to handle it.
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Crazydog
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 4:03 pm
I saw this movie yesterday. I was a little surprised they made the movie so dark. That big basilisk and the spiders are probably the scariest parts. I was a little surprised the movie was so long. 2 hours 45 minutes! How do they expect little kids to be able to pay attention for so long? I felt so bad for the little boy (about 8 years old) sitting next to me. He obviously had to pee so badly, for the last fifteen minutes he was rocking in his seat and breathing really heavily. He didn't want to miss any of the movie so he was just really uncomfortable. It's a long movie for a child to sit through - make them go to the bathroom beforehand!
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Neko
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 4:16 pm
The Whomping Willow wasn't that scary!! Just...weird. LOL I thin I'll stay away from Willow trees for a while
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Spygirl
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 5:08 pm
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons the first one was criticized so much was because they cut too much out of the book. The director responded that if they hadn't cut so much, the movie would have been too long, and the outcry from the public was that it didn't matter at all. The response was to make it as long as necessary to keep with the books because the kids loved it enough they wouldn't care how long it is. Go figure. I don't think they can win! lol
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Rabbit
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 5:55 pm
I say make it rated "R", that way I can enjoy the movie without any little elmers figiting around. Since they probably wont make that change for me, I will wait for the peace and comfort of my DVD player with its wonderful pause button, as rabbits too have problems holdin' it for 2 hours and 45 minutes while swigging diet coke and scarfing popcorn.
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Rabbit
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 5:59 pm
I will be curious to see what they do with book 4. It is the longest, darkest and the scariest of the series so far. It seems to me that to do justice to that book they would have to make it PG or PG13.
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Wargod
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 6:05 pm
Rabbit, when the children from the movies did the Oprah show they were asked about a third and fourth movie....they're answer...they are committed to a third movie, but there has been nothing said about a fourth. They haven't heard, they haven't had to sign anything. So for right now, they're only thinking 3 movies!!!! We tend to wait awhile before going to see new movies...then catch them at the dollar theater. It's nice because besides being cheap, the movies usually aren't as crowded! Unfortunately, I'm not sure I can keep hubby and Caleb happy too long without going to see it.
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Rabbit
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 6:15 pm
The fourth will undoubtedly be made. The actors might change but the film will be made. (+300 million dollars box office makes it as sure a thing as anything in Hollywood.)
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Crazydog
| Monday, November 18, 2002 - 8:20 pm
The fourth book is so long I think they would have to break it up into two movies. I really liked the fourth one, especially the concept of the contest with the four champions. It'll be interesting to see how they cast the Veela girl (forgot what her name was but somehow I remember she was a Veela, go figure). The first year photographer kid in Chamber of Secrets was just as annoying as I had pictured him. But Ginny was really pretty, and they didn't show much of her love obsession with Harry.
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Jkm
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 6:31 am
I read somewhere they left out like 32 subplots from this book. (this is really scary but dh and kids had a contest trying to figure they all out......) I think book 4 should be a miniseries on TV or should be in cartoon form. With the way the chamber and spider scene were it is surprising it was only PG. But I can tell you almost all kids I know would see it regardless of it's rating. They said Book 3 won't be on at theaters until 2004 - skipping next year. I think if they do a live action of book 4 --- it will have to be a new set of kids - these will be to old. And it probably won't be out until 2006 or later. I am dissappointed in the stinging out of the book releases. My daughter started reading the series in 3rd grade -- I think it had been around for a couple of years already --- But she'll be out of college by the time the 7th book is released!!! I know they have to milk it while they can - but maybe the series will lose some steam as other books of similar type keep coming out to fill the gaps in between.
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Hermione69
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 9:58 am
I enjoyed the movie a lot because I love the casting. Almost everyone is perfect for their role. I don't really like it when they deviate too much from the book. I understand they did that for time purposes in Sorcerer's Stone, but some of the changes that they made for Chamber was just for effect and made me roll my eyes. I think I feel that way because there is so much content in the books that I don't think anything needs to be made up for the movies. I love the special effects and the kids. They still stayed relatively loyal to the story, but I think they needed to explore Ginny's character a bit more. They didn't really get across how vulnerable she was to the lure of the diary. I will still see it again (and again and again)! JKM, I heard that Rowling has said she will not be rushed for any more of the books. She said that she was under a great deal of pressure for Book 4 to come out quickly and that she left some plot holes that upset her a lot because she didn't find them until later because of the pressure to complete the book. For example, at the end of Book 4 when Harry and Voldemort have the face-off with their wands, the people Voldemort has killed start coming out of his wand in reverse order. She had Harry's father come out before his mom, but since his father was killed first, he should have came out second. It really upset her that she made that mistake and she attributed it to the pressure of completing the novel quickly. In addition to her wanting to take the time to do the remaining books right, the first movie also delayed Book 5, which is now, finally, at the publishers. And now she is remarried and pregnant so I guess we are just going to have to be patient for books 6 and 7. Darn it!
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Wargod
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 10:30 am
Well, if it keeps her writing fresh, and keeps it interesting we'll be patient, lol. I'd rather see a good book take a couple years than to see her rush through them and be turned off by the story.
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Squaredsc
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 12:32 pm
i love harry potter and can't wait to see the movie. my boys are 9 and 11 and this definately won't be too scary for them. they like action and violence. (i happen to be one of those parents who takes their kids to see r movies if there isn't a lot of sex and i explain things to them.) i can't wait for book 5, i want it now, lol.
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Crazydog
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 12:35 pm
I agree Wargod. I'll be patient. I have plenty enough to read until then. BTW, what other books are similar in nature that they are long enough and interesting enough to be enjoyed by both children and adults? I think the Artemis Fowl book was supposed to be the next Harry Potter but failed. And there's those "Series of Unfortunate Events" but those are too short.
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Rabbit
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 12:58 pm
Crazydog, The Horatio Hornblower series is terrific for young and old boys alike. Interestingly, A & E has done some very good adaptations, which were extremely popular with women viewers. Though there are 11 books in the series, A & E made 2 hour movies out of single chapters of the the first 2 books. Because they happen largely at sea they are extremely expensive for made for cable movies. Most of the adaptations were good with only one stinker in the bunch.
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Jkm
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 1:15 pm
We both read the Artemis Fowl books --- first one was ok -- second a poor follow up - daughter didn't finish the second one - it bored her - I did though. She never got into the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe series either though I loved them. Younger daughter reads for book reports - that's it.
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Calamity
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 10:33 pm
I had been disappointed by the movie version of 'Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone' but that one was geared more towards children than a general audience (and I can't begrudge them that!). For the kiddies, the 'Chamber of Secrets' film might be a bit intense but I enjoyed it much more than 'S/PS', plot changes and all. I keep a plastic cup and piece of cardboard to catch and toss outside any spiders I find at home or work. And I've overcome my arachnaphobia enough that it hardly ever makes me whimper anymore. But the spiders in this movie were definately nightmare material. I guess I should just be glad that they moved Frodo & Sam's encounter with Shelob to the third LotR movie because seeing two flicks within a month of each other that feature giant killer spiders might scar me for life. There's also a very brief, kinda funny scene after the credits for CoS, so don't run out right away. The rumor was that 'Goblet of Fire' was going to be a two-part movie filmed together but released a few months apart, like the 'Matrix' sequels were supposed to be. But reports are that the future of the film franchise beyond 'Prisoner of Azkaban' is now in doubt. Especially with word that 'Order of the Phoenix' might be even longer than GoF. Another modern kid/adult fantasy series rage is Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Not for the faint of heart or easily offended though. It's going to be filmed as well. There's also some hype about the Hermux Tantamoq series but I haven't read those. I think Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quartet books are especially relevant today, particularly the nuclear war-themed 'A Swiftly Tilting Planet'. I read four of the Narnia books this summer. They can easily appeal to readers of all ages. This really is a hot genre right now. I just read 'The Thief Lord' which was compared to Harry Potter. It was quite lovely but the ending seemed rushed and the story really didn't remind me of HP at all. Next I plan to read Michael Chabon's 'Summerland' which has Bigfoot & baseball. Then there's Neil Gaiman's (a favorite author of mine) 'Coraline' and Clive Barker's 'Abarat'.
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Jo_5329
| Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 6:09 am
Rabbit, I'm with you on waiting for the DVD
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