Best Harry Potter

August 19, 2007, 4:53 AM

I was expecting AG to revive this thread after it got deleted in the reset. >=(

Anyways, what's your favorite book in the series?

I would want to say 4, but 3 should definitely take the cake because it was brilliant in the way the plot was executed. All the clues don't really tip off to what the ultimate ending was going to be about and it was all that predictable as the later books came to be (for me anyway, maybe not you DX)

August 19, 2007, 5:19 AM

I've only read up to the middle of 4 because I've had both 5 and 6 spoiled for me. I would say Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite but I didn't care for the ending. It just seemed anticlimactic after all the build up. The rest of the book was awesome though. So I'll say Chamber of Secrets. I really enjoyed it and it was funny how pitiful Harry and Ron were without Hermione.

August 19, 2007, 12:38 PM

I was meaning to Warbourne but i completely forgot =/

i find it strange that in America its called the Sorcerers stone while in England its called the Philosophers stone, i wonder how that was in the american movie version? Like if they changed it when it got imported.

I would have to say that my favourite harry potter books are the 6th and 7th ones, the 6th because of the really powerful and emotionally epilogue Dumbledores Death and the 7th....because it's just amazing.

August 19, 2007, 1:50 PM

In the first movie they just did scenes with the characters saying 'Philosophers Stone' for the UK release and did scenes saying 'Sorcerers Stone' for the US release.

As for my favourite, I like Prisoner of Azkaban the most. It's gripping stuff from beginning to end and I like the twists that occur. Though Goblet of Fire has the best opening chapter.

August 19, 2007, 1:58 PM

i'd have to say the deathly hallows just because its the final chapter. anything we weren't sure about was cleared up and voldemort was finally defeated. the final chapters of the book were just amazing. with harry "dying" and then waking up in that void and talking to dumbledore. then he learned about how snape was actually good. they were the highlight of the whole series for me.

August 21, 2007, 2:00 AM

None.

From day one when I first heard the name Harry Potter, I knew many people were going to turn to the dark-side and follow this prepubescent, thumb-twirling dick-wad. I can't stand this boy, his books, his movies, his merchandise, his cracking voice, or his voodoo shit.

I hate Harry Potter.

August 21, 2007, 2:12 AM

I like it! I'm old and don't give a shit. I carried the last HP book with pride. No, It's not high literature but it's a fucking good yarn! (unless i'm on the tube next to a sexy lady in which case I replace it with my handy copy of Bridget Jones).

POA is my fav by the way.

August 21, 2007, 3:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Aerith Gainsborough

i find it strange that in America its called the Sorcerers stone while in England its called the Philosophers stone, i wonder how that was in the american movie version? Like if they changed it when it got imported.

I'm pretty sure it's because of cultural differences....I remember reading something in an encyclopedia about alchemy (turning stuff into gold, that kind of thing) and they mentioned the two separately. I still need to look it up to support this more but yeah I'm pretty sure it's just cultural difference, passed down the same path but split eventually.

It's the same thing, really. xD

August 21, 2007, 1:50 PM

I prefer the Goblet of Fire over any other, what with the Tri-Wizard Tounament and the return of Voldemort, though the Chamber of Secrets is a close second for me.

September 22, 2007, 6:57 AM

Of the three that I've read, I enjoyed the Prisoner of Azkaban the most.