I may be the only one excited by this...

[Shamaeso]

it did?

 

/smirk

 

then again I have read 1-11 3 times this last year..

[Maria]

This isn't really a WoT discussion, though. =)

 

Anyway.. I agree with Nia on Hermione (shocker :P).

 

But I want to talk about Evanna. Oh wonderful Evanna. And as if her looks and voice wasn't enough she is also a hardcore HP fan like us, which makes her all that more awesome.

[Shamaeso]

my bad Maria, you should come visit me in the sweat tents in the waste since the Warders and Aes Sedai seem to be not around to rescue us, but I hear they make the women strip also..

 

My Wife is huge Harry Potter Fan and she is re-reading books to get ready for the new one

[Ihsara]

Your wife does exactly what I do :) When the Lord of the Rings movies were coming out, I read each novel in the month or so leading up to the release of the movies, and I do the same with HP. That way I can compare and contrast the movie with the book.

 

I tend to prefer movies that are really faithful to the novel (especially when the authors have already done such a good job that one doesn't need to tamper with it). Although, sometimes, the movie turns out better than the book.

[Elgee]

i actually thought all the Harry Potter movies stuck very close to the original story line, and all the actors remarkably resembled the images i had in my mind of the characters ... except for Prof Snape (?) ... he was even sexier ! (mind you, that actor (Alan Rickman ?) could recite a phone book to me and i'd swoon - he must have the sexiest voice and accent i've ever heard - love him !)

 

As far as i'm concerned, the longer the book the better :)

 

When will the new one be published ? i'd like to reserve it at the library

[Talya]

I'm with you there Elgee...Professor snape is kind of nice . Not so much in the books....but Alan Rickman plays it well.

 

I like the book as long as possible....I hate coming to the end of a book I've enjoyed...it feels like saying goodbye to an old friend

[Maria]

The book comes out July 21st. I wouldn't be surprised if there is already a long waitinglist at your library, though, Elgee. At least that's what I've heard from other libraries.

[Guest Barmacral]

Snape was another one that they did really well. The weasly's were the one family that I really couldn't wrap my head around, they were all incredibly different looking from what I had imagined.

 

Them and Cho, she was completely different from what I expected as well.

[Elgee]

aaah ... but our head librarian likes ME, Maria

 

besides, i doubt the news would have reached south africa yet (it's a long way for a runner with a cleft stick to swim !), so if i'm at the library first thing tomorrow morning, i might just get my name 1st on the list ! :D

 

i liked snape long before the movies came out, Tessa ... my kinda guy :twisted: ... Alan Rickman was just the cherry on top 8)

 

*goes off to have a cold shower* :oops:

[Talya]

*nods* The sheriff of Nottingham in Robin hood Prince of thievies...He was also good in that :D

[Ihsara]

The Harry Potter movies do follow the books' plot lines quite closely (which is why I like them so much). I just meant that I really dislike it when a book I love is butchered into a horrible movie (case in point: Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned).

 

I agree with you on Alan Rickman. I think he's a solid actor: he may play villainous roles but you can't help liking his characters, just by the way he portrays them. I think he was an interesting (but appropriate) choice as Colonel Brandon in Sense & Sensibility.

[Kara_J]

I have to agree with you there Ihsara. I love the Austen books and at first I couldn't see Alan Rickman as the Colonel but on seeing his portrayal, he fit right in and now I can't imagine anyone else in the role. :D