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By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:03:35 +0000

In reply to Beck.

Oh my God, yes. That moment is the reason I own the movie on DVD. I thought that bit — when Harry comes back and the grounds erupt into cheers and music and then it all turns to screaming and freaking out — was so, so effective.

By: Beck

Beck — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:38:31 +0000

Goblet of Fire is my heart. The only moment from the books that I think the movie did a stellar job on was hearing Amos Diggory’s yells near the end. Ack.

By: Biblibio

Biblibio — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:32:44 +0000

So on the one hand this post is incredible (incredible), except then I go back and I reread that sentence where you degrade this to second-least-favorite and I want to... react strongly. Because first of all: even if one loves all of Harry Potter (and indeed, I struggle to understand how anyone can not love all of Harry Potter, but that is a whole other issue...), and therefore the official "favorites" slots are meaningless, how can you claim that a book like Goblet of Fire, with all its drama and power and relevance to the overall plot and... yes, all of the character development and emotional punch... how can you claim that this is lesser than the early books, which despite being wonderful and magical and a million other amazing things, are not exactly of the same caliber? Okay, I know that I could go on talking about Harry Potter extensively so I'll stop myself here before I completely clog up the comments space. But I'm really wondering why you rank the books as you rank them... I have a feeling your final list will be a bit different from mine.

By: Patty Sessions

Patty Sessions — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:23:14 +0000

In reply to Jenny.

My older girl was only about 7 or 8. She was, and is, a book addict and I knew if I let her start the series she would be tormented until she could read them all–preferably all in the same week. I was therefore hesitant to let her start, because I had to think about whether she was ready for the last 3. As it turned out, she was maybe late 8/early 9 when she read them and was perfectly OK.

My younger daughter I was more relaxed with, because I knew it would take her forever to get around to reading them all–and indeed she stuck with the first two for a long time. She is now almost 10 and only just read 5-7.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:44:33 +0000

In reply to samantha1020. Do it! Do it! Drop everything and reread!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:44:17 +0000

In reply to Meg Granger (@MegsGranger). I think we're reminded of it exactly the right amount, but I always do love it. I equal parts like it and am angry when -- oo. You haven't gotten there yet. Well. Suffice it to say, without spoilers, Hagrid gets a very bad-ass moment in the fifth book. You have never been so reminded that he can stomp people.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:43:24 +0000

In reply to Jennifer. Hmph. You cannot punch Harry. I disallow it.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:43:12 +0000

In reply to raych. And sadness, though, right? Cause not cool for Sirius!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:42:58 +0000

In reply to Tika. It makes my heart hurt too. Oh Harry.