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Post by Wrathchild on Jul 22, 2007 23:00:43 GMT 10
HARRY Potter fever gripped Melbourne yesterday as up to 400,000 copies of the final book in the series were sold across the city. Crowds flocked to Federation Square, the City Square and CBD bookstores for the official countdown, with boxes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finally opened at 9.01am.  More than 5000 fans joined actor Sigrid Thornton's countdown to 9.01am in Federation Square and more than 200 eager fans gathered at Dymocks' Collins St store before its books had even arrived. I gotta have this book! I love the films!  LOL Thoughts? |
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Post by Big_John on Jul 22, 2007 23:41:43 GMT 10
Bought it... read it... finished it at about 9:00pm on Sunday (day after it was released). Would've finished sooner but there was a Simpsons marathon on FOX-8 with episodes I have barely seen, so I would take a break every few chapters to watch an episode.
Great book, now I see why J.K Rowling said she considered this and the previous book (The Half-Blood Prince) to be two halves of the same book/story.
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Post by besherek on Jul 23, 2007 0:41:18 GMT 10
So who dies? What happens to Potter? You can PM if you like to spare the spoilers, hehe
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jul 23, 2007 7:33:50 GMT 10
Um, personally i can do without him. I have had Harry Potter overload at my house for weeks now. my daughter and her friends it's all they seem to talk about. |
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Post by stormster on Jul 23, 2007 11:12:33 GMT 10
Um, personally i can do without him. I have had Harry Potter overload at my house for weeks now. my daughter and her friends it's all they seem to talk about. Give em some Lamb of God to listen to, then they'll snap outta it! |
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 23, 2007 11:29:50 GMT 10
i hate harry potter - the first book was boring - so I didnt bother reading anymore after that and the films ( the first 3 anyway - Ive not watched the next 2 nor will i watch the last 2 )are just as bad.
If I had my way I would have had the guy out of doom go to hogwarts and kill everyone with a combination ofmachine guns , explosives hand to hand combat and chainsaws .
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jul 23, 2007 11:38:53 GMT 10
Um, personally i can do without him. I have had Harry Potter overload at my house for weeks now. my daughter and her friends it's all they seem to talk about. Give em some Lamb of God to listen to, then they'll snap outta it! Hahahah...........already tried that |
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Post by Wrathchild on Jul 23, 2007 11:52:18 GMT 10
So who dies? What happens to Potter? You can PM if you like to spare the spoilers, hehe Spoilers can be kept away from this thread LOL Unless I read the end haha its leaked now but am trying hard to not read about it!  Love the films are great and clever, all that magic fantasy stuff rules  |
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 23, 2007 16:24:24 GMT 10
***SPOILER***
***There is a character with a shocking afro called Lord Pinkymoort who casts a speel over Harry making him break out air guitaring while singing tunes from Brave New World everytime he sees Ron.
***Ron comes out of the closet and confess' that he has been lusting after Hagrid for years
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Post by Wrathchild on Jul 23, 2007 16:38:52 GMT 10
LOL skrabs Pisser!   |
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Post by stormster on Jul 24, 2007 9:27:50 GMT 10
Lord Pinkymoort LOLOL - love it!  |
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Post by tazz1973 on Jul 24, 2007 17:47:57 GMT 10
Harry lives......
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Post by tazz1973 on Jul 24, 2007 17:48:17 GMT 10
or does he?  |
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 24, 2007 23:26:58 GMT 10
or does he? of course he lives - he is air guitaring whilst singing the ghost of the navigator whilst riding his quidich broom into the sunset. |
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Post by Beetle on Jul 25, 2007 10:23:32 GMT 10
cant stand any of it.
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More than 5000 fans joined actor Sigrid Thornton's countdown to 9.01am in Federation Square and more than 200 eager fans gathered at Dymocks' Collins St store before its books had even arrived. 
LOL
Love the films are great and clever, all that magic fantasy stuff rules 
