Harry Potter 7.2 - SPOILER ALERT

[Slammr (imported)]

I like 3d, even though I wear the 3d glasses over my regular glasses, although, sometimes, after watching a 3d movie, I experience a little vertigo when I stand. I don't know whether that's being caused by the 3d movie or not. I watched the HP movie in 3d and didn't have vertigo afterward, so I guess I'll have to watch some more 3d movies to determine if that's what's causing it.

[kristoff]

When I saw it yesterday, we watched in IMax 3D. At times I felt like I could just reach out and touch someone. I worre the 3D glasses right over my own - no big deal. But I wonder if one day they'll offer them as prescription based 3D glasses...?

[moi621 (imported)]

When I saw it yesterday, we watched in IMax 3D. At times I felt like I could just reach out and touch someone. I worre the 3D glasses right over my own - no big deal. But I wonder if one day they'll offer them as prescription based 3D glasses...?

There are Rx 3D glasses. I know someone who has them. Ask your optometrist today. Probably a high end item.

Not available at Target or Costco I suspect.

Moi

[curious_guy (imported)]

You need to go back and watch the movie again, in the shack at the sea when Hagrid gets Harry, Harry first says as he draws a cake with candles on the floor, "make a wish Harry" then blows out the dust, it was July 31st.

River

I just watched the movie again.

The movie never said the date of Harry's birthday. It also never said the date on which school at Hogwarts started.

When Hagrid gave Harry his train ticket he patted the pocket he had put the Sorcerer's Stone in and said that he had to get back to Hogwarts.

At breakfast in Hogwarts, Ron got a newspaper that said that Gringots bank had been burglarized but that nothing had been taken because the contents of the vault had been removed earlier that day.

I think that in the Movie, Harry did not go back to live with the Dursley's.

[gunnutz (imported)]

The part about the sword being immune to rust and only imbibing things that strengthen it is in the books, not just about the sword but about all goblin crafted weapons/armor/high end artifacts.

Anyway haven't seen the movie yet but I will when it comes out on dvd.

[Riverwind (imported)]

I just watched the movie again.

The movie never said the date of Harry's birthday. It also never said the date on which school at Hogwarts started.

When Hagrid gave Harry his train ticket he patted the pocket he had put the Sorcerer's Stone in and said that he had to get back to Hogwarts.

At breakfast in Hogwarts, Ron got a newspaper that said that Gringots bank had been burglarized but that nothing had been taken because the contents of the vault had been removed earlier that day.

I think that in the Movie, Harry did not go back to live with the Dursley's.

You are right, July 31st, Hagrid takes Harry to get his school stuff, then on to the train station, WHAT happened to August? In the book Harry has a month to wait and the Dursleys take him to Kings Cross and have a great laugh at him and his ticket of platform 9 3/4.

Its interesting that movie one and two stuck to the book for the most part, book three was about quiddich which never happened in the movie, 4 kinda stuck to the book except for the end, 5 took a left turn 6 was even worse, 7.1 was great, 7.2 was great tell the end which they totally rewrote. I liked the books better by far.

They did get the number of the Hogwarts Express Engine right. WOOT

River

[curious_guy (imported)]

You are right, July 31st, Hagrid takes Harry to get his school stuff, then on to the train station, WHAT happened to August?

Since they never said the date of Harry's birthday, I thought they just moved his birthday to the last day of August. Movies always have to leave out parts of books unless the books are very short. The Harry potter books are very long. The month Harry spent at the Dursley's was a good choice to leave out.

I liked the books better by far.

River

I have read all the books except for The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I have only watched the first three movies. I liked the first movie a little better than the first book.

[Dave (imported)]

Rowling says his birthday is 31st July and the year is ambiguous at 1989 or 1990.

There are two contradictory references in the book that cause the years to get screwed up like that.

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/harrybirthday.html

J. K. Rowling has told us that Harry's birthday is July 31, which happens to be her birthday, too. But what year was Harry born?

Near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone it says that "tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry's eleventh birthday." July 31 doesn't fall on a Tuesday very often. Most readers of that first book assumed that, because it was published in 1997, Harry attended Hogwarts during the 1990s. In 1990, July 31 fell on a Tuesday. This would mean that Harry was born in 1979 and would turn 23 in 2002.

But wait—this theory is contradicted by evidence in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which Harry helped celebrate Nearly Headless Nick's deathday anniversary on October 31, 1992. Harry was 12 at that time. So this would mean that Harry was born in 1980, and that he would turn 22 in 2002.

[justjustin (imported)]

No, it was his birthday. Remember that he was drawing a birthday cake in the dust and whispered 'Happy Birthday Harry' and that's when Hagrid came.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Dave is spot on, July 31, 1980 for the reason Dave gave.

River