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Hear Me Out: I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Patreon)

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2025-01-26 18:16:55
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Content

I bought the books used; no $$$ for JK.

Files

Previews only

Chamberbook

Comments

Onno Smits

It's funny hearing you talk about how Ginny is short-changed in the movies compared to the books. Could not agree more! But we'll circle back after another couple of books. 😅 I typed a bunch more about other comments you made, but deleted it all again because I fear even though it's vague, it's probably slightly spoilery. Suffice it to say I loved hearing your thoughts, and I hope you'll continue this little tradition at the end of every book!

RuthGA

I grew up with Harry Potter, you don't understand how sad I am about the type of person she turned out to be. Part of the magic of the books is the characters and the world being so intricate, both which turn out to be very important in later books. It also helped with the fandom of the series, fans would re-read the books in hopes of picking up little clues of what might happen in the future. I will say these books really had children and teens deciding to read more than ever before. When the 7th book was released in the USA, movies actually moved their release date, because no one was going to the movie theaters that weekend. I think the books are wonderful and are so much better than the movies. I wish the author had paid more attention to her own words, instead she has become exactly like the villains she wrote about.

Roland Cooke

She could have had an eternal legacy. Successful author, promoter of childhood reading, defender of social services, defender, founder of Lumos, champion of the British film industry. Instead of also being the champion of women that she could have been / was trying to be, she's completely polluted that cause. And people would have cut her plenty of slack. Instead she quadrupled down. So sad.

Pam Nail

- Lockhart's quiz did show up in a deleted scene, and the way Dan delivers "What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?" is HYSTERICAL. - Yeah, Peeves being left out is a bummer. I'm almost positive they had planned to include him very early on, and supposedly was going to be played by Rik Mayall. - The movie also leaves out the (in my opinion) funniest scene in the entire series -- when Harry is pinned down by a dwarf who is delivering Ginny's valentine.

Actuarial Lurker

Never could get into these films....my wife and I walked out of the first one after a few minutes....we thought it was really a kids film and not for adults

Lucas Justice

Listen, I've never read or watched the Harry Potter books/movies but I have a lot of respect for Rowling's willingness to stand up for obvious truths. It takes a lot of courage to do what you know is right when most people are upset with you for it. This tranny shit is over and those of you that supported it need to take you head out of your ass.

dys
>>162551916

I have similar feelings about Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game (great book, terrible movie). Ender's Game and even more so its sequel Speaker for the Dead was ultimately about empathy and understanding each other's differences, so finding out his actual views were "we should execute gay people every once in a while to send a message" was deeply saddening. In both cases, if it were just distasteful personal beliefs it would be one thing, but both are actively campaigning for and donating to horrible causes so giving them money directly supports those causes. Card's activism was never actually as influential as Rowling's but from my perspective as a non-Brit she seems to have been a huge influence in the growing anti-trans sentiment in the UK.

Youtalkingtome
>>162562500

I'd say the first two movies definitely feel more like kids films. I don't know if that's the writing (I am just starting #3) or the Chris Columbus directing the first two.

Youtalkingtome
>>162551916

I am 100% with you there. But the quality of her books and, most importantly, the undeniable truth that she created a generation of young recreational readers, can't be denied.

Actuarial Lurker
>>162562500

The appeal that Tolkien and C.S. Lewis have for me and my wife is that their works move at different levels. They can appeal to adults as modern Catholic/Episcopalian morality tales, as action adventures for teens and fantastical stories for younger kids. My wife and I watched the first few seasons of Game of Thrones during the onset of the pandemic with another couple who formed part of our "COVID Pod" but we were bored and then annoyed buy the final seasons- not for the mindless violence or nudity but how it became a very misogynistic, dare I say INCEL miss-mash at the conclusion. Don't know if you have read any of Harry Turtledove's alternative sci-fi history pulp novels. In the "Guns of the South" apartheid South African mercenaries use a time machine to travel to 1863 and help the South during the US Civil War with automatic weapons and in the World War series of books an alien lizard race attacks the Earth in 1942 at the height of WWII and the Allies and AXIS must join together to battle off the invaders....not the same level as Man in the High Castle or other Philip K. Dick works but pretty engrossing since Turtledove has PhD in History and the books are highly accurate from a military tech point of view and have well thought out decades long sequel novels

Sly_Budlong

The scene with Gildory Lockhart's test was a deleted scene in the movie and can be seen in the extended version of the films! Peacock has all the movies and the extended ones as well, and even better, it's free!! 😁

dys
>>162551916

Definitely not saying people shouldn't read the books, getting them used as you did or from the library is a reasonable solution IMO.

Max F.

Having started with the books, and re-reading them all multiple times, I recall watching the first movie and thinking 'ok, there were a few things that were left out, but this was everything I wanted!'. Coming out of CoS, I really felt the loss of the things that were cut. I am a book fan more than the films, and that comes down my belief that the written world building is so much better than the visual equivalents. The movies have some amazing visuals and the sets are iconic, but my imagination is stronger. I look forward to your Prisoner of Azkaban thoughts!

Youtalkingtome
>>162583938

I agree. I'm sure the books getting longer has something to do with the amount of material being cut (I'm sure Goblet is really chopped down because of how long the novel is).

Jenna Woginrich

Just wanted to share this: I am a lesbian pig farmer living on a mountain alone in upstate NY. I'm here because it is like therapy watching movies with kind, straight, men - because most of you I am terrified of, all the time. Not because I'm gay, because I'm a woman. You two are proof positive there are caring allies that will stand up for us, which is needed now more than ever. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I so love watching movies with you, and became a patron because of Gilmore!

Roland Cooke
>>162646277

Dudes from flyover country no less...even if one of them is a dastardly Steelers fan...