Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion

At midnight on Friday Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released, ending the ten year run of J.K. Rowling's extremely popular book series. I imagine that there are a few folks here who have already read the book and want to talk about it. Likewise, the movie version of Order of the Phoenix was recently released (a film I was kind of underwhelmed by). So ... what did you think of them? Be forewarned: I imagine the comments will be filled with spoilers.

Comments

Re:Spoiler alert

[ernest.cunningham]

^^ Cosign. I thought slashdot was news for nerds, not news for people with the brain of a 12 year old. I mean seriously???

You are sheeple

[Neon Aardvark]

When was the last time there was a slashdot article about a good SF novel? Something genuinely thought inducing, something that challenges the mind, something which speaks to our future? There are plenty of new books like that.

Why is there this slashdot post about an inane fantasy book, written with greasy teens and kids in mind?

Can I look forward to slashdot posts about every over-hyped, lame, worthless book/film/single/TV program that comes out in future?

Re:Spoiler alert

[Anonymous Coward]

I heard Harry and CowboyNeal make sweet, sweet love on page 69.

Re:What did I think of them?

[morari]

1984, Brave New World, Catch 22 and Fahrenheit 451 I read them all at thirteen, as well as Stranger in a Strange Land and Animal Farm. I guess that's the homeschooling way though. Poor, poor publicly "educated" children, all they have to be interested in are iPods and MySpace.

Re:Not a Tolkien fanboy, but...

[geekinaseat]

True, you can deny it. But no matter how many times you do... you will still be wrong.