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R&H's kiss didn't take place after Ron said the house elves shouldn't die (and Harry didn't get to be all awkward during it, boo)

Well, since they eliminated the whole plot regarding Hermonie trying to free Hogwarts house elves from Goblet of Fire Ron bringing it up now would be out of place.

My friend, who didn't read the books said, "How come Harry didn't name his son James? That's kind of obnoxious." And it would be, but in the novel's epilogue, Harry has 5 kids, one of which is named James, another of which is named Lily, so it makes sense to name his next son after Dumbledore and Snape.

Ah, but upon closer reflection James IS there. Look at the initials on the luggage of his older son. They start with a "J"

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I wish he would have named his kids Vanessa, Rudy, Theo, Denise and Sandra.

in the novel's epilogue, Harry has 5 kids

He only has 3.

James Sirius
Albus Severus
Lily Luna

If there is anything that I really dislike in the HP series, it's Albus Severus Potter. What a dreadful name.

Also, I don't like how it seems that nothing has changed, in the sense that the houses are still greatly divided. Harry does tell Albus Severus that Slytherin will have gained a great wizard if he is sorted into Slytherin, but follows it up by telling him that he can choose Gryffindor if he wants it that badly. I always felt that the Slytherin house was wrongly demonized in the books AND the movies, and I thought that after Voldemort died, they would become more united. Even though Draco Malfoy never really wanted to become a Death Eater, he gives his son the awful name of Scorpius or something, which just sounds dark and horrid. I don't know, Rowling could have done so much better with Epilogue, it really is the weakest part of the series.

(Also, I always hoped that Harry would end up teaching Defense Against The Dark Arts at Hogwarts but she made both him and Ron Aurors working for Kingsley Shacklebolt. And then Ginny plays Quidditch for a living. Hermione has the best career, though, working in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.)

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Hermione must have taken that job to free the elves.

Even JK Rowling, with all her imagination's magic at her disposal, wasn't about to dream up a world of British boarding schools without competive houses and internecine drama.

Plus, if you look at it, she kind of makes it clear than nobody's all good and all bad. Just think of where that little piece of Voldemort's soul was for all those years. I don't think we're meant to dream of the world after him as being without good and evil.

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I just found out about this new thing that some movie theaters have called "D Box" which is designed for some movies (this one included) and the chairs move around following the action, sort of like one of those simulator things at theme parks, except with the entire movie. I'm going to try to see it like this (my fourth time seeing the movie!) sometime this week, and then I'll tell you all my thoughts and whether or not it's just a huge gimmick.

Here's a link to the website of the company that does this, where you can find the closest theatre to you that does this: http://www.d-box.com/en/movie-theatre/

And here's a link to a review of the new movie: http://www.mugglenet.com/DHpt2DBoxreview.shtml

I think everyone who has actively contributed to this thread should read "Harry Potter Should Have Died" by Emerson Spartz. I just finished it this afternoon and it debates several pieces of the books and movies. I would love to discuss it with you guys and it's a short read.

It has kind of opened up my eyes to a lot of what I was feeling but was unable to verbalize about the series. Definitely worth it. Check it out.

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I also loved What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7. I read it over and over again before the final book came out.

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Updated On: 7/25/11 at 09:26 PM

The film crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide becoming the only film in the franchise to achieve this.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter72.htm

It also surpassed "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone elsewhere in the world) to become the highest-grossing "Harry Potter" film in North America.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/31/box-office-report-cowboys-aliens-smurfs

Updated On: 7/31/11 at 05:17 PM

I would say because the Resurrection Stone was still close enough to him, and he was still holding the love and courage that the shadows of his parents, Remus, and Sirius gave him.

As for Voldemort not checking, I'd mark that to classic villain hubris that always causes their downfall.

Voldemort never seemed to understand the connection between Harry and himself. He certainly never realized that Harry was the "horcrux he never intended to make." When he "killed" Harry he also fully broke that connection, in essence killing that bit of his soul that had been connected to Harry, represented by that dying fetus creature in Harry's encounter with Dumbledore.