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[calzephyr]

Now that I have finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I don't know if I could watch any of the movies. I'd love to know J.K. Rowling's secret for putting a lot of action and vividness into the economy of a short book :-) I think somehow the movies would spoil things for me, they might be a little too whiz-bang and Hollywood for me to enjoy!

Again, I like how the ending wrapped up and I feel so dumb. Years of watching British mysteries on PBS should have trained me a little better to see the obvious. I hope J.K. Rowling goes on to write some adult mysteries. She'd be really good at it!

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[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

That's really neat that you pointed out the "gimmick" aspect because I hadn't thought about it before. They're barely visible macguffins aren't they!

[wolfebyte.livejournal.com]

I had never heard the term 'macguffin' before, but yeah, it's pretty much spot on.

The important part of book one isn't whether or not Voldemort gets the Philosopher's stone - and indeed, I can't even recall exactly what Dumbledorf says he does with it, because by the end we don't even care - what's important is Harry and his friend's development as characters growing up in this new wizarding world Rowling's created.

The same stays true throughout the series of books, but in the Twiwizard movie, so much time is spent on the tourney itself, that what happens at the end (not saying what, since I don't want to give it away at all) seems completely disconnected from the rest of the film (even if it does fit with the series/previous movies actual plot).