Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

As much as I enjoyed The Order of the Phoenix [and I enjoyed it to be sure], I think it definitely showed signs of Rowling's creative well having dried up somewhat.

Namely, I felt that the entire Umbridge character was far too reminiscent of Roald Dahl's Trunchball to be very original. I'm not saying that the "tyrannical headmistress" is a character type that can't be recycled, but the paralells between the two were a little more than coincidental to me.

I think we'll see a lot of "borrowing" in the coming books also. Not in terms of major plot developments perhaps, but definitely in terms of smaller details.

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Although I don't know much about the Trunchball character, I would like to chime in and say that I LOVED Umbridge. Definately the most vile of all of the villains thus far (aside from Lord V. of course). I enjoyed OotP greatly. It was the best thus far in my opinion. I can't wait to see how they bring this to the screen.

And let us not forget that Rowling borrowed tons from the get-go. (MANY parallels to LoTR for example) I see now increased borrowing trend in her books, and, if she does borrow more, it doesn't bother me one bit.

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Check this trailer out!

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Holy Crap that was awesome. Thanks Beale.

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Damn the trailer wont download for me.

Me neither.

And I take it you both are right clicking and saving....(also, quicktime is needed...)

It may be that I have given a bad link....

Lets see: (I believe the old link is currently offline...)

Try this.

NOTE: It would appear that this one is offline as well...

Give me a few minutes and I'll try to figure something out. (I already have it downloaded...I could e-mail it to someone...given the file isn't too big.)

The trailer is on the way...in the meantime, I'd like to note that the tagline seems to be "Somthing wicked this way comes". I think that is pretty awesome.

Hey Bealle, you can e-mail it to me...... .

Hang on, I'll have a working link for you guys momentarily.

Thanks Chris!

Hey Chris..........I got it! The teaser for Harry potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Check it out!!!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Trailer Online
The buzz on this one is good. The first Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban trailer indicates that Cuarón has successfully captured the darker mood of the third installment. ...MORE

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Hmmm...lets see what we have here. Cool Chris! What else....

(Little did Beale know that a few seconds after reading this post something in the dark recesses of his mind would snap under the combined weight of the imposed pressure of modern society and jrs constantly spelling his name with two l's.)

IT'S BEALE!!!!!

That's weird b/c it worked fine for me.

Me bad. It won't happen again .....Are we cool ?

Well I finally saw the trailer a couple of minutes ago, and the movie looks really good. I really liked the look of it, when I do see it I just hope Alfonso did a better job than I expected.

Of course.

I was just messin' with ya.

Dunno, I still donīt understand, why they all wear Muggle-clothes. Itīs just not right. Especially Malfoy would never wear anything that was made by Muggles. And he wouldnīt change his hairstyle. And why didnīt they give the new Dumbledore his old beard?

What muggle clothes are you referring to? And why wouldn't Malfoy change his hair? All he did was let it part at the sides, instead of slicking it back.

As for Dumbledore's beard: looks right to me. Maybe a tad shorter, but nothing dramatic.