Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Looking at the title, those who have only seen the films will think there’s not much here that didn’t make it into the film. They would be wrong. We start with the […]
Most of what’s important in this chapter makes it into the film, although Norbert the dragon spends more time with Hagrid before he’s found out. Quirrell, however, must have been braver than […]
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Phil Roman Now this was what I was looking for, a DVD containing three classic Peanuts features focusing on love. By “classic” I am talking about […]
This chapter is depicted pretty well in the films, with just details from the books missing that expand the story and characters. There’s not a lot missing that’s a big loss, but […]
Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs […]
This chapter is about Harry’s first Quidditch match, and also gives the reader much more detail about the sport, as well as the school happenings. It was really lucky that Harry now […]
As I reread this, I’m seeing more and more how much this book focuses on just the kids being kids at school and less on the mystery of The Sorcerer’s Stone. In […]
The good thing about re-reading the Harry Potter books for the first time in years is that I’m seeing how much more depth there was to the Hogwarts experience, and how much […]
Originally written in 2007. Posted here with a few modifications. Living in the state with the first in the nation primary means we are subjected to way more political ads and news […]
The main thing here is more depth to the Hogwarts experience, both for Harry personally and in general for the reader. The movies don’t show a lot of the students just being […]
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