November 10 2009

Harry Potter, Twilight: You better read the books, too

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It seems Daily Beast West Coast Correspondent Nicole LaPorte is having the same issue with the new Twilight movie series that we’ve had with the Harry Potter film adaptations: They expect you, whether you have had the smarts to read the books or not, to just get it.

Details that were crucial to the books in the Harry Potter series, and now it seems the Twilight saga as well, are hidden, disguised or completely left out of the movie versions. Nothing frustrates a lover of the fiction books more. But just as put-off are film-goers who are surely entertained, but left wondering what the heck it was all about.

“About 15 minutes into New Moon, I started to feel the first twitchings of panic. There were no assists,” LaPorte wrote.

We feel your pain. Read her entire, very funny piece here.

July 15 2009

iPhone app hype – ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has crossed into the interactive world.

iTunes has a free download of the new podcast: “Being Me Has Its Privileges” follows Harry, Hermione and Ron as they explore a cave to destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes.

iTunes store also has an iPhone app that re-creates Dumbledore’s Pensieve device. The application enables users to unlock “memory vials” which contain character info, videos and posters from the new movie.

For the diehard fans and followers of Harry can find both by accessing iTunes store.

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