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Re: Harry Potter
Chris Hemsworth probably fits as close as anyone at 6'2..
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Probably doesn't help that I don't rate Cruise, and it possibly would have worked had I not read the books, but.....faaip wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:32 am The films aren't great but that's not really down to Cruise imo, he plays the tough guy well enough. The adaptation is poor and the films don't hang together like the books imo.
God knows why they started where they did too, The Killing Floor would have made a great "pilot" film, as would any of the first half dozen. On a separate point Lee Child has lost the plot a bit in the last book or three. Though I did enjoy "No Middle Name" for the insight.
Agree re Killing Floor, perfect place to start a film franchise, if that's what it's going to be. "No Middle Name" is the last one I read, enjoyed it. I used to devour the series as they came out, but have been dipping in and out of late. Perhaps a sign that they're not as gripping as they once were.
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Re: Harry Potter
The last one was a strange set up with Reacher hardly featuring in the main plot till right at the end when he basically stumbles into the action. The hero was really the girl in that one..The one with the female soldier disfigured for life by the dirty bomb was a tough read..
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Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
The new Bernard Cornwell Uhtred of Bebanburg novel is now in the shops in hardback form too..
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Very much so. I liked how it played out, no sacchirine ending, recognition of a long road ahead. Probably rang true for a lot of injured veterans.faaip wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:53 pm The last one was a strange set up with Reacher hardly featuring in the main plot till right at the end when he basically stumbles into the action. The hero was really the girl in that one..The one with the female soldier disfigured for life by the dirty bomb was a tough read..
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Re: Harry Potter
No, not come across that one, but apart from GoT, I haven't read any fantasy for years.
I enjoyed the Potter books, and thought the films were faithful renderings, but JK is an arse.
LOTR was probably as good as could be expected, given the potential for completely destroying it, as they did with the hobbit
I had a crime phase, enjoying John Sandford's Prey series, but rarely read fiction now.
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Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
Lying in bed reading this on my iPad.
The random pile of books on my bedside cabinet comprise the following
A Little History of The World - E.H. Gombrich (not started yet)
Fatherland - Robert Harris
Rock and Roll Tourist - Graham Forbes
Adventures on the High Teas - Stuart Maconie (I enjoyed his Cider with Roadies)
I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic (started on holiday in the summer and need to finish)
An Englishman in Auschwitz - Leon Greenman (not likely to be a happy read)
Leeds United - The Second Coat - Gary Edwards
Who’s Crazee Now - Noddy Holder autobiography
Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
Painting the Sand - Kim Hughes QC (about the army’s best bomb disposalexpert in Helmand, Afghanistan)
Like Sara I very rarely read fiction. I always seem to see a book and think that sounds good, buy it and it then gets added to the pile waiting to be read. The problem is I rarely read at home, I think because I have to read through a lot of stuff at work - so don’t find it that relaxing to then read at home. So it’s only really on holiday I can get through 3 or 4 books in a week or 2.
One I did read when we were away in the summer was The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy - really funny and would recommend if you lived through 70’s family camping holidays.
The random pile of books on my bedside cabinet comprise the following
A Little History of The World - E.H. Gombrich (not started yet)
Fatherland - Robert Harris
Rock and Roll Tourist - Graham Forbes
Adventures on the High Teas - Stuart Maconie (I enjoyed his Cider with Roadies)
I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic (started on holiday in the summer and need to finish)
An Englishman in Auschwitz - Leon Greenman (not likely to be a happy read)
Leeds United - The Second Coat - Gary Edwards
Who’s Crazee Now - Noddy Holder autobiography
Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
Painting the Sand - Kim Hughes QC (about the army’s best bomb disposalexpert in Helmand, Afghanistan)
Like Sara I very rarely read fiction. I always seem to see a book and think that sounds good, buy it and it then gets added to the pile waiting to be read. The problem is I rarely read at home, I think because I have to read through a lot of stuff at work - so don’t find it that relaxing to then read at home. So it’s only really on holiday I can get through 3 or 4 books in a week or 2.
One I did read when we were away in the summer was The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy - really funny and would recommend if you lived through 70’s family camping holidays.
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Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
I love both the Harry Potter books and films! I think Rupert Grint is so cute!!!
Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
I like 'Neville'.....played by Mathew Lewis. Grown into a handsome young man and....he's a local lad who supports Leeds UnitedMyshepherd wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:38 pm I love both the Harry Potter books and films! I think Rupert Grint is so cute!!!
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Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
the actor ralph ineson who was in some of the harry potter films is a big big leeds fan.
we often bumped into him , flat cap and all on some away days 5/6 yrs back !
we often bumped into him , flat cap and all on some away days 5/6 yrs back !
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Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
Wasn't he in the Office at timesleic white 63 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:16 pm the actor ralph ineson who was in some of the harry potter films is a big big leeds fan.
we often bumped into him , flat cap and all on some away days 5/6 yrs back !
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to look at him you wouldn't think he's got two pennies to rub together .
scruffy fucker.
sorry ralph
scruffy fucker.
sorry ralph
Re: Harry Potter/Book/Author discussion
The Prisoner of Azkaban now on ITV