From: deevo37@NOSPAMbigpond.com   
      
   "Dr. Hotsalt"  wrote in message   
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   > The movie series like the books can be split up into the first five   
   > and last two. In the books, nobody can convince be otherwise that   
   > J.K. (or highly paid ghost writer), just cashed in the last two books   
   > as lazy pulp fiction. The first five books were good, the last two   
   > felt like it was written by someone who only had a passing   
   > familiarity with the HP franchise.   
      
   I agree with your assessment to a point but not your reasoning.  I   
   personally found HBP to be an above average book and certainly more   
   entertaining, though with less exposition, than OOTP.  I'd go as far to say   
   it was my favourite of the books despite it's dire conclusion.   
      
   DH by comparison I found to be quite ordinary and seemed to be written more   
   in the style of the first two books which makes me suspect that great chunks   
   of it were penned around the time of the first and second books.   
      
   From POA through to HBP the characters grew more complex and three   
   dimensional yet by book seven they seemed to have been reduced in depth.   
   That and there were some pretty blatant contridictions with the earlier   
   books.   
      
   > The movies were droll until Half-Blooded Bore and I can't imagine what   
   > dullness can come from the last (or penultimate part).   
      
   If your not expecting academy award standard stuff then you might enjoy it.   
   You sound a bit cynical though.   
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   Deevo   
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