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fr1ckpark
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I'm a total potterhead \\m/
Harry Potter's been with me since i was 8 years old!

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eatmydust166
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Harry Potter is okay. I enjoyed the books and the movies, but the more they dragged it out, the more I lost interest. The early Harry Potter books/movies were the best, but after that it just kept getting worse.

Bluydee
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I don't anymore. It got cliche after the first book.

Yodadude53
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I read all the books and watched all the movies. The first 3 or 4 were AMAZING, then after that, it started to go a little downhill, but they were still pretty good. The last movie was pretty awesome because of the big battle.

acmed
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Anyone like Harry Potter?


That's like asking if Chuck Norris if he likes roundhouse kicking helpless souls. Everybody likes Harry Potter!

Have you guys heard of Pottermore? You guys have to sign up. Info's here.

It's supposed to be like a interactive Potter universe, with the sorting hat, and all the spells, it's sick.
devsaupa
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I watched the first couple of movies but honestly the amount of movies they made ( 7 right?) kinda killed it for me. Not many movie series can pull off that many movies and the fact it was based off a book made it worst. Its really hard for a director to make a book movie because people end up comparing. Also im not in to most fantasy movies.

Jefferysinspiration
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I do not like harry potter. Sadly, i love harry potter. I'm slightly a bit too obsessive when it comes to HP, mainly considering i'm twenty.
But woah, what a great series of books.

MageGrayWolf
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Yes I liked the book series. The movies were okay.

I watched the first couple of movies but honestly the amount of movies they made ( 7 right?)


8 movies, they split the last book into a two part movie.

the fact it was based off a book made it worst. Its really hard for a director to make a book movie because people end up comparing.


Many movies out there are based off book and many of those movies are very good ones.
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well i liked first second and fourth book and the rest i didnt like the films were the same 1 2 4 best but worse than the books the fifth sixth and seventh i had to fast forward to get through it

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I have seen all the movies and read the fifth, sixth and seventh book
And I must admit that the books were far better than the movies simply because the movies seemed to lack so much of the story
Still the movies other then the fifth(that one was just horrible) are not to bad if you haven't read the books

rockband101
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I agree with destroyerkevin, only i think the books are 100 000 times better than the movies (unless you really hate reading.)

Jefferysinspiration
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I have seen all the movies and read the fifth, sixth and seventh book
And I must admit that the books were far better than the movies simply because the movies seemed to lack so much of the story
Still the movies other then the fifth(that one was just horrible) are not to bad if you haven't read the books


You should read one-four and then rewatch the movies, might change your mind on them. I agree though, the fifth movie didn't do the book justice at all.
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Well, this logic works for pretty much any book-to-movie adaptation. You have to assume that by at least BookIII, the developers of the movie would have enough budget to work for full book content.

I agree though, the fifth movie didn't do the book justice at all.


There was quite a lot more action going on in the climax in the book than the movie ever put out...The Main Fight could have lasted much longer. And they didn't even include statues coming to life to counterattack curses, nor did the movie cover all aspects of the fight in the ministry. Focusing on the movie itself...Why did the actor who played the first Dumbledore have to pass away so the second had to replace him? I wanted to see a serene, wise Dumbledore (that doesn't have to tie two beards together to get the same beard the first had) fight Voldemort. I wanted to hear the big line "It was a grave mistake for you to come here tonight, Tom" sound wise, not all-of-a-sudden grizzled.
Jefferysinspiration
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I get what you mean freak - the way they directed and produced it didn't even reflect the book, which made changing certain things and leaving other things out more of an issue.

daleks
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I agree though, the fifth movie didn't do the book justice at all.

I didn't like the 5th book or the 5th movie. Don't know why I just didn't find them that great.
Jefferysinspiration
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The fifth book is far from my favorite, but i think it was a great turning point in Harry Potter. The others involving voldemort were so slow action/violence and intensity wise, but the fifth set the tone for the end i think.

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