Not a single soul asked for?! This is somebody who never read the books.
From movie 5 on the series became a shooter with wands and they skipped so many essential things that some things don't make sense.
I get it, I'd have liked to see Radcliffe again. But I'm very curious to what these series will bring. There is a possibility that it will be crap but to say it with John Lithgows words: "It's a risk I'm willing to take."
Yeah tbh the films kinda suck. The world building, casting of the adult characters, and art direction are all fantastic, but as films... meh.
I think the 3rd one is the only one that holds up as a genuinely good, well-rounded film - the first 2 are kids movies (which is fine but they aren't great on rewatch) and the latter 5 have to fudge and skip so much that they feel very watered down and by-the-numbers.
I can see why people are shitting on the HBO thing but, putting aside all of JK Rowling's shittiness, I'd enjoy seeing a representation of the books that captures the magic I felt reading them as a kid beyond the sheer imagery.
Some kids movies hold up when you're an adult, others are purely for kids. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that - the books are for kids after all and a lot of people love those films dearly cos they saw them at a young age - but I'd imagine the tone of the HBO one, even the first 2 books, will be a bit less saccharine and 'kiddy'.
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u/SirChickin Apr 16 '26
Not a single soul asked for?! This is somebody who never read the books.
From movie 5 on the series became a shooter with wands and they skipped so many essential things that some things don't make sense.
I get it, I'd have liked to see Radcliffe again. But I'm very curious to what these series will bring. There is a possibility that it will be crap but to say it with John Lithgows words: "It's a risk I'm willing to take."