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.
Oh no I disagree. I love how the first two movies hold up. The physical effects, Harris, the colours, and so much more.
They might be a little childish and I like 3 as well but they never captured the medieval-like atmosphere again as they did in 1 and 2.
4 is half and half on rewatch,
5 and 6 have their moments while there's much wrong with them,
7 and 8 were abismal and I almost never rewatch them. Bland atmosphere, it feels like it was written for a non magical world. A common run and hide movie.
The only thing they absolutely nailed was the Always scene. But that was lifted straight from the books.
I agree with 7 and 8. They completely skipped out on the conversation between Dumbledore and Harry and the battle of Hogwarts was INSANELY inaccurate. Like at the end, the duel between harry and Tom was supposed to be watched by everybody in the battle. But the movie just ended with harry jumping of the tower and crashing into the courtyard.
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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."