Will anything ever surpass growing up with the Harry Potter franchise,

Here before the copypasta

>>87401500
"No!"

2 to 3 years in between books after the 4th
2 years between the 2nd and 3rd movie

when there were 4 books and 2 movies I was growing up with potter. but they fucked up and story didnt finish until i was old enough to drink

>>87401500

The books were decent tier at best if you grew up with them at the time. The movies were utter shit.

>>87401500
I was behind Harry by like 3 years and I loved every moment. Don't let fun haters ruin it for you.

I loved this series and still do. Fantasies of inserting yourself into the world is what probably everyone did and is why the franchise is so captivating. You just wanna be in the world so bad.

Can't wait for the pasta claiming atlas shrugged to be God tier. It's always a good laugh.

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It really is sad isn't it. Not what's going on in the story mind you, but rather the fact that this poor old codger is trying so hard in vain to bring a level of depth and emotion to one of the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises, seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though r-right
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>87401500
I was an early teenager when the first HP hype started building up, but that kind of fantasy stuff never appealed to me, the same for LOTR or Star Wars, always felt like generic stories coated in a 'unique' setting

>>87402057
I'm from 1992 so I was always a couple years behind Harry in the books, but as the films got released I was usually pretty close to his onscreen age.

>>87402071
>You just wanna be in the world so bad.
I think that's a huge part of it. A lot of polls over the years like "fictional place you most want to live in" had Hogwarts as the top result by a landslide.

>>87401500
I was perfect age when I read philosophers stone and had long since outgrown it when book 7 came out. It's the perfect benchmark for infantilised half-men who didn't grow out of children's lit in time

>>87402215
Sounds like you're just one of those people who don't enjoy fantasy as a genre and that's alright, lots of people don't. If you're more into non-fiction, or more grounded, reality-based stories than things like HP/LOTR/SW isn't going to grab your interest

>>87402343
I think I never really enjoyed live action children stuff, even things like Power Rangers or TMNT never appealed much to me. If any of those were animated I probably would've liked it, even if fantasy.

>>87401500
harry potter movies are gay

Today’s 10 year olds grew up with Game of Thrones.

>>87402204
I click on every Harry Potter thread just to read this

liking harry potter as a kid is fine, it's the people still obsessing about it in their twenties that deserve mockery

I think it's highest achievement (though many people will call it otherwise) was that it got a massive adult following as well. Somehow the story resonated with children as well as their parents, and a huge part of the fanbase still consists of people who were already in their thirties or forties when the phenomenon really took off.

I've always wondered what it was that made adults so interested in what basically started out as a children's novel.

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>>87401500

>>87403232
It was pretty inoffensive and had fairly simple prose, so Adults could read it to their children easily

>Will anything ever surpass growing up with the Harry Potter franchise
Growing up without the Internet.

>>87401500
Is the age of YA book crazes over?
There hasn't been one for a few years now, and they were getting weaker every time they were forced.

>>87403437
Well IT and Stranger things are quit popular, so I'd say no.

>>87403343
Yeah, and then when the children went to sleep they started reading the books themselves. It wasn't just because it made for good bed-time stories for young children, there was something about it that made adults into huge fans as well.
Check out youtube footage of book releases, signings, etc. You can easily spot the adults that were there for themselves and not just reluctantly there to accompany their children.

>>87403640
They're popular, but unless I've been living under a rock they're not really YA craze level yet.
I'm just surprised at publishers missing a trick, because for years now I've been seeing shit constantly advertised as the next Harry Potter/Twilight/Hunger Games/etc, and attempts at starting film franchises with established book series.
I guess that slew of book adaptations failing might have halted it a bit.

>>87402204
Like clockwork, kinda of the trek guy and IMAGINE poster

>>87403700
You would be surprised about how many illiterate adults there are.
Harry potter is popcorn-tier of books and the fanbase was cancer

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>>87401500
Growing up with it is why I love the series. It was a magical high school man, amazing shit. If I saw it for the first time now i'd look at it the way when I see Peter Jackson fantasy movies, just shit and boring. However I know harry potter is a step above that even without the nostalgia love, the cast it has is pretty incredible with alan rickman and so on too.

I'll never forget the theories waiting between books (nevilles toad is the half blood prince, anyone) and the hype when a new book was released.

>>87402204
Anyone else a HP fan but love this pasta? It's become part of our threads now. It always makes me smirk or laugh.

>>87403232
I'm guessing alot of adults miss the easy school days and hogwarts was the perfect escape fantasy. Taking their kids to the movies would have gotten alot of them into it too.

>>87404177
>perter jackson
I meant to say percy jackson (lightning thief?), those tacky fantasy movies, not actually peter jacksons lotr.

>>87401500
This is the worst version of Alice in Wonderland i've ever seen

>>87402204
>not even changing the first sentences from the MY BOI thread
newfag confirmed, kill yourself

>>87404134
Oh I'm not surprised. Lots of adults mainly read light stuff. I'm just curious about how so many of them got massively into Harry Potter, which focuses on a young teenage boy who can do magic spells and fly on broomsticks.
I dunno, maybe it had something to do with reliving their youth or something, reading about a teenager growing up and making friends, something that made adults think back on times before bills, mortgages, employment etc.

>>87403700
this guy has a point>>87404134
Plenty of Adults, particularly working class ones, drop reading as a hobby the moment they finish school.
Having a simple and charming book that they can read without being judged is a pretty large reason for its success.

>>87404134
This

>>87404177
>I'll never forget the theories waiting between books
I loved those. I remember the theory that Wormtail's silver hand would be the thing that would kill Lupin, because of the whole silver bullet/werewolf thing. I was a lot younger at the time and I remember thinking that was totally going to happen.

If I'm not banned right now the mods are confirmed for not doing their job

>>87404487
IIRC, It was well marketed, and had some well timed endorsements.
Plenty of Primary schools set it as reading material, too.
Combine that with it not being outright shit (Though Twilight proved that was not a requirement) and you get something that's publicly acceptable to be a fan of and has barely any investment required.

I took a look back at it a while ago, and was amazed that it took barely an hour to read.

>>87402204
It's actually my first time opening the image and holy shit the ayn rand, kanye west and michael jordan book recs just add to the fucking lol factor

I guess I grew up with both to some extent, and appreciate some of the Harry Potter (more the Wizard world, Diagon Alley, Gringots, all the classics) but find the later films a tad bland and boring, but I always greatly preferred Lord of the Rings.

Note, I read the first 4 or so Harry Potters and Return of the King and that was it.

>>87401500
Harry Potter is unironically pretty good.

Growing up with friends

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>>87404659
One of the images used for this pasta had this in the middle tier. I don't know why it isn't used anymore.

I liked Goblet of Fire, fight me.

>>87404751
Sure if you have the aboslute worst taste possible

>>87404941
If you haven't read the GoF book, I can see someone enjoying it. I mean it's alright as a movie but damn there is a huge change in tone, atmosphere, music, lighting, the way hogwarts looks, weather, everything, compared to the previous movie (azkaban) because of the director change so it's a huge change. It doesn't help that it has the most plot points cut from any of the other books, including the best parts of the triwizard tournament, the movie version is so lame compared to the books, also theres great characters in that book who are introduced but also cut from the movie.

>>87404725
One problem, if you're into fantasy, is that the films did all they could to ditch the concept of the magical world being separate from the muggle one at around film 3. If anything, they increasingly went with the imagery that anything overly magical was related to the evil side.

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>>87404751
It's unironically fucking trash

>>87405089
I read the book when I was 9 or so, don't really remember much of it. I can happily watch Goblet of Fire and enjoy it.

Who/what got cut? Refresh my memory bro

>>87405125
Rippetoe needs to be stopped

>>87405125
some of the games were unironically some of the best rpgs

>>87405248
I had prisoner of azkaban on the game boy advance

harry potter and the philosopher's sneed

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>>87401500
>growing up with the REAL Star Wars

mfw ywn enjoy a limited edition a Return of The Jedi Slurpee cup

>>87405179
>>87405179
Ludo bagman character, winky character, hermiones house elf spew shit (thankfully, can see why they cut it) dobby, from the triwizard tournament the 3rd task is changed alot, there's all sorts of shit in there that was removed. Also dumbledores personality, the BEST dursley scene in the book franchise was removed, the quidditch world cup was glossed over, rita skeeter being an animagus and hermione catching her and hermiones whole rivalry with rita removed, amongst other things

>>87404941
Me too anon

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>>87404941
I like them all. Even the later ones. Half blood prince is comfy as phuoqqqq.

>>87405223
I lolled

>>87405089
>>87405179
Goblet of Fire was my favourite book and least favourite film. They cut out a lot of the stuff that made the plot so interesting. It was basically a whodunnit storyline (who put Harry's name in the Goblet and why) with loads of suspects and hints and red herrings about who the culprit was. They cut Ludo Bagman, a former Quidditch star who was one of the judges for the tournament. He kept offering to help Harry which was very suspicious. They cut 90% of Barty Crouch Jr's story, the way he escaped Azkaban, how he was at the World Cup and stole Harry's wand, how he got into contact with Voldemort, the reason why he resented his father. Dobby was missing. Winky was missing. So much stuff was cut to turn it into a 2 hour film, and all of it was really important to the plot. Without it, the plot still works, but it lost a lot of its charm and many characters suffered from it.
It still gets me angry, thinking about what the film could've been.

>>87405752
why have actual characters from the book when you can have a jarvis cocker cameo?

>>87405248
>>87405302
Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets on GBC, and Prisoner of Azkaban on GBA were really great RPG's. After that the games went a completely different route. I haven't even played any of the games post-Azkaban. Heard Deathly Hallows was basically a first-person shooter but with stunning spells.

>>87401500
yeah growing up with naruto, which is multitudes better, and actually very good for philosophy and lifestyle and so on

>>87405929
As much as you're trolling, part 1 of naruto isn't so bad and has a certain level of comfiness to it, however part 2 especially later on is all kinds of retarded.

>>87402071
i'd rather be inserting myself into mrs weasley if u know what i mean ;^)

>Ludo bagman
Was he just a goblet of fire character or did he ever show up again in the books? Who the hell was he? He can't be that important if they cut him?

>>87406010
im not trolling at all, naruto is fucking amazing, especially if you could afford to skip fillers and watch the actual episodes. except for maybe akatsuki fillers later on.

also EVERYTHING makes sense in the end, it's really good.

>>87406205
I like part 1 before shipuuden, the beginning parts especially with the different 'schools' in the test arc. I think I watched abit furthur than when jiraya dies in shipudden and then gave up. Way too much filler for me. If there's a cut without all the flashbacks and the droning on dialogue i'd probably finish it.

>>87406092
As I remember he's abit like lockhart from chamber of secrets but he's a gambler too and a key suspect as to who put harrys name in the goblet for the tournament since he was previously in azkaban too and keeps secretly helping harry.

>>87406293
you're an animal or what? get a fucking list of episodes on wikia open and skip all filler shit, all episodes came out already, that's what i did with chunks of episodes, like 80-100 episodes, and then forgot about naruto for some time etc.

>>87406373
I know. But even the main episodes themselves are full of filler like I said, endless flashbacks. I remember even in part 1 there's atleast 20 times the same one of naruto on a swing was used.

>>87406092
He's just in GoF, however his name comes up whenever something impossible is supposed to take place, like characters saying ''even bagman wouldn't bet that.'' since he was a huge gambler and won many bets.

>>87404941
never in harry potter threads but is this a controversial opinion? its my favourite one

>>87401500

Nothing will ever match that feel. Its why Harry Potter will always be uniquely ours in a way it can't be for other generations

>>87406583
also not to mention the later/more recent harry potters of the franchise lost their charm that the earliest ones had. it all became too serious

>>87406092
Retired Quidditch player who worked for the Ministry. He was just there as an extra suspect, and there are moments where you think his jovial attitude and kindness to Harry is just an act.
In the end he only tried to help Harry because he bet all his money on Harry winning the tournament, in an attempt to pay off his huge debt to the Goblins. He was also involved in a spat between him and the Weasley twins for him giving fake money after they won a bet.

He wasn't strictly necessary in the movie, but he added a lot to the plot of the book and was an interesting character.

2002 was probably the peak year for fantasy as we got the second part of HP, SW and LotR, so there was like a feeling that there was a lot of fantasy stories developing for real (if you were a kid obviously) and we couldn't wait to see the next episode

>>87406782
>2002 was probably the peak year for fantas
>not now with game of thrones

>>87406963
You 'avin a giggle, m8?
ASoIaF is one of the main reasons it's dying, because it turns out poorly imitating Tolkien or Howard makes for better books than poorly imitating Martin, or worse D&D.

>>87407144
>got
>bad
I hate this meme. Yeah s5, 6 and 7 have dipped in quality but there's a reason it's popular, it's g00d idiot.

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>>87403700
"adults"

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>>87407321
>it's g00d idiot.
Should have just gone with good. Could have reeled someone in that way

>>87407513
>still doing the got is bad meme
Stop.

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>>87407536
go with that off the bat next time, you'll do well.

>>87401500
I read the books growing up and lost interest some time around the 5th book. The 3rd book, like the 3rd film, where the last good entries.

This series is shit and I'm glad I didn't remain a fan of it growing up and am not associated with the literal fucking retards who stuck with it and still like it today. First and foremost all I think of are the frumpy ugly girls from my highschool who went on to get hideous cauldron foot tattoos as part of their fandom.

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>>87407724
You're loss.

>>87402263
>A lot of polls over the years like "fictional place you most want to live in" had Hogwarts as the top result by a landslide.
I can see that. Who wants to live in Middle-Earth with war, diseases, and no plumbing? I don't follow Star Wars but from what I've seen it's just barren planets, ugly violent aliens and evil overlords who destroy whole planets.

Nah mate, I'll settle for Hogwarts. A huge castle full of secret passages and rooms to explore, magic potions, great accommodation and catering, opportunity to fly around the grounds on a broomstick. I'd never want to leave, I'd just become a teacher after I finish school so I could be there all the time.

>>87408057
Also because girls don't care about LotR and didn't care about SW before Disney somehow made it a normie thing so they all voted hogwarts

>>87407724
I was an 11-year-old when Order of the Phoenix came out and I'll admit that I struggled with the book a bit at first. It was fucking huge compared to the others which young me found intimidating, plus I was expecting Voldemort action now that he was revived, but instead the whole book focused on the Ministry denying it and covering it up. And all the teen angst Harry had throughout the book didn't resonate with me because I was too young to experience teen angst myself. In the end it turned out to be one of my favourite stories though. Umbridge slowly taking over the school, a lot of Sirius "screentime" which was great, and a definite turning point in the series where it got a hell of a lot darker

Harry Potter is shit. I wish I could completely remove every trace of it from my mind, but it just sits there taking up brain cells. I really hate the films and the books with great passion. I love GoT/ASoIaF as well as LotR and other fantasy films. I just hate that something boring like HP gets lumped into the fantasy genre, and the minute someone mentions it is always such a bummer for me.

>>87408274
I still think they could have done Harry slowly losing his shit in Order a lot better in the movie. I was waiting for that ending office scene and it never came.

Did people really grow with Potter though? They released the movies so infrequently, that if you were 10 when the first one released, you were like 21 when the last one came out. And I don't see how people over 16 would have some huge connection to basically kid movies.

>>87401500
>But the experience of going through your childhood/teens/adolescence roughly at the same speed as Harry did as the books/movies got released is something very special, and I think it's a large part of what makes it so popular to this day.
I agree. I don't understand the hatred HP gets here. I suppose it has become a meme to hate on it but yeah I grew up watching HP and it was so special

>>87404424
this desu, I made that opening sentence in the BOI thread and this faggot >>87402204 just copies the whole thing

>>87408365
That was a fucking crime. That scene in the book where Harry smashes Dumbledore's office, finally letting loose all this built-up frustration, anger and sadness after losing yet another father figure was one of the best and realistic scenes in the books.
And then in the film it's
>Dumbledore: I understand, Harry.
>Harry: No, you don't.

>>87401826
kek

>>87408398
Probably not exactly at the same age as Harry, but for some people it was always pretty close. Less so for the movies, but the books did get released in a manner that you could be around the same age as Harry easily. The first three books came out in three consecutive years, and after that it was 2 or 2,5 years tops.

>>87408417
It's not really hated here. There's threads all the time full of fans discussing the franchise. The pasts is a running joke, and the people outwardly hating on it still managed to "waste" their time watching 7 movies before complaining. Take it with a grain of salt.

>>87408398
desu I was 7 when Chamber of Secrets was released and watched it in cinemas for my birthday. My teacher read the books to the class in primary school so I had both to follow and it's still a big deal for people around my age.

Even the cinema for Deathly Hallows' release was entirely filled older teenagers (16 < ) and adults.

>>87408625
It was a major disappointment and a major reason why OOTP is one of my least favorites. I don't know why they'd decide to scrap that part.

>>87408398
>>87408895
>I was 7 when Chamber of Secrets was released
>and it's still a big deal for people around my age
That makes you about 22, right? I've noticed that Harry Potter is still a big deal for people in their twenties. I've met loads of people at university who are still way into it in varying degrees, but a lot of them still reread the books, hold film marathons, and love discussing it.
The generation that grew up with the books/films could very well stay huge fans for the rest of their lives by the looks of things.

>>87410078
I had the same experience when I studied English Literature, literally everyone in my class was a Potter fan

>>87401500
I grew up with it. Was bored as fuck of it by around film 4-5.

>>87401500
Didn't care much for the last half of the films, but I loved every second of the books and I doubt that'll ever change.

I can look back objectively and see the flaws in the plot and that the prose is a bit iffy (especially at the start), but it was a great childhood experience nonetheless.

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>>87402204
It really is a shame that Harry Potter threads must always elicit the dullest pasta in the history of 4chan memes. Seriously each version bashing the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from its half-assed nature, the pasta’s only consistency has been its lack of originality and ineffective use of the accompanying image, all to make the humor humorless, to make creativity seem undesirable.

Perhaps the die was cast when the underage faggots poo-pooed the idea of creating any original content; they made sure the pasta would never be mistaken for a work of originality that meant anything to anybody - just a ridiculously bland guarantee of (You)s. The pasta might be anti-Semitic (or not), but it’s certainly anti-Brapposting in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the first time was funny
"For you!"
The writing is dreadful; the pasta was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time someone replied to the pasta, the word “based!” was used.

I began marking on the back of a Harry Potter DVD every time that word was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the DVD six gorillion times. I was incredulous. /tv/’s mind is so governed by cliches and dead memes that it has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of the pasta by Stefan Molyneux. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading this pasta at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to listen to my rhetoric." And he was quite right. He really was making an argument. When you read this pasta you are, in fact, trained to reply to this post or your mother will die in her sleep.

>>87410740
Post the positive one

>>87407804
Which era Emma is that? Phoenix of HBP? In any case that pic right there is her peak

>>87411676
>tfw there's no good Emma Watson lookalike porn actress so I had to resort to watching cum tributes

>>87408308
>boring
JK rowlings writing is poor however her world building is top notch. Give it a try anon.

>>87411872
I had to google what that was. Jesus Christ, anon. Just use your imagination.

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>>87412173
>growing up
Kids won't watch GoT. I know for a fact it'd be too boring for them. Imagine watching rome if you're 11. Booooring.

>>87401500
>Will anything ever surpass growing up with the Harry Potter franchise

thanks for reminding me that I grew up long before this pathetic shit franchise. Enjoy your poop OP

>>87412148
>JK rowlings writing is poor however her world building is top notch.
This. The world building is the best thing about Harry Potter.
I do think some of Rowling's more recent world building isn't that great though. Those backstories/origins of the magic schools in America, Japan, Africa, on Pottermore didn't feel nearly as good as the stuff that was in the books.

>>87412479
I agree but don't worry too much about it. I believe every franchise, ever, always goes to shit because the creators/studios don't know when to quit, they just see $$$ and keep going. All my favorite franchises are pumping out shit now compared to the original stuff. harry potter, LOTR (with the hobbit movies), alien, game of thrones, star wars, mass effect, indiana jones, the list goes on. The only one I still have hope for is the witcher series, the books never dipped in quality and the games only got better, i'm praying the netflix series is good.

>>87412148
>an abundance of arbitrary trivia makes a work great
>this is what 'muh worldbuilding' fantasy fans actually believe

>>87402204
I come into Harry Potter threads just for this

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>>87410740
>The clifford version is back
I'm glad someone is on the case

>>87412479
>>87412805
She wrote some genuinely interesting stuff on Pottermore before she started expanding her world and promoting Fantastic Beasts.

Used to be information about certain characters she wanted to put in the books but never found the appropriate moment for. McGonagall's backstory was really good and added to her character and made you understand her better, and it was pretty sad too. And there was the life story of Dolores Umbridge which sort of explained how she became what she was (nothing that redeems her though luckily).
That kinda extra information was really cool. But yeah, it's gone a bit overboard now, but I agree that was inevitable and it's not worth getting upset over or anything.

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>>87412479
Yeah, her worldbuilding really went to shit over time

>>87413091
I hated fantastic beasts too. It just feels wrong. New york as the setting for a harry potter prequel? The fuck?

>>87413300
Didn't like the setting either. It's apparently moving back to the UK in the next one though, and apparently France as well. Might get to see Beauxbatons.

>>87401500
I just finished rereading the whole series actually, except the fifth one because I couldn't find it.
One thing that shocked me was how little closure there is at the end of the last book. It's literally
>Harry kills voldemort, hooray
>Harry goes up to head teacher's empty office
>nothing happens, he goes to bed
Then the shitty timeskip ending.
I was surprised they didn't give any more info, no twilight period, no sending off characters (e.g. hagrid is never mentioned again after Harry kills voldemort). Just feels like an outright chapter or two is missing.

>>87413659
I get what you mean, as soon as Voldemort's defeated it really sort of rushes to the end. Quickly tying up some stuff with Harry talking to Dumbledore's portrait about how he dropped the Resurrection Stone in the forest, which they both agree on is completely fine and no reason to worry about, then it's 19 years later.
I guess that if they did do a whole send-off of the major characters it would just take too long and people would compare it to the famous "LotR had five ending scenes" thing. But a chapter or two of Harry wandering around Hogwarts and speaking to some classmates and teachers would've been good I think.

>>87413091
>born in 1996
>marathon read the first three books before GoF came out
>follow it as it releases after that
I didn't "get" some of the teenage storylines until later but I still stuck with it.

The goblet of fire movie was on for Labor Day weekend and I remembered why I stop watching the movies. Hog warts is no longer this whimsical place like in the first and second movies, it's like a dark alley. The sets feel smaller and the washed out colors of the movie no longer made it comfy for me. Also, I know they had to cut things out from the book, but the entire mystery doesn't feel satisfying when you realize it was barty crouch's son since the build up was missing. I didn't like the third movie (or book) either, but the GoF movie was the last straw for the movies.

>>87414171
GoF book came out in 2000. You read the first three books at age 4?

In any case, the thing about Potter is that it's accessible to all ages. Even if you weren't the same age as Harry was in the books, you can still appreciate the story and world.

>>87413879
Also dumbledoor was in the portrait the entire time. Why didn't they attempt to break into hogwarts and speak to him? Hell, why didn't any of the professors attempt to talk to dumbledoor? It would have cleared everything up much more quickly.

>>87414393
That really annoyed me. Death was supposed to be the end. Sirius and Dumbledore were gone forever, and aren't the types to become ghosts like Nearly-Headless Nick. But for some reason, Hogwarts headmasters get to be immortal in the form of a painting that completely retains their personality and spirit.
Snape was supposed to be helping Harry out in secret by sending that old Slytherin headmaster's portrait to give advice, and report back to Snape with information about Harry's whereabouts.
Harry literally just needed to have a portrait of Dumbledore in that magical bag and Dumbledore himself could've visited it and explain everything/help out.

>>87402204
You're supposed to change the first sentence to the subject of the OP you fucking moron. Don't ever let me see you on the streets you little shit.

>>87413659
>Harry goes up to head teacher's empty office
>nothing happens, he goes to bed
shall I say he /stretched his legs/?

God, the first two films are the most comfy Christmas time viewing ever. They had a certain atmosphere that got lost in the later films

>>87415034
didn't it turn out that Bloom entirely made that bit up?

>>87415152
Yes, it's the endings with those two. Dumbledore+Harry at the end of philosophers is perfectly christmasy and also the ending to chamber of secrets, ''there's no hogwarts without you hagrid!'' is just perfect. Harry potter movies are always christmas prime time watching for me too. It helps because there's alot of snow scenes throughout the movies. In the azkaban movie especially and half blood prince too.

>>87404285
The Percy jackson movies were especially shit which is why they gave up after the second one. The original books were decent.

>>87405438
>the BEST dursley scene in the book franchise was removed,
Which scene was that again? Honestly a lot of the good Dursley scenes were cut from the movies. I was always disappointed they cut Harrys final goodbye to them. It always felt like a big step for him as a character.

>>87415357
Not that guy, but I bet it is when The Weasleys literally crash the Dursley home to pick up Harry

>>87415239
So fucking comfy. The first two films seemed to focus a lot of Christmas and winter as well as I remember. Lots of scenes of snowy Hogwarts, Harry getting Christmas presents and stuff. PoA as well now that I think about it, with comfy snowy Hogsmeade.
I loved how the books always made a big deal out of Christmas, it's always a part of the story.
>Harry gets his invisibility cloak as a present
>The trio stay at Hogwarts for Christmas to complete the polyjuice potion
>Hogsmeade visit
>Yule Ball
>Christmas dinner at Grimmauld Place with Mr Weasley back from hospital
>Christmas at the Burrow
>Harry and Hermione visiting his parents' graves at Christmas

It's always there, in every book.

>>87415491
Yep, the movies thankfully had alot of snow too. I remember alot of snow in half blood prince too at certain scenes (or was that rain?) but in deathly hallows as well.

>>87415357
>>87415449
The Dursleys reluctantly allow Harry to go to the Quidditch World Cup, and they're told that the Weasleys will pick him up. They all get dressed up to impress the Weasleys and Vernon's expecting them to arrive by car.
Then suddenly there's a huge crash in their fireplace because the Weasleys used flu powder to travel to Harry's house and they can't get out so Mr Weasley blows up the fireplace with his wand so they can get out. It was an amazing scene because it Dursleys just went mental and started throwing objects at Mr Weasley out of fear.

There was also a great moment where things have settled down a bit and Harry's ready to leave and Mr Weasley calls the Dursleys out on the fact that they're not even saying goodbye to him, even though they won't see Harry for a full year. It's all good character stuff and good fun, real shame they cut it all from the movie.

>>87410740
get out

>>87415596
Nah there was snow in HBP. Those Hogsmeade scenes where they drink butterbeer and afterwards Hermione acts slightly drunk, and then of course Katie Bell gets cursed by that necklace and starts floating around and screaming.

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Looking back my biggest disappointment with the films was not showing any of Dumbledore's past that showed that he really wasn't a great guy and was only just now trying to make up for it and even then he was willing to sacrifice Harry if it meant stopping Voldemort.

>>87401500
I was just watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them the other day, and even though I liked Harry Potter when I was in middle school/high school there's just way too many plot inconsistencies with the world. I would list them all, but I'm still burnt out after listing all of the reasons why Skynet can't exist on /his/ some time ago (took 2 1/2 full posts).

daphne greengrass best girl

>>87415981
They really cut that part short in Deathly Hallows. I loved finding out Dumbledore wasn't the absolute saint he was made out to be, that he had flaws, and questionable motives.
I fully expect that to be addressed in the Fantastic Beasts sequels though.

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>>87416125
>That part when Dumbledore admits that despite all his achievements Aberforth was a better man than him.

>>87401500
Had a nice shit with a book earlier today. Surpassed Potter films a couple times over.

Fantastic Beasts was better than any of them.

>>87416039
Who the hell is Daphne Greengrass?

>>87416413
>those several parts where it's heavily implied that Aberforth has sex with goats

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>>87416472

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We can all agree that The Prisoner of Azkaban was the best movie in the series right?

>>87416789
no, half-blood prince is

>>87416538
Oh her. I prefer Uarah Moaron. Very underrated character.

>>87416813
Really? I thought that it was the weakest of the bunch to be honest

>>87416852
i only ever hear bookfags say that

its so comfy when he's making potions using the book

>>87416789
That's pretty much unanimously agreed as the best one. It's the top one on everyone's list, and even contrarians never put it below third place.

I have to post these every time I see a HP thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2pFYYEiko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_7FzbYsEI

>>87416852
HBP actually has Harry doing something cool for once. But I prefer PoA personally because of nostalgia.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htaj3o3JD8I

>>87417104
I love HBP as much as the next guy, it's even my second favourite of the films. But what did Harry do in HBP that was cooler than fucking off a hundred Dementors like in PoA?

grew up with it but never liked the franchise

Why did voldemort have a nose when he was stuck on someones back of their head but not when he was his normal body?

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>>87417233
I tear up a bit every time I fully listen to Leaving Hogwarts. Underrated John Williams piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_rm3UsER8

>>87417233
I remember entering a local competition when Chamber of Secrets just came out in cinemas, and I won two CD's with a selection of the soundtrack, some HP trading cards and a couple of shiny gems supposedly from Gringotts. I was fucking ecstatic. I wish I knew where they were now.

>>87417250
True, maybe I just have a vendetta against Hermione, who gets shown how I always saw her for a brief amount of time.

>>87402204
You know I wonder, who originally wrote this pasta? Why? What's the context behind it?

>>87417351
fuck man

>>87401500
>But the experience of going through your childhood/teens/adolescence roughly at the same speed as Harry did as the books/movies got released is something very special,

I wish my life was so empty that I could define it by consumerism. Imagine, when you're a 40 year old boy you and your son Jessica and wife Harry can relive your childhood by consuming more goods and taking you right back there.

>>87417343
voldemort lost his nose because

M A G I C
A
G
I
C

>literally the explanation given for most things in this plot hole infested mess

Hp kino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LADCel28YQ

>>87401500

I have never seen any harry potter or lord of the rings or star wars movie

fite me

>>87417427
>maybe I just have a vendetta against Hermione, who gets shown how I always saw her for a brief amount of time.
Can you elaborate?

>>87417507
It's been around for ages. I think it started out as a genuine complaint from some literature snob who was annoyed at the popularity of HP, but it's been morphed into an in-joke for HP threads.

>>87404177

Bro dunno why but your post in particular got me nostalgic. I used to go on the HPANA forums and read those theories. Makes me wish there was a way to trawl through that forum and find posts I made as a fucking 11 year old. Also, remember the trailer for PoA dropping and having to wait ages for it to load (may have even been via the QuickTime player)?

>>87417569
Your life seems pretty empty enough if you're taking time out of your busy life to post on an imageboard about a franchise you actively dislike and thinking up a random scenario in order to somehow prove you are a better person.

>>87417695

Well to be fair he was physically mutilated by the act of making horcruxes. Splitting your soul into loads of pieces is mad shit by any fantasy book standards. It's the talking like a faggot I never got. His school kid form was far more alpha .

>>87418100
he had already made all the horcruxes by the start of the first film hadn't he?

so why would he randomly loose his nose when he had it on a head?

>>87418168

Dunno mate, probs just a shit design flaw from the first film. Rowling released goblet after the first one came out, so i guess the filmmakers just had to follow whatever she wrote. Shit explanation, but probably the right one.

>>87418168
Just the relics and his diary. He made Nagini into a horcrux when he killed the old man at the start of book four.
So between Philosopher's Stone and Goblet of Fire, he fucked his appearance even more with Nagini. Kind of makes sense too, losing his nose after creating a horcrux from a snake. Would explain his snakelike appearance once he got his body back.

>>87417756
That's pretty depressing. I don't know how my life would've been had I not experienced those 3 growing up.

>>87418168
first film has errors and contradictions because the 4th book wasn't even out yet and loads of major shit is described or outlined in book 4

>>87405401
Did you have your mailed secret figure as well? (Boba Fett)

>>87406350
>>87406500
>>87406724
Isn't he the bearded 40 year old looking guy? (Haven't watch the movie in years)

The books coming out were a big deal but never the movies.

i dont know after goblet of fire the movies turned into low budget desaturated crap.

>>87401500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TEgz2dzKI

find me a better ending to a film

you can't.

>>87415981
Not to mention they didn't revealed he was gay

>>87405752
Looking back the movies suffer from not knowing what's going to be important in future installments because Rowling played everything too close to the chest. Movie 5 has about 1 second of Kreachur, he's nowhere in 6, and he's back in 7 but it's not a genuine payoff because he's practically being introduced for the first time.

>>87418883
TDKs is also really fucking good

>>87416789
I still don't know why people praise Yates, he was the worst director of all; nobody could shot it better than Cuarón did

>>87417250
Speaking of dementors, why did they fucked up the design in "The order of the Phoenix"? They looked like they gave anorexia a try

>>87418434
The first thing Voldy does after being revived is inspect his face with his hands.
Making his snake an extra horcrux disguised the fact that Harry was also one by that time. If he hadn't done that but still felt something about him was different he might have been clued in that something was amiss.

I never liked that once Dumbledore died there didn't seem to be any powerful wizards in the world coming to England to help fix things, it was just the staff at Hogwarts and those little wizard paladin people white lighters who are pretty fucking basic compared to Dumbledore. No powerful hermits or grand wizards from the rest of Europe or even Africa getting in on it? Pathetic.

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>>87402204
>Kanye West & Charlotte's web are higher than Joseph Heller, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens
I'll admit those three are somewhat overrated, but that nigger Kanye has never produced anything above the complexity of screwing a lightbulb.

>>87419268
>but that nigger Kanye has never produced anything above the complexity of screwing a lightbulb.

jesus what a pleb

>>87403437
The tipping point was really them trying to split every book into a two-part movie, which is why Allegiant failed.

>>87417507
It's mostly lifted from Armond White's review of the last Harry Potter movie.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110716023203/http://www.nypress.com/article-22641-franchise-overboard.html