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thelovelyjazmin posted an update in the group
Harry Potter Appreciation Society 12 years, 4 months ago Dearest Fellow Muggles,
I have a problem. After seeing the movie version of PoA I swore off the HP movies. I saw GoF on tv but I haven’t seen the ones following that. Part of me wants to see the final film but a huge, years-long ban on the movies still stands in my heart. I don’t know what to do. Also, this is the second part of DH so it will be a bunch of saddness and I don’t like crying in public (damn you, Toy Story 3).So…to see it, or not to see it?
When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
Oh, I swore them off as well. But then I sort of watch one by mistake and decide it to take them as completely separate entities from the book… since then I’ve been able to watch them and complain/like what I think I should but enjoy something that I already know I adore!! lol
The movies and books age really well over time. I like the movies more after the 3th+ time I watched them. I liked the books more after the 2nd+ readthroughs. I don’t know why. I think it helps to watch the movies right after the other.
Like, I thought Harry was really whiny in the 5th book the first time I read it, but not anymore. And I thought there was way too much camping in 7th book, but it seemed more adventurous/ more sense/less camping when I read it over again.
At least watch the movies for the actors! They care about and respect Harry Potter as much as the fans.
I refused to see any of the movies until I’d read all of the books.
Now I’ve seen some of them, and I saw Year 7 part one in theaters and was able to enjoy watching it by letting go of wanting it to be a close representation of the book.
I’ve read the books so many times that I think I subconsciously fill in the movie’s plot holes with my mind.
The fourth movie defenitely sucked, but the 7th movie part 1 is quite good imo