Harry Potter Revisited

[poliphilo]

I was tough on the Harry Potter movies when they first came out (not a patch on the books I said) but I notice I tend to settle down and watch them whenever they come on TV. Last night it was Order of The Phoenix. "What's this?" asked my mother. "Harry Potter." I said. "No wonder I don't understand a word of it!" she replied.

There were several attempts to replicate the success of the Potter franchise but none of them caught on. For instance I caught a few minutes of something starring Nicolas Cage the other day. Sorcerer's Apprentice it was called and it was crap. There was a kid in it who whined. Then ten years passed and he'd been transmogrified into an equally whiney adult. No, no, no, no- that's not the way to do it!

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[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

At the weekend I was staying with my daughter and we watched the first Harry Potter film with my eight-year-old granddaughter. I enjoyed it much more than I expected and now, because we only got half way through before it was bedtime, I think I might re-read the rest of the story to remind myself of how it ends.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter is very moreish...