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14th June 2002 at 8:19 am #38682SadGeezerKeymaster
The other days I was in the video store and on a lark (I had never read the books or heard anything about the movie) I decided to rent Harry Potter.
Great special effects but for me the story sort of fell apart. I guess had I been 10 years old I might have enjoyed it. There is nothing here for adults.
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14th June 2002 at 11:57 pm #63624AnonymousGuestI never saw the movie. I think you should check out the books. Movies can’t always represent the more adult issues the characters are struggling with.
15th June 2002 at 4:17 am #63625FlamegrapeParticipantThe books and the movies are kid stuff. Good kid stuff. The series will be known as classics in the future. They’re maybe not as well-written as the Chronicles of Narnia (I never read those books, I don’t know) but beloved for a long time nonetheless.
15th June 2002 at 5:52 am #63626theFreyParticipantThe books were better than the Movie. As is the usual case.
The books, IMHO are going to be a children’s classic, and while I will not debate the writing merits between Potter and Nardia, I liked the Potter series story line much better.
15th June 2002 at 8:09 am #63627AnonymousGuestWhile I was watching I was trying to compare it to other children movies that I really enjoyed: Mary Poppins and Willie Wonka.
Maybe it’s a little unfair to compare these musicals to this adventure story but that’s all I could think of at the time. I guess the magic theme was what I was thinking about.
Also, maybe I’m going a little bit deeper then is intended here, but I was also thinking of Stephen King’s doorways and passages to “other worlds”. Isn’t this what Rowlings intended: Hogwarts is in an alternative world?
HA! I must be bored tonight to pick apart a kids movie!
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