Do You Love Harry Potter Movies?

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The books are much better, but I still like the movies.

I don't like the movies nearly as much as the books (since they changed quite a few things and I always notice the changes and get irritated by them each time I watch) but I love Harry Potter in general. Used to work at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL and since I have a great memory for random quotes and trivia, that combined with my love of Harry Potter made me one of the most enthusiastic workers there. My coworkers always came to me to ask questions about obscure things or when die-hard fans challenged them to trivia contests.

As opposed to those who prefer The Lord of the Rings, both Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings are two of my obsessions, along with Tolkien and the rest of his works, letters, etc. Both are excellent in their own unique way and I really can't compare the two.

I was a huge Harry Potter fanatic. But I still felt out of place on Mugglenet's social networking site.

There are some huge Harry Potter fans so I don't think it's whether people with AS can be bigger fans (because I've met some craayzee NT fans - my friend is on a Quidditch team!) but how their love of it differs.

For me, I get stuck (as in fixated on) on certain characters, certain spells, one of the books, the games, etc. I've noticed NT's like HP as one whole thing and some of them get so caught up in role play. I remember once they were talking about today was the day of the anniversary of the war. What war? I say. The Battle of Hogwarts. Ohh right, you're pretending it was a real thing. I've found they're like that about any other book/TV show I like too.

Actually I look like the Harry Potter actor and I used to mimic him quite well. I would involuntary pick up his accent and dress style. It's what I do.

I'm over that now. Actually I'm over getting into anything like that again, except Stargate but I'm going to be a Stargate fan forever. Oh yeah and Doctor Who. But it's different. I'm not just some fanatic that gets caught up in the hype. I suppose I'm an adult now so I know what I want to stick to.

Ender's Game comes out next year and I'm going to try and not get caught up in the hype. I love the series and I love Orson Scott Card's books but I don't want to share it with people. Some fans are just...eugh.

But I guess I could say I was partly inspired to become a writer from reading Harry Potter. But then it was strengthened by Philip Pullman and then my dream of being a screen writer combined with wanting to write sci-fi. I was going to do fantasy but then I decided on sci-fi.

Lol, me too! I can't stand it when they change small details for no apparent reason! I've read all of the books LITERALLY at least ten times! So I notice every damn change they made in the movie!

I voted no. It's because I never understood why people enjoyed them as much as they did.

It's called creative license. Some things don't translate as well in a movie as they do in a book. And the director wants to put their own original spin on things. Alfonso Cuaron changed it so much other directors went with it and turned a kid's film into something more...better. But yes, it did annoy me how much he changed it. Now when I see a film I just complain about the parts they omit that they needed to show so people got the bloody point.

But The Deathly Hallows Part 2 was just a horrible huge budget blown to make it look like a blockbuster film. Or LOTR v2 as I kept relating it to when I had to sit through the film.


But still, why did they have to change Dap's character so much? (is talking about Ender's Game now).

Me Too!!

What I've never understood though, is that of the films my least favourite is definitely No. 3 Prisoner of Azkaban. Although the book for this is great, the film seemed to be all about playing with new CGI technology and stupid low-level humour. I feel like the director of this movie murdered the plot in favour of showcasing a ridiculously positioned clock and the main characters seemed not to have the guidance they needed to act as well as they had when they were a bit younger.

Consequently I (and my partner) thought this film would be a flop compared with the previous two. And then I found out everyone loved it and it often tops the popularity polls when I hear people talking about all the films together. Why is this? Has anyone else found that they appreciate different elements of these or other films to those around them?

I think people with As appreciate Sci-Fi and Fantasy more than others, but not necessarily Harry Potter. Myself, I read nothing but Harry Potter books for about 10 years, but the films aren't anywhere near as close to the books as I would like. They would have to be pretty much exact to please me! I appreciate them as films, the music is beautiful, the scenes are intricate, but they'll never be good enough for me!

I'm sorry, but the movies are an absolute loads of bollocks. They're not even comparable to the books. I get annoyed when people say they love Harry Potter when all they've seen is those half-arsed, bodged cash cows they call films. The first two, Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, were actually quite good as they tried not to change too much of the original stories, but everything else after that is a complete joke.

Movies? No. Absolutely not.

Books though, those I adored.

It was a shame they couldn't wait for the series to finish prior to starting the movies. There is no way they could have known the significance of some trivial details in the earlier books, that became so important in the DH.

I'm a HP fan, but the books were really about Harry having loads of stuff happen around him. He didn't actually interact very much with anyone and there wasn't that much dialogue, this is great for a fantasy book as you are just a passenger. It doesn't translate into a very convincing movie.

Jason.

would read the books again, but I wouldn't be bothered to watch the movies. The movies are full of holes and plotwise, poorly done. They were pretty, but that was it. There are many other movies I'd rather watch.

Hell yeah! As a foreign journalist, I must say that the books are wonderfully written and imaginative and the movies are great as well! I especially love the third one - maybe because there is no Voldemort, whom I find (as a character) incredibly boring and one-dimensional. He is not even funny like other villains, so why bother loving him

Love them all...as well as the books. Forget Harry, though...Severus Snape owns all.

Meh, the movies are ok, though, I like the books more.

Harry Potter sucks.