slo’s MONDAY 8/11 poll - 🪄✨Harry Potter Movies✨🪄

[jimmymc]

I've seen all of them, although the later ones I've only seen once each.

Never read the books.

 

[georgina]

My kids were the right age to read the books as they were coming out. We went to at least one midnight release party. Oldest DD was away at a 6 week summer program when the final book in the series came out, she bought her own copy to read while she was there, and we had to buy one for DS. I think he finished it in 2 days.

I have seen all the movies multiple times, and will still watch some of them when they are on TV. I am a big fan of the theme of friendship, loyalty, and people uniting against a powerful evil. Recently bought a new Voldemort T-shirt that seems relevant to our times

Took younger DD to Universal when Hogsmeade opened in 2010. We made another trip when Diagon Alley opened. Looking forward to my trip to Epic Universe in December.

I have seen the Fantastic beasts movies also.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Saw them all, (I think)! Even saw one or two of them twice to try to understand them better. Did not read any of the books.

 

[slo]

This one's easy. I'm right there with Kevin and Katie, have seen none of the movies, have read none of the books, and really no desire to do either.

Glad you were able to get in town to the store. Is it on Michigan Avenue? Any special restaurant while you guys were here?

Thanks Dan!
Yes it is - across the street from the big NIKE store. They used to call it NIKE Town, but I'm not sure if they still do . Then after that we had dinner at Gino's East - Katie wanted to go there before she leaves to start grad school on the 23rd.

 

[Jasper&Bowie]

I read all of the books. The last one I read in 1 night (stayed up until 4 am to do it). I have watched all of the movies multiple times. I'm not really a fan of the Fantastic Beasts though.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Thanks Dan!
Yes it is - across the street from the big NIKE store. They used to call it NIKE Town, but I'm not sure if they still do . Then after that we had dinner at Gino's East - Katie wanted to go there before she leaves to start grad school on the 23rd.

Good choice by Katie there. Sounds like a fun day.

I miss the old Michigan Avenue Disney Store. Fun shopping there so many years ago.

 

[easyas123]

Read the books & seen the movies multiple times.
We've done Universal Orlando once to see the HP stuff, and will probably go again in a year or two to see the newer stuff.
No conflict w/ us in terms of the JK's views as we generally don't choose our entertainment or art based on if someone agrees with us politically or not.
Have seen the Fantastic Beasts movies, that are good but don't have the same feel (to us) as the original HP movies & books.
Once the new series comes out we will check it out.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I've seen them all many times and read all of the books. My favorite movie is the first one. It's probably because it was magical to see that world come to life on screen for the first time, the plot is still a bit lighter at that point, it was the holidays when I saw it, and I felt it stayed fairly true to the book. That being said, Goblet of Fire is my favorite of the books.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Unusual for me: saw the first 2 movies and then read the books. Much better than most kiddy movies.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I've seen them all.

I'm a HUGE HP fan. Of the books. I listen to the audiobooks multiple times a year (Jim Dale AND Stephen Fry).

That said, I really hate most of the movies. I understand the need to summarize and rework details when compressing a long book into a 2-hour movie. I get it.

But to change details just for the sake of changing details? What? I do like the first and second movies and tolerate most of the others. There's just so much cringey stuff. Like the start of Half-Blood Prince where Harry appears to flirt with a waitress in a muggle shop? And the whole Harry/Ginny hiding of the potions book in the Room of Requirement? Really?

I will probably never watch the sixth movie again.

 

[clappyclaps]

That said, I really hate most of the movies. I understand the need to summarize and rework details when compressing a long book into a 2-hour movie. I get it.

But to change details just for the sake of changing details? What? I do like the first and second movies and tolerate most of the others. There's just so much cringey stuff. Like the start of Half-Blood Prince where Harry appears to flirt with a waitress in a muggle shop? And the whole Harry/Ginny hiding of the potions book in the Room of Requirement? Really?

Same here. Love the books, grew up reading them but can't stand the films and hate how much they changed. I dont mind up to Prisoner of Azkaban, but everything else I've struggled with and have probably only seen them maybe once or twice.

Annoyingly though I do love the entire Harry Potter world that has been built (and at Universal), I just wish the films lived up to this set and prop design and the books in general.

 

[Micca]

Saw the first movie, I think I tried the second one but didn't make it through.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm a HUGE HP fan. Of the books. I listen to the audiobooks multiple times a year (Jim Dale AND Stephen Fry).

Which do you like better?

I have the Jim Dale and love them, but I'm curious how Stephen Fry's version is as well.

 

[tvguy]

Both our kids devoured the Harry Potter books. Seeing something excite them so much peaked my wife and my curiosity. We got hooked on the books too. So naturally, when the movies came out, we saw them all with our kids

 

[AussieFan8]

I love HP - books, movies, all of it. Probably too much! I watch all the movies a couple times a year and sometimes just one here or there if I need something comforting. I've read all the books 6-7 times. I just really love the whole world that was created; I've always loved things about witchcraft and adolescence, and this combines the two. I don't love Universal parks but go almost every time we're at Disney just for the Wizarding World, which is incredible. And I got to do one of my favorite things I've ever done on a trip last year when we did the Studios Tour in London. I was so excited, I got teary a few times! Just an incredible tour if you are an HP fan.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Which do you like better?

I have the Jim Dale and love them, but I'm curious how Stephen Fry's version is as well.

My sister-in-law loves the Stephen Fry version, and I originally copied some of her CDs into iTunes and added to my iPod (see how old I am?). I didn't care for them initially. They're definitely a bit more "audiobook" rather than Jim Dale's "audioperformance." Now that I bought them all, I see the draw. His version is definitely more "British" than Jim Dale's version.

So not better. Different.

 

[_19disnA]

Cable provider seems to often show various Harry Potter movies. Tried watching a few since they seem so popular with many. Not really a genre I enjoy and can't recall ever watching the entire movie. Not a book reader so have never read any of them.

 

[amcnj]

I have seen the movies and read the books. It became a ritual to take the kids to go see the movies as they came out.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

I've never seen the movies or read the books.

Maybe had I read the books in school I would have been more interested in HP but they became popular to read after the first movie and by that time I was older than the grades in school that were reading it.