Ah Harry. The Boy Who Lived. The past 8 years has been a bit of a roller-coaster watching those films. I never read the books as that kind of book has never interested me. I can't read books like that as I imagination can only go so far.
But I have been a huge fan of the films and really loved the story telling, the great directing and above all the compelling cast. Who can't find those kids cute is beyond me!
The first 3 films where just that, cute. Stories of misadventure while Harry tries to find out more about his murdered parents and who he really is. Sweet films that help to pass the time.
Film 4 was the ground breaker for me. The one that made me see them as teenagers, mini adults acting as they would in ten years from now. Real teenage stuff and you all know I love a teen movie as much as the next.
The Deathly Hallows were just fantastic. The weaving together of the complicated stories from the years gone by. I have to say I got a little emotional watching these last 2 films.
Harry has grown. He has become the man his parents always knew he would be and then some. The final challenges he faced would be the hardest, to accept his fate as well as see the last story through.
The biggest surprise is Neville Longbottom. What a fine young and courageous man he has turned out to be! My friend The Manc called me a 'Horny Grandma' as technically at my age I could be a grandmother. Cheeky git. Look, I think I can appreciate a good looking man in the same way a grown man can fancy an 18yr old woman.
My favourite of all would be Rupert Grint, his character Ron is just genius. Scaredy cat turned dependable best friend. Also my fave ginge of all time. I wouldn't turn him down ever!
Joking and teasing aside, the last instalment in the Potter franchise is fantastic. Well written, acted and directed. Made even better by the fact that my 3D glass were round Potter glasses. I don't really like 3D films but loved the experience of this one. After all, some films aren't about the art or the creativity, some times is about the cinematic experience as a whole.
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