Binge watching the Harry Potter movies

[Marthe48]

I'm pet sitting so I have the tv on. The Harry Potter saga is not just a personal coming of age story, but also coming of age in a time of turmoil where every person has to take a side, choosing either to preserve a stable system or burn that system down. I have never noticed an equivilancy in the story. The bad guy is the bad guy and manipulates or scares people to support him. Others support him to satisfy their personal perversions or to gain power and look how it turns out for them one after another. The last 2 sequels are airing tonight and they are not a joy to watch. Do people causing the suffering in real life like the suffering and loss that comes back on them and theirs?
The first Harry Potter novel came out in the 1990s. A huge number of people have read the series, seen the movies. I can never understand how people read or watch hours and hours of either classwork or entertainment and absorb none of it. Voldemort was a bad guy who tried his utmost to destroy the world he was part of, was thwarted, and came back to try again. I can't be the only person noticing that in this instance, life is imitating art and there are people embracing one willing to destroy what there is, for no other reason than he wants to.

[newdayneeded]

1. As a side note, when you watch

the scene with the flying keys you can see the director or someone push Ron Weasley with their hand to promt him to move. I glanced at the TV while my daughter was watching and saw it right away.

[Dave Bowman]

2. Separated at birth

[PJMcK]

3. I did that just before the pandemic

The novels came out as my son was growing up. He was just a bit younger than Harry Potter and identified with him as his hero. As each book was published, I’d read a chapter or three to him before bedtime. Over the years, we enjoyed the whole series.

As the films were produced, we’d see each on the opening weekend. Around the third film, my son would dress up in Hogwarts attire! Of course, many of the youngsters at the theater were donning the attire of their favorite characters. It bothered me to see kids dressed as Slitherin!

There’s a Broadway production called, “Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.” It revolves around the sons of Harry and Draco Malfoy who are friends at Hogwarts years after the events in the novels and films. It’s a fantastic story that extends the Harry Potter universe. The play has a spectacular and J.K. Rowling-clever plot, magnificent production effects, powerfully effective music (by Imogen Heap) and special effects that will knock you out.

I was going to see the Broadway production with my wife’s family. She had never read the books nor seen the films so we watched them night after night before our tickets’ date. At that time, the show was almost six hours long so they presented it as a Matinee/Evening combination. You would see Acts I & II then go to dinner and come back to see Acts III & IV. (Since then, they’ve re-written the show as a standard presentation.)

If you ever can see a touring production, you won’t be disappointed!