We freely admit we've never watched more than a few minutes of any of the Harry Potter films. Never cracked any of the books. The wizardly wunderkind just doesn't do anything for us. We prefer the Extras version of Daniel Radcliffe, begging to have his johnny cap returned. The rest of you, obviously, are not of the same view. The fifth screen installment of the Potter saga debuted to a staggering $76.8 million this weekend, and that's after a $45 million Wednesday opening that ranks among the top single-day grosses in box-office history.
So, because we're so unenlightened where Potter is concerned, can any of you out there tell us what it is about these films that still has you rushing out to see them? We don't remember the same verve expressed over Rocky V. Is it the special effects? Is it Alan Rickman? The rags-to-riches tale of J.K. Rowling? We're just curious. We want to join in the fun, we just don't see the fun, therefore our quandry. Do tell, readers, do tell...
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The Harry Potter books got millions of American children to actually put down the PS2 controller and voluntarilly dive into reading for 3-4 hours a day... You need help wondering why the movie was successful?
Further, I went to the movie yesterday and saw 5 kids there. The books and the series has transcended the age gap and everyone can find it enjoyable. Wait until movies 6 and 7 come out if you want to be blown away. The rake from those movies will be about $200mil in the first week easy.
Lets leave you with this: Harry Potter (Book 7) and the Deathly Hallows comes out on July 21st. Over TWO MILLION books have been PRE-ordered. That means 2mil people will be reading the same book throughout the US alone on saturday. Read the books if you can, watch the movies if not.
Daniel is staring at Emma's boobs. O.O
Hey, healthy for him. Nice boobs deserve the ogles.
Agreeing with Danny Mac, kids all over, not just in the United States, are giving up sitting in front of a television set for these particular books. People see the predicaments that children, just as the ones they are or once were, face in these books and films. They are intrigued as to how much strength they obtain to overcome the things that they do. Harry Potter has children everywhere anticipating on what will happen next. This not only makes then want to continuously read, it makes them want to see what is in the the book brought to life. What they want to see is something that is tremendously exciting and fun to endure, and Harry Potter is exactly that.
Let me say first, that I am 15 years old and am amidst the Harry Potter sensation. my 2 siblings and I are addicted to both The Harry Potter books and movies. I think they have been so succesful world-wide because they capture the imagination of all ages. Today I was laying on my hammock and just read for a couple of hours. the books are easy for younger children to read and are not dull for adults to read and the movies are enjoyable for everyone. I understand that the books are quite long and the movies would have to be extended by hours to fit every part of each book, but I dont like how the movies leave so much out of the books, that is probably the only thing I don't like about Harry Potter.
I think that the Harry Potter books are sensational. I am 15 and i still love reading the books. The seventh book just came out in Australia and the day after i bought it and i am half way through 3 days after. It is an amazing set of novels and are suitable for many ages.
i totally agree the 7 book just came out in canada and 3 days later im done im 13 years old and the only one out of my friends that reads the book and they dont know what there missing... the ending in the 7 book is by far the best J.K Rowling is a genuis when it come to writing this book was the best of them all and i cant wait for the movie!
Hey I got mine the midnight it came out and I was done that DAY! My sister and I are addicted and I so agree that all the kids world wide are intrigued and are getting up off their fat butts to read them!
Harry Potter the books are just amazing, im amazed you never read them! its probably single handidly the best thing i have ever read and the movies are amazing too! see them you wont be disapointed same for the books!
how come daneil is looking at emmas chest alot?
daniels in love <3 oooh spred the word dnie the horny flirt
and show the pic!!!
fukin horney daniel radcliff many pic s say so
I Agree with Danny Mac. Everything he said made sense and is easy to understand. I have to say that I'm an example of that.
I used to love playing my ps2 for atleast 3 or 4 hours. Since i've seen the Harry Potter 5, I've been interested in getting the books so then i've gotten 6 & 7. After reading them it made me think about all the details behind each adventure that have been removed for the movies. So when I was done reading those I asked my dad to buy the other 5. I spend hours reading those books.
Theres no reason to question why people have been wanting to see the movie so bad. People who read the books wanted to see the movie, and people who saw the movie wanted to read the books.
I'm an older reader of the books (24) and personally I'm drawn in by how imaginative they are. The world created by J.K. Rowling blows my mind every time I read one of the books or watch the movies. It is so like our world and yet so different, and I enjoy losing myself in it for a couple of hours.
I like the books because children today, for the most part, only read if there are subtitles in the video game. I like the books because there are subtle references to history in them. Voldemort can be compared to Hilter and the war between the good wizards and dark wizards can be compared to World Wars I and II. There's a subtext there, in the books, that children will mostly over look while they're young but will come to appreciate when they're older. Perhaps they'll take more interest in school when learing about certain events in World History when they can easily relate it back to something they read once.
I like the books because she plays with the idea that the trick of your mind, that thing that you thought you saw, could really be something. It's a fantasy and fun.
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