Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reunite for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary special

[babarsuhail]

Like they never left. Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: #ReturnToHogwarts premieres New Year's Day on HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/6MBjWTjJbc
- HBO Max (@hbomax) December 9, 2021
HBO Max was revealed the first photo of Daniel, Emma and Rupert reuniting for the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary reunion

Comments

[nemo_de_la_meer]

I'm surprised how strong the film universe seems to be over the books.

I have a friend who has never seen the films or read the books. I am really tempted to have them watch the films, gain their opinion, then read the books and come back to me what was better.

They are quite aware how shit JK Rowling is so that is part of the reason they never dabbled, but they are curious.

Have any of you approached the series that way - through movies first? What did you like more?

[queenursula]

Books first. I didn't like the movies that much, the changes always annoyed me.

[odetothefool]

i remember trying to read the sorcerer's stone in 1st/2nd? grade and my undiagnosed adhd self was really struggling to concentrate. some time went by and i got into the movies as they came out. by high school the final book was already out and the last movie was about to drop and i realized i really wanted to know the full story before i finished a series that had such a huge impact on me and my entire generation - so i started reading the 7th and final book. i never really read (recreationally) before that. then when i finished it, i started reading the 6th book, and then 5th, and then I accidentally spent the summer reading the harry potter series completely backwards

[quinzl13]

I’m not entirely surprised. More people are likely to watch a movie for two hours than commit to reading a book for longer than that

[archersangel]

I watched the first 3 movies before I read the books & thought the books were pretty good, but like liked the "magic" of the movies just a little bit better.

[sayswhite]

At the time the movie/books were still coming out, I read the 5th and 6th books bc the 4rth movie had just been released. Just abt a decade later I decided to really go for it and read the whole series. Personally, as I'm very big on being able to visualize stuff in my head, having the movies as a reference for so many fantastical elements was really good.