Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Official Teaser | HBO Max

[queenursula]

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Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise’s first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which premiered 20 years ago today. The retrospective

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[ellie_andrews]

i didn't read Harry Potter until i was in my early 30s and only then because Jim Dale read the audio books lol. I guess it shows my age that Molly Weasley was my favorite character. under appreciated queen!

i tried watching the first movie w my bonus boy after i read all the books but i fell asleep. so idek if i can say i've actually seen a HP movie.

[martymcfly85]

I still haven't read them. Probably never will.

[ahkna]

They're really only good if they were the first books you read. I was 12 in 1997 when they came out and had already read so many books like it. The fandom was fun and nothing really compares to its insanity, but I've always been surprised by the staying power of the books because they're just so aggressively average.

It genuinely makes me sad

[the_pinkdress]

I was a voracious reader as a child, like would get through one small novel per day in the summertime type of reader, and I loved HP. My BFF was the same and she was a big fan.

Recently as an adult I re-read them and was actually surprised how skilled they were… just my opinion but I just really don’t think you can call them average in any way. Now, the last 2 or 3 in the series, sure I’ll give you that lol. But books 1-4 were little masterpieces. This is subjective of course but there’s also a tendency to conflate the popular with bad, like if HP remained a little undiscovered cult series one might feel differently.

[mad_devilry]

I'll probably "stream" this.

I hate that these books are such a corner stone of my childhood though. If I could completely detach myself from it, I would. Currently just compromising by refusing to give JKR another cent and steering kids to other authors.

[insomniachobs]

This is kind of where I'm at. Like... I paid for the books and DVDs already, getting rid of them doesn't take the money out of her pocket and what they meant to be isn't about the author, but I can refrain from paying for more.

[forestofthedead]

Is Rowling part of this?

I spent half my life adoring everything about HP and now my feelings about the whole thing are so mixed.

[queenursula]

She's not one of the people being interviewed.

[evangelion]

it sucks that she had to double down and make us all disgusted by her authorship of a series that was such a huge part of many of our childhoods. she could have just shut up and enjoyed her almost-billion.

the game that came(?) out kinda looked neat but like... no. the series is pretty dang dead to me now even though there's still small parts that i enjoy. i can't enjoy it off pure nostalgia factor anymore.

[babycheeses1]

Same, the books and movies were such a big part of my childhood-young adulthood years.

[dumpweeds]

I still remember seeing the first 3 movies with my girl scout troop lol

[therearewords]

I think I've mentally said goodbye to the books and will leave them in a free library soon.