Watched and Read them all but I'm not a super fan of them or anything. The books were definitely better than the films (except the 7th book sucked!). I read them because they were the biggest thing at the time.
Poll: How much Harry Potter have you experienced?
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Read them all.
Watched them all.
Played every game up to Order of the Phoenix + Quidditch World Cup
Watched them all.
Played every game up to Order of the Phoenix + Quidditch World Cup
As a youth, I read a few of the books in German (1-3, I think?), then started reading the later ones in English as I grew more accustomed to reading the language. I did see all the movies once but didn't really like them too much. More importantly, I heard the audiobooks while hiking. Stephen Fry is just a great guy to listen to while he's reading the stories. So, yeah, I did have quite a bit of exposure to these books over the years (although I had basically zero contact with the various games or the spin-off stories, the fan community or anything of that sort).
I read half of the first book before her writing style started to grate on me. I begrudgingly watched four of the movies. I kinda of liked the third one, though there was still room for improvement to make it more of a film in its own right, and less of an adaptation. But I guess by that time my expectations had been lowered. I watched the start of the fifth and sixth but only got half an hour into each before turning them off. I guess it's safe to say I'm not a fan.
I've never read the last book and I've seen all the movies but the 2nd to last one, That probably seem a little odd but the only reason I've seen the movies is because of friends and I wasn't around when they went and saw the 2nd to last one.
I was never a huge fan and by the time that last book rolled out I had outgrown it. I should still read it at some point just because I read the others.
I was never a huge fan and by the time that last book rolled out I had outgrown it. I should still read it at some point just because I read the others.
Just the movies. The universe never really captured me as a child, I was more into reading stuff like Robin Hood(the original story, I think I may still have it somewhere >.>) and Anthony Horowitz's materials.
Movies were alright though.
Movies were alright though.
Read all the books until the fifth or sixth, watched all the movies of course
I have the books lying around somewhere here, wish i could stop using the computer
I have the books lying around somewhere here, wish i could stop using the computer
I don't really understand that trend of fan fiction. I mean, I don't fully understand writing fan fiction at all, seems like you might as well change the names and places and tell your own story, but I can see where people who are way more into a certain media than I ever am could want to write it. The "every female character regardless of age and personify is sex" approach to it just baffles me though.Shanicus said:
I've read all the books and seen all the movies. It's by far one of my favorite franchises of all time.
I saw the second movie first when it came out on DVD, then went back to watch the first one, and then started reading book three. Starting with three I've always read the book before seeing the movie, but I still haven't read books one and two.
I read the first book and watched all the movies up to and including Half Blood Prince. After that I lost interest.
I've read all the books. Started reading when I was a kid not long after the first one came out and loved them (except the last two). I think I might've actually seen all the movies by now. I saw the first one at the cinema with my family but didn't like it much at all so I didn't get too excited for later ones. Over the years I've seen some on TV or at friends houses when I was younger.
Read all novels but not any of the little tie-ins Rowling put out. Thought they were a good read but not much more personally. Watched the first 4 movies but stopped after that. Because the 3rd was such a dramatic shift it tone that didn't fit with the nice gradual build up of darkness in the books. I also was appalled at how crappy the werewolf was as a long time werewolf fan.[footnote]Seriously, "The Howling" was 23 years before Harry Potter 3 and the werewolves looked SO much better. If you don't feel it's fair to compare practical effects to CGI then I'll say Van Helsing came out the same year as HP3 and its werewolf design was still 1000x better! How many millions were in Potter 3s budget? There's no excuse for that dreadful design and animation.[/footnote]
The 4th one sucked because it was condensed to the point of incomprehensibility. I seriously doubt I would have been able to follow what was happening in the 4th movie at all if I hadn't already read the book. That was the first and only one of the movies I saw in a theater iirc, and I haven't seen it since. So I lost interest in the films after that.
Haven't given the franchise much consideration since reading the final book shortly after it came out. I understand how as a rich world of make-believe it was able captured the imaginations of millions of kids who are now becoming adults. But I was just a little too old to be swept up in that particular frenzy, and already had other obsessions.
The 4th one sucked because it was condensed to the point of incomprehensibility. I seriously doubt I would have been able to follow what was happening in the 4th movie at all if I hadn't already read the book. That was the first and only one of the movies I saw in a theater iirc, and I haven't seen it since. So I lost interest in the films after that.
Haven't given the franchise much consideration since reading the final book shortly after it came out. I understand how as a rich world of make-believe it was able captured the imaginations of millions of kids who are now becoming adults. But I was just a little too old to be swept up in that particular frenzy, and already had other obsessions.
I've seen all the movies and read all the books. I liked them each for what they were. No issues here to complain about, only negative-ish thing I have to say is I liked the books better but my imagination does a wonderful job that cinema just can't transcribe.
First four books when I was young and all of the films. I'm honestly not that keen on Harry Potter. Don't know why, but the books just never clicked with me. I was more into The Edge Chronicles at the time. Speaking of which, why didn't those get films? It would have been so cool.