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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I'm a Potter fan. Read and have all the books, including Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find them, Quiddich Through the Ages, Beedle the Bard (all in hard cover and paperback), latin translations and discussion books on them. I played Lego Harry Potter until it had nothing left to hide. The reason I like the HP stuff, is because of the depth of the material. How often is something meant for children is given such attention to detail? While not all of the things included will be understood by younger readers, she never talks down to them (which is oh so common in childrens books, that oversimplify things), but rather has it as another layer that will become apparent as they mature. On all of the stuff that even the youngest reader will understand, the descriptions are so rich that you are able to easily imagine you're there in these fantastic places, just as if you're familiar with them already.
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I couldn't agree more. It is an excellent series! We bought the first 2 out of curiosity, in paperback. We then bought book 3 in hard cover, purchased the first 2 in hard cover, and started pre-ordering from book 4 on.
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Originally Posted by Hellmark
BTW, you may want to check out the movies afterwards, in my opinion they're more faithful and better done than the first 4.
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Originally Posted by Ryvyan
Lol no. I queued up for the Harry Potter books and watch the movies on premiere day, but none of the movies were ever "well done" despite the amount of money thrown during production. The story getting darker than the first few does not a good movie make.
My friends (Harry Potter book fans) and I curse ourselves after every movie, then proceed to go through the horribleness.
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I don't think the movies are horrible at all. They just don't give me that same "warm" feeling as the books. The books drew me in and held me, the movies did not. I will, however, now picture the characters from the movies (the main ones anyway), when I reread the books. Like I said, I think the casting was excellent (although Emma Watson was a bit on the forced/wooden side in the beginning).
There is also a side of me that does not want to see parts of the story played out on screen. I took Fred and George's storyline very hard while reading the books and I don't want to "relive" it on video.