What movies are you watching?

[Jorge]

I've never read or seen a Harry Potter anything

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Anders]

When the third or fourth book was released, I remember there were long lines at every book store in Oslo. Lots of young teens, especially girls. I was a bit puzzled by it then, and couldn't really imagine it would be a significant work in my life. This was before any of the movies.

However, a year or two later, I was really charmed by the first movie, and a few years after that I read the books (let's say between 2005-2007). Very enjoyable books. After that the movies (and I'm a movie guy), couldn't really live up to the books. Still fun movies to watch, and also every girlfriend I've had has been into them.

With my interest in both movies and culture in general, I couldn't imagine still fully ignoring them. But that's just me. You do you.

[Bi_3]

I've never read or seen a Harry Potter anything

Same

[dimejinky99]

Dime you are making me want to never watch Kneecap

Sorry pal.

Out of everyone on here I think you’d enjoy it most of all. That’s the crazy thing.

I’ll tone it down.

[dimejinky99]

Guillermo del toro is gonna watch it


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[E.H. Ruddock]

Lol dime you can't help yourself.

"I will tone it down"

literally next post in the thread: "here's something else about it"

[wease]

[dimejinky99]

Lol dime you can't help yourself.

"I will tone it down"

literally next post in the thread: "here's something else about it"

Consistency

Everything else is falling apart in my life stick to the one thing and give it your whole heart.

[BurtReynolds]

I hope they make sequels.

[The Argonaut]

Let dime have his fun

[tommy]

Speaking of fun - I'm giving Spiderman (2002) a rewatch.

[epilogue]

Argo why are you watching random Harry Potter movies in no logical order? What the hell is that about

I wanted to watch the Cuaron one. I enjoyed it so I looked back at the older ones. I remember enough of the first one so I skipped it. I watched the second. I read the Wikipedia for four and five, then watched the final fight of five. It was bad. Then I watched six, seven, and soon eight

5 is the potentially the best of the films because it's the only one that is better than the novel it's based on.

Think five is the best book, and the movie lets it down.

The best book is CLEARLY 4. But I'll also accept 3 as an answer. 5 and 2 are the worst books of the series, but for very different reasons.

Books:
4
3
6
7
1
2
5

Movies:
3
5 (though the adaptation is much better and therefore might make this one the best)
7 part 2
7 part 1
6
4
2
1

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Ello Sailor]

I believe them. Harry Potter fans are like Swifties-tier annoying. Makes you never want to engage with the source material.

"I'm staunchly Hufflepuff, what about you? Wait -- let me guess... Ravenclaw"

Fuck off + uppercut.

[Jorge]

I've just never been interested. Some magic child? Some kind of baby wizard? Get out of here

[tommy]

It's insane to me that anyone would self identify as a hufflepuff

[tommy]

I worked at a theater when those movies started coming out. It was hell. My brother loved the books so we saw all the movies. They were alright, but I have no desire to revisit them.

[The Argonaut]

In my defense, I've been drinking at night

[Farmer John]

The books are great, but I've never really been able to get into the movies.