Auskar Wrote:...I've enjoyed the movies. They aren't great masterpieces, or anything.....
I agree with that EXCEPT for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," directed by the amazing Alfonso Cuaron. It is by far and away the best of the Harry Potter movies. I can watch it again and again and again, and I have. It's lyrical, provides the information you need to follow the story, and Cuaron is, well, a magical director, just perfect for a Harry Potter movie.
I hear the latest one is not good. Book 5, on which the movie is based, is the most important book of the series thus far, I think. It is cram packed with events that, unfortunately, only the most talented director and writers could edit down to a single, 2 hour movie. Apparently, that hasn't happened here. I haven't seen it yet, but a friend has, and he was disappointed.
After eschewing Potter for years, I became a Potter maniac in my old age. I've read all the books at least twice, some three times. I've seen all the movies twice and "Prisoners of Azkaban" about 10 ten times.
Because the books are long and each covers specific events in Harry's life in great detail, it's a shame they decided to make each book a single movie. Well, the first few could be single films. But the latter books are so dense and rich they each should be made into two movies. That way we could see the full story on screen and not truncated versions.