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  • Not_irony [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The best of the movies, tho. A fun, whimsical basically self contained movie. 2 and 3 are ok. The second half is garbage. Too serious for very little payoff

      • Not_irony [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, the monster of the week format worked. don't think too much about the politics/world building/magic laws, etc

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    Its like reading Lord of the Rings books, holy crap they move slow before they get to the interesting bits.

  • NorthStarBolshevik [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The first one is actually my favorite because it's so simple. Harry Potter was at it's best when it was a whimsical children's story. The later books are shitty fantasy about angsty teenagers.

  • Birdy [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I only read it because there was a train on the cover

  • stummVonBordwehr [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    There's a pretty good satire on the English middle class happening in these opening chapters though. Nothing special, but some of the best writing of the entire series.

  • Keegs [any]
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    4 years ago

    What will blow your mind is how it mirrors Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Even the titles are constructed in a similar way.

      • stummVonBordwehr [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        No shit? I know Rowling pulled a lot from other stories to the point where it was bordering between allusion and plagiarism lol.

        Yeah, I remember reading Great Expectations (the first part) and thinking: "Oh, so that's where Rowling got her entire way of writing from".