I've read - and own - all the books...
And, okay, yes, I've also just given away my secret love of Twilight ☺ |
I've loved watching the main trio of characters grow up - both in the books and the actors who play them. All of the actors they chose for the movies fit perfectly with what they looked like in my head while I read the books. My favorite character has always been Ron. He's just...Ron...He's funny, terribly afraid of spiders, and (even though he doesn't always show it) smart!
And doesn't Rupert Grint (the actor) make the best faces for Ron? ☺ |
In the beginning, I was not a fan. I was in college, and one of my roommates had had to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for her Children's Lit. class. I knew I had that class coming up the next semester, and with the popularity of the books, I figured it'd be required for my class as well. With the book being a bit longer than the rest of the required readings, I figured, I might as well get a head start on it. So, that summer, I bought that first book, and started reading. I read the first chapter, and thought how ridiculous is it that they have a cat who turns into a person. Most of all, it was the cigarette lighter "Put-Outer" that did it for me. I read that, and was done. This had to be the weirdest, stupidest book I'd ever read. (Turned out I didn't have to read this book for Children's Lit.).
Fast forward a couple of years. I don't remember exactly when I picked the books up again, but I think it was around the time the first movie came out. I decided to try again, and so I started rereading the first book, and made myself push past the "Put-Outer" nonsense and finish the book...Well, I was hooked before I was even half way through the book! Since then, I've bought and read every book, and seen (almost all) of the movies in the theater and then bought them when they came out on DVD. (By the way, I don't think the "Put-Outer", which is actually called a Deluminator, is such nonsense anymore!)
I will not be going on opening night tonight to see this last movie (too crazy!), but I will be seeing it at some point while it's in theaters. And I can't wait!
Are you a Harry Potter fan? Are you going to see the movie?
Fast forward a couple of years. I don't remember exactly when I picked the books up again, but I think it was around the time the first movie came out. I decided to try again, and so I started rereading the first book, and made myself push past the "Put-Outer" nonsense and finish the book...Well, I was hooked before I was even half way through the book! Since then, I've bought and read every book, and seen (almost all) of the movies in the theater and then bought them when they came out on DVD. (By the way, I don't think the "Put-Outer", which is actually called a Deluminator, is such nonsense anymore!)
I will not be going on opening night tonight to see this last movie (too crazy!), but I will be seeing it at some point while it's in theaters. And I can't wait!
Are you a Harry Potter fan? Are you going to see the movie?
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