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The book is definitely better. I don’t really like the movies, but the book is quite good.

Well, maybe the book is indeed better. I can’t say anything about that because I haven’t read it:D
So, I’ll just keep enjoying the book)).
By the way, I haven’t watched the movie in a while, I’ll go watch it now... I think my whole week will be occupied with Harry Potter now...).

I find watching movies boring. I think everyone who read the book first feels the same way. It's simple – it's impossible to fit the entire plot into a movie, so they cut a lot out. Reading is much more interesting; that's an axiom. So, it's worth spending money to buy the book (or download it from the internet).

I've read all seven books and watched all six movies. By the way, I read them relatively recently. But I really enjoyed them. Captivating plot, magic, and a non-technological world (of wizards). If the first three books are really children's fairy tales, albeit more interesting than many others, then the seventh is already a philosophical reflection on life and death. I must say, it's an interesting reflection. The Harry Potter book series is several genres: it's a novel, a story, fantasy, and even a detective story. And the series is truly becoming a classic. By the way, the first book is studied in school! At least in Ukraine. Time will tell, but so far the books are still very popular, as are the movies. It is quite possible that the entire series will be studied even in three hundred years!

Wizards with their torches, pitchforks, and brooms will be outmatched by the high-tech noblemen, discuss.

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Pratchett is not "good fantasy," but rather a parody. It cannot be compared to such fairy tales.

Pratchett is not "good fantasy"; it's a parody. You can't compare it to those kinds of fairy tales.

But can't something good also be a parody? ) You're right about the comparison, though.

I'm not questioning the quality of his work, as I really like this author, but one-liners can't be considered a serious piece of art. In general, yes, it's obvious.

I've read all the books, but I only noticed a spark of brilliance in the sixth one. The Lord of the Rings is much better! It's a truly timeless and great work.

Finally, I finished reading.
The sixth book is more or less decent. Perhaps some of the cut scenes helped. But overall, it's just okay. The seventh book is an absolute bore. Only the ending provided some satisfaction, as it finally closed a few loose ends. But that's all. The ending is overloaded with pretentious and inappropriate pathos and another tasteless deus ex machina; all the events are crammed together in a mess, as if the author just wanted to finish writing this drivel as soon as possible. Well, I don't blame them for that. Realizing this, everyone started dying quickly and clumsily, turning it into another action movie with low-quality attempts to elicit tears from the impressionable reader. And I also didn't like how, in the last two books, everyone suddenly started acquiring and rapidly changing sexual partners. This didn't add realism or intrigue to the story, but it just made me facepalm. And the epilogue was completely unnecessary and ruined the feeling of the ending.

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Oh yes. I was eating and saw the news that they either filmed or already released the last movie abroad. And I remembered that after reading, I posted pictures of the characters from the movie. To be honest, I've never seen such an inappropriate and disgusting selection of actors that doesn't match the source material. And what's even more characteristic is that almost all of them are ugly, with the exception of a couple of faces, even for the roles of characters who are attractive in the book. Everyone knows that the British have never been known for their beauty, but this is just too much.

The actor who played Potter transformed from a cute boy into an awkward teenager – it happens. But you can’t just replace him now. The real problem is that the guy doesn’t have much acting talent. Charlie Chaplin, Louis de Funès, Belmondo – they weren’t handsome, but look how they acted! Cinema isn’t a beauty contest. I find it much more enjoyable to look at Ron’s face than at Vasily Stepanov’s polished features. He’s supposed to be a man of the future, for crying out loud. Is there anything else he can do besides stretching his mouth from ear to ear?
Morn, why do you hate people so much? What have they done to you?

In reality, he loves everyone; he just expresses his love in this way, and he hates elves.

I don't hate anyone. Just Google these characters, or watch the movie, I don't know. It's a freak show. Ron, at least, turned out well, arguably the best, and even the other two are decent, but almost everyone else is just a nightmare. I'm not saying they "aren't pretty enough, and should be," but they don't match the descriptions in the book, they're terribly cast, and they look completely ridiculous, while simultaneously sporting jutting chins, female mustaches, horse teeth, huge noses, and dirty hair.

Well, Severus should be exactly like that – with long, greasy hair, Voldemort – with an ugly, snake-like head, and Dumbledore – with a long beard and glasses. I don't remember the descriptions of the others. I didn't really pay attention to the details. And neither to the sex. Is there any in the book?
For me, the most important thing in the book is something else. I see a parallel with life. "There is no good and no evil – there is only power." Perhaps. Perhaps, evil didn't exist until people invented good. Perhaps, evil is when someone steals from you, and good is when you steal from others. There is no good or evil in nature. The strongest survives. But the strongest in nature will never want to cut down all the living things in the forest. Greed is inherent only to humans. And only humans have a conscience. And if a person's capabilities are expanded – through science or magic – how far will they go? Will they be able to stop?
I know people for whom making money is the most important thing in life. They will never have enough. They will stop at nothing. They will kneel before Mammon and shout, "More, more!" and die under the weight of the gold that has fallen on them.
And I know others who have earned a lot of money, but stopped and wondered – do they really need it? Is that the meaning of life? Or maybe it's about living far away from a world steeped in greed, loving their loved ones, and protecting them?

Severus should be exactly like that - with long, greasy hair.

If I remember correctly, in the book he looks about thirty years old, but in the movie he's a decade or two older.

For me, the most important thing in the book is something else. I see a parallel with life.

SPGS?

I haven't read any of them; I've only watched two parts (I don't know their numbering), and that was a long time ago. 2 Ivanhoj Interestingly, despite all this, the books and films about Potter are aimed at making a lot of money.

Generally, Harry Potter is a good book, but the movie is disappointing. I'm watching the first one now. It's like Hagrid doesn't know whether he told Harry about his parents and Hogwarts, even though he personally took baby Harry out of the house.