When I first watched
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone back in who knows what year, but probably around 3rd or 4th grade, I had known about the books but had yet to read them. A baby sitter put the VHS of the movie on for my sister & I, and after the credits ended, I was hooked. I'd go on to see every movie, but I wouldn't pick up the Harry Potter series until 8th grade.
I literally did all those things the first time (and everytime) I read the books. In a span of 2 weeks, I flew through Years 1-6. With the 7th and final book coming out in the summer, I anxiously awaited its premiere and even went to B&N with my friend Julia to wait for its release!
I LOOOOOVED the movie!! Getting aside that there were things missing, I'm totally fine with that since, if you haven't noticed, things have been missing from every movie. That's not a bad thing, though! Time restraints are a big thing in these films, so I understand that not everything can be shown. It doesn't make any of them bad though. Like my friend Sarah has said lots of times, there are additions that were put in the films that were great! Like in this last (oh god, it is the last...) one, when Voldemort says, "Harry Potter... The Boy Who Lived...
Come to die." BEST ADDITION EVER. I WISH IT WAS IN THE BOOK!
I totally cried like a baby. The next time I see it I'll probably cry then, too. Alan Rickman was a BOSS in it!! He's always been a fantastic actor, but this time around was all the more amazing and moving given what he had to portray. AHHHHHHH SO GOOD!!
Anyways, here's my triple update because I was preoccupied in all things POTTER! It's not over in my mind. Pottermore will be here soon, and I'll be reading these books and watching the films for the rest of my life.
MY BACKGROUNDS ARE SWEET, YEAH?
-Sami
PS- Monday's might get pushed to Tuesday since I'll be hanging with the bf and thus be too lazy to make the comic.
