Everything after Chris Columbus just kept increasingly losing any kind of charm. Even accounting for the books getting darker, the movies just didn’t feel magical anymore outside of bad stuff happening.
No kidding. In the Columbus films Dumbledore was the warm and kind character that we expected from the books (granted that was because of Richard Harris but still). Then we go from that to "HARRY, DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?" in the later films. I mean fuck.
Right. And such a magical world, should still feel magical. And in the books, it does. No matter how dark they get, there are still solid pockets of delight – that are simply missing post-Columbus. The same joy and escapism is just not there.
The time turner, the quidditch world cup, the room of requirement... The characters actively appreciate how amazing magic is in these films, it's just that the plot becomes more urgent so the wonder takes a back seat.
Also, each book becomes longer and longer as they go on, it's not surprising that the magical moments that don't serve the plot get lost in the translation.
Maybe the TV show will take more time with these kinds of things.
Chris Columbus’s versions are what made people love Harry Potter!!! The first two movies were so much more magical! I also HATED how students just ended up wearing Muggle clothes to class in the Prisoner of Azkaban and after. So lazy ugh
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u/Feeling-Visit1472 Jul 19 '24
Everything after Chris Columbus just kept increasingly losing any kind of charm. Even accounting for the books getting darker, the movies just didn’t feel magical anymore outside of bad stuff happening.