Do you guys remember the Harry Potter prequel that was released in 2008. I just remembered about it today. And I was thinking, wouldn't it be awesome if JK could write an entire prequel to Harry Potter that tells the story of Harry's parents and the time they went to school. And then she can also write a prequel to that prequel, that describes the life of people like Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. This would be so awesome, and would make people love Harry Potter again, or the book, James Potter and then Albus Dumbledore. Anyway. Just some random thoughts I had, which I think I already had a few years ago, but yeah.

I cannot believe I am actually admitting this, but I miss Harry Potter. Sure, the fandom has not died yet, however, the lack of new books are detrimental at best. I was talking to some of my friends about Harry Potter and how awesome it was (is), and then I realized, that there won't be any more books. I have realized this before but it didn't sink in like it did this time.

I haven't been really active on this blog lately, but to the few that do actually follow this blog, I want to share my thoughts.

When I started with Harry Potter, there was always the outlook for the continuation of the story. That is, when I finished one book, there was another one after that. Nevertheless, obviously it had to stop. This was a great shock to me, I was searching for clues that it might continue in the future. That JK was actually writing another book. But, she only worked on Pottermore, which would have been the answer all creation, that would keep fans busy for years to come and not realize that Harry Potter is actually finished. Sure, Pottermore had great intension. However, it doesn't fill that void inside of me, maybe it is because I am no longer just a child reading Harry Potter. This might be a big factor, however the magical experience offered by the Harry Potter books are lacking in Pottermore.

Some may argue that there are fanfiction and other works of art by fans, that there are Quidditch as a sport. But, does this really fill the gap. We as fans always try and fill up the gaps left inside of us. And try and put on bandages just to make it seem better. But the actual fact is that we just simply can't fill up this gap inside of us. I will never forget the joy reading Harry Potter brought me. It was so extraordinary. It sparked an imagination, that there might be something else out there, that can take me away from this world and place me into a magical world. Harry Potter was my escape from reality drug. Always longing for a letter from Hogwarts just to take me away from this place.

Now that I am technically an adult, I still long for a letter. Even though I know that I won't ever get one. This experience I got from Harry Potter is almost completely exclusive to the Harry Potter world. No other book has since created this longing. I truly hope that we as Harry Potter fans will someday move on to a new creation that provides the same level of awesomeness, like in the Harry Potter universe.

Our only hope now is that the next JK novel will be just as awesome as Harry Potter was (is). And, I hope she writes a prequel or sequel, because that is the only thing that will truly quench my desire for more Harry Potter, but in actual fact it will further spark my quench for Harry Potter. So please JK, give us more Harry Potter to keep us happy inside and give us something to escape in.

Harry Potter has finally blown his last breath... We have seen him growing up and we have witnessed him fight his way through not only physical challenges but also personal. He always seemed like the one with the bad luck and yet he was always apt for overcoming these challenges.

In the midst of exams, holidays and procrastination, I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Well, what can I say? It was awesome and yet sad (not as depressing when finishing the last book), it was as if the moment we knew would come has left us in the dark, glooming for something that just was not there anymore.

The last movie was definitely one of the best, less maybe number three. However, where is part 3, why did you see it fit to remove so much background history of most of the characters, the biggest being Dumbledore. Who knows, maybe in a few years, they will remake the movies. However, then it will probably be watered-down versions of the current films, which seem the fate of most remakes.

After making the table about the films, I thought why not make one for the books. While searching for the information, I learned a few things that I forgot about Harry Potter. If you are viewing this post inside a RSS reader it might not correctly display the table, so view it on the site instead.

Many events have unfold these recent few weeks. Like the new trailer of part one, which many describe as epic or awesome. If you haven't seen the new trailer you can watch it below.



After watching the trailer and reading some of the comments I really wondered if it will be so epic. With a budget of US$250,000,000 for part one (Source) it isn't a factor of not having any funds to make an epic movie. However it is exactly the same budget they had for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

I made a table of all the technical differences among Harry Potter films. What is quite shocking is the runtime, if you look at Order of the Phoenix's runtime, then it is the shortest of the lot, yet the book is the biggest. It make you wonder, doesn't it. Well enjoy. 

As you can see there are a few things omitted from Deathly Hallows, because those details aren't available yet. Also, you can see that I made it in two tables, because one didn't fit. :-) 

	Philosopher's Stone	Chamber of Secrets	Prisoner of Azkaban	Goblet of Fire
Directed by	Chris Columbus	Chris Columbus	Alfonso Cuarón	Mike Newell
Produced by	David Heyman	David Heyman	Chris Columbus David Heyman Mark Radcliffe	David Heyman
Screenplay	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Richard Harris Robbie Coltrane Maggie Smith Alan Rickman Ian Hart	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Richard Harris Kenneth Branagh Jason Isaacs Christian Coulson Robbie Coltrane	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Michael Gambon Gary Oldman David Thewlis Timothy Spall Emma Thompson	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Brendan Gleeson Robert Pattinson Miranda Richardson
Music by	John Williams	John Williams	John Williams	Patrick Doyle
Cinematography	John Seale	Roger Pratt	Michael Seresin	Roger Pratt
Editing by	Richard Francis-Bruce	Peter Honess	Steven Weisberg	Mick Audsley
Release date(s)	4 November 2001 (United Kingdom) 16 November 2001 (United States)	3 November 2002 (United Kingdom premiere) 15 November 2002	31 May 2004 (United Kingdom) 4 June 2004 (United States)	16 November 2005 (United Kingdom) 18 November 2005 (United States)
Running time	152 minutes	161 minutes	141 minutes	157 minutes
Budget	US$125 million	US$100 million	US$130 million	US$150 million
Gross revenue	$974,733,550	$878,643,482	$795,634,070	$895,921,036

	Order of the Phoenix	Half-Blood Prince	Deathly Hallows
Directed by	David Yates	David Yates	David Yates
Produced by	David Heyman David Barron	David Heyman David Barron	David Heyman David Barron
Screenplay	Michael Goldenberg	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Imelda Staunton Gary Oldman Helena Bonham Carter	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Michael Gambon Jim Broadbent Alan Rickman Tom Felton Helena Bonham Carter	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes
Music by	Nicholas Hooper	Nicholas Hooper	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak	Bruno Delbonnel	Eduardo Serra
Editing by	Mark Day	Mark Day	Mark Day
Release date(s)	11 July 2007 (United States) 12 July 2007 (United Kingdom)	15 July 2009	Part I: 19 November 2010 Part II: 15 July 2011
Running time	138 minutes	153 minutes	Part I: 145 minutes and 53 seconds
Budget	US$150 million	US$250 million	US$250 million (Part I)
Gross revenue	$938,212,738	$933,959,197	--

*Update 29/10/2010 added the running time for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (one).
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_(film)
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF270749

Here I will post the ten main reasons why Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the movie sucked so badly...

1. Omissions: This reason is most likely already evident in the fact that most fans are furious that the story in the movie versus the story in the book is completely different. They have left out lots of important parts from the development of the plot. For those who don't know what I am talking about, here are some examples to refresh your memory: 1. No introductions of the new Minister of Magic. 2. Neither Dobby nor Kreacher are present in the movie, which play a vital role in the development of the plot. 3. No funeral of Dumbledore, which is one of the most important things that was left out. 4. Many others, too many to list here...
2. Too few characters: The stories of some left out characters was just squeezed into the few characters that were present in the film. For example, where was Bill and the Dudleys.
3. Short movie: The film was nowhere near long enough to fit all the important bit and pieces together of the development in the books. So they changed and omitted many of the important parts.
4. Crap acting: However, the acting have improved since the first movie, it is not near good enough to be enjoyable...
5. Too fast paced: In order to fit the remaining parts of the story, they made everything progress too fast. It felt as if the entire movie was in fast-forward.
6. No epic scenes: The battles was just that, boring, it was so messed up from the book. That the only remaining bits was shot so that most of the fighting is left out and most of the characters. 
7. Doesn't make sense: It doesn't continue where the previously movie stopped and thus left lots of questions unanswered for those who haven't read the book.
8. Voldemort almost not present: The parts of Voldemort are almost completely omitted from the story and the background information needed for why Malfoy is doing what he most do is completely replaced with a feeble attempt to answer it.
9. Not the right characters: There are parts in the movie that you know it must have been character X doing what character Y is doing now. And this changes just makes the fans furious.
10. Completely different story: They added things that didn't exist in the book, like the changes of what characters must do what etc.

As you can see the main problem that I cannot get enough of rambling about is the changes to the story and plot of the movie versus the book.

Tell me what you thought about the movie by leaving a comment.