So, J.K. Rowling adapted Harry Potter’s fictional school
book Fantastic Beasts and where to find them into a short companion book for
the series a few years back. Recently it has been announced that a new trilogy
of movies loosely based on this book is in the works. The fact that this book
doesn’t have a story and really does just act as a fictional informational book
means that these movies are being based more on an idea from this book rather
than the book itself, which in a way can be a good thing since that will mean
there is no worry of straying from any sort of source material. It will be a
prequel set many years before Harry Potter in the same universe, and the
screenplays are actually being written by Rowling herself, meaning that this
isn’t just someone else’s vision of one of her ideas, but the woman herself is
coming in full force to give people more of what they want. We won’t be
expecting the first movie for maybe another year or two (you never know when things
may get pushed back), but many Potter fans are eagerly awaiting any reason to
go back into this magical world.
And here, I have touched on pretty much everything I know
and feel regarding the Harry Potter series, short of talking about the actors
from the movies themselves (which is a whole different topic of its own). This
is a series I started reading as a young boy, and while the theme may be death,
many other underlying themes such as friendship and loyalty have really stuck
with me through the years as I continued to read these books and watch these
movies. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, I still don’t fully
understand the beliefs of those who think this is a series that goes against
their religion in some way, unless it just has something to do with magic in
general, but then I guess they also shun Mickey Mouse due to his role in
Fantasia. I’m not trying to attack anyone, but just provide my general view
that I believe that this is a good series for children to get into that can
teach them about friendship and general stories of good vs. evil. It’s the kind
of series that sticks with many people through to adulthood, and it can truly
be life changing.
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