I’ve detached myself from the Harry Potter bandwagon years ago. I have only watched 2 movies with gusto – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Then, I had watched the third movie (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) by accident in HBO. True, the plot of the movies are very deviated from what’s written in the book… but the movies weren’t the reason why I have fled from their side.
It was in 2002 that the fifth book was released. And the release of the book was per reservation. I didn’t reserve my copy believing that there will be tons of copies to be released in the market. Since Harry Potter was [and it still is] famous at that time, my anticipated kind of release didn’t happen. It was very hard to grab a copy of the book. Fortunately, one of my pals reserved a copy. When she had finished reading it, she lend it to me. I was very excited to read the book since book 4 (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) was my favorite. But book 5 didn’t interest me. I tried reading it, but it’s really way out of my league. I returned the book, and little did I know that that was the starting point of leaving the fandom. Years after that, a new movie was released – I think that was Prisoner of Azkaban – and I didn’t even budge of watching it.
Years after that, I am already in college. And I have met a friend that’s very addicted to Harry Potter. I remember having lunch with this friend and during lunch, another friend asked for some details about Harry Potter. He answered all questions with glee, to the point that he even forgot to eat his food. Also, it seems that he has memorized all verses in Harry Potter movie 6. Because of that, I want to watch Harry Potter again. He convinced me that it’s really that good. And I want to know if it’s really good. That’s why I’ve been searching for movie 4, 5 and 6 of Harry Potter these past days. Who knows? I might go back being a fan once again.
Right now, I on the process of loading movie 4, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. And if I like it, I’ll probably write a review regarding this installment of Harry Potter. I know it’s very late, but it’s better to be late than never.