It turns out that it was time to do some updating. I'd gotten into a very self-indulgent sort of attitude of buying books just because I could. Getting back to basics and back to the books which are actually part of me is a good thing. :-)
Sigh. The problem with the Harry Potter series is that the first half are books which I love; however, everything which came after - happened. I have since found it difficult to enjoy the bits that I initially loved because I cannot quite imagine away all the horrible bits which should never have happened.
And (apologies to Chicklet) the movies didn't help. I can honestly pin it down to a single moment, because JKR writes quite 'cinematically' in some cases - the moment when Snape swoops down on Harry and Ron arrived at Hogwarts after their ill-fated hijacking of the Ford Anglia - I had so looked forward to seeing Rickman doing that on screen - and then they gave the moment to Filch - Filch! I swore off them from then on.
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Date: 2012-11-11 11:00 pm (UTC)Sigh. The problem with the Harry Potter series is that the first half are books which I love; however, everything which came after - happened. I have since found it difficult to enjoy the bits that I initially loved because I cannot quite imagine away all the horrible bits which should never have happened.
And (apologies to Chicklet) the movies didn't help. I can honestly pin it down to a single moment, because JKR writes quite 'cinematically' in some cases - the moment when Snape swoops down on Harry and Ron arrived at Hogwarts after their ill-fated hijacking of the Ford Anglia - I had so looked forward to seeing Rickman doing that on screen - and then they gave the moment to Filch - Filch! I swore off them from then on.