Up until last week I had never seen a Harry Potter movie. They didn’t look interesting to me. Over the years everyone from students at Waters Edge, friends, to my brother were telling me how good the movies were. Monica and I recently borrowed the five movies that are out on DVD. Last week we watched all five movies. Now that I’ve seen them here are my thoughts…

• The first two movies are decent but not great. The CGI looks really dated, but that is to be expected because they are older movies.
• The third and fourth movie pick up steam and are enjoyable movies.
• The fifth movie was my favorite.
• I didn’t like how Harry and all of his friends lied in the first two movies. Whenever they would get caught for their mischief they would lie to get out of it.
• By the third movie I was wondering what all these wizards do once they graduate from Hogwarts? Besides becoming a professor or selling wizard wands what else can a graduate do?
• It was a little unnerving when they said things like divination and incantation. I grew up listening to the Christian music artist Carmen sing about a witches invitation. It painted a vivid picture in my mind of demonic activity surrounded by witches.
• I personally think that Harry Potter falls in the fantasy world of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and the Narnia series. It was a make believe world of fantasy. Like anything in life there are good and bad things you can pull from the film. Overall it seems to be a series about good versus evil.
• I’m looking forward to the sixth film. Monica and I plan to see it soon in the theaters. I’ve heard mixed reviews about it.
• Overall I’ve enjoyed watching the movies. I don’t think I’ll ever own them on DVD. I don’t have a desire to watch them again, but I did enjoy them. Whenever we would finish a film we would want to watch the next one to see what happened next.