THE “GREAT MOVIE” PAPER
FLM 260
Rompf, Spring, ‘16
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter and HBP) is the sixth movie in a series of eight. The Harry Potter series is a magic journey about a boys fight between good and evil, and his own personal struggles with the darkness that is growing within him. With the help of his two best friends Ron Weasley who is played by Rupert Grint, and Hermione Granger played by Emma Watson, Harry, played by Daniel Radcliff, has an almost impossible task of defeating the dark Lord Voldemort also know as Tom Riddle in another lifetime. The Harry Potter series is based on the wildly popular book series written by J.K Rowling. Why is Harry Potter so popular? I believe it is because the films and
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With each film comes different challenges with this film they went beyond just London and Hogwarts, and had harry and Dumbledore adventure from a train stop to a house in London, and eventually to a cavern in the side of a cliff. Another way way he suggested a change in this film is by making Hogwarts itself seem darker, emptier and more ominous than ever before. The lighting change suggests that dark times have fallen upon the school; this is a technique that David will use in the remaining Harry Potter Films as well. As well as using lighting to change moods, special effects as well play a huge role in making all the magic in Harry Potter come …show more content…
The movie opens up with deatheaters apparating (teleporting) through London wreaking havoc on muggles (nonmagical folk). While Harry was staying with his muggle aunt and uncle for the summer, he is cut off from the wizarding world with only the exception being what he reads in the daily prophet, a newspaper that highlights the news from the wizarding world. After a reckless summer riding trains headmaster Albus Dumbledore recruits Harry to try and bring back professor Slughorn to teach potions again. Professor Slughorn was the potions master for many years at Hogwarts and took much pride in the students he taught, even keeping a shelf full of photos of his favorite and most accomplished students. It was imperative that Slughorn returns to Hogwarts so that Dumbledore can retrieve a memory from back when slughorn was a teacher for Tom Riddle (now known as Voldemort). Dumbledore says “This memory is everything, without this memory we are blind, without this memory we leave the fate of our world to chance.” It took some convincing but eventually Slughorn could not say no to Dumbledore, and although potions were previously taught by professor Snape, he gladly stepped aside. Professor Snape than was able to apply and accept the positions to teach defense against the dark arts, which was what he originally applied for and was unsuccessful for
He knew he had a true place in the world as soon as he came to Hogwarts (par 6). This connection helped Harry really be defined as he transformed through the film. Likewise, the movie portrayed Hermione perfectly for the bossy, precocious young lady she is (par. 7). The cast was a true standout and couldn’t be better, especially as for as the children actors go (par. 10). The actors built upon the characters to increase their value within the movie. They truly added to each scene which were consistently entertaining (par. 12). The cast couldn’t be
Harry has spent all summer waiting to hear news about Lord Voldemort, a evil wizard that Harry saw return the year before, but nobody believes him. One evening after listening to news ,he decides to go for a walk. He then sees his cousin, who he lives with and hates. They then get in a fight and Harry pulls out his wand and at that exact moment two dementors attack them. Dudley thinks Harry is attacking him so he punches Harry. Harry then heroically saves them both by producing a patronus and driving away the dementors.
selling books to date. This novel, written by Joanne Kathleen Rowling, sold almost two million copies within the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. Its astounding and unique plot twists thrill readers of all ages. Having won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers in 2003, and the Anthony Award for Best Young Adult Mystery in 2004, the popularity of the Harry Potter books continues to grow. This novel tells the story of Harry James Potter, a boy wizard who has witnessed the return of the Dark Lord, Voldemort. In the novel, Harry’s story is truthful; however, others believe it to be a rather far fetched lie, resulting in only a select group of people
These are the words of the article called Caution: Wizard at Work: Behind the Magic: The Harry Potter movie franchise has a new director and a new Dumbledore. Things are getting Sirius. An exclusive visit to 2004 's 'Prisoner of Azkaban. A we all know Harry Potter is a sequence of series that started with Harry being a child. In Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban they are experiencing their puberty. "If you look at the style of the movie, it 's darker, it 's more adult, and it has a different tone than the previous two, because the effects aren 't so fantastical. You don 't have all the colored light. You have a much, much more restrained palette” (Gordon).
My book, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code takes place in Ireland and Chicago, during the year 2005 or so. The main characters are Artemis, the boy genius, Butler, his special-forces black belt bodyguard, Holly, a three-foot-tall fairy with, yes, magic, a dwarf with a special talent for burrowing underground, due to his species’ special physical attributes that allow them to ingest several kilos of dirt a second, strip it of any beneficial minerals, and eject it forcibly out the back end.
Dr. Seuss once wrote that “today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you”, but what makes a person unique? A person’s character is what makes them who they are. It is the foundation of personality, words, and actions, and it grows with every trial in an individual’s life. Personal struggle develops character because it brings to light what a person will and will not do, allows them to find or develop talents, it creates an opportunity to alter their mindset, and the experience gained will stay with the individual forever.
Rowling helps us truly connect with not just the main character, but many of the secondary characters as well. She takes our simple ideas of good and evil and makes us reexamine our choices by throwing stereotypes out the window. While Voldemort, in this story, is a purely evil for evils sake character, that only truly appears within one chapter of the book, his presence is always felt by Harry and the audience. Over the course of the story, we are constantly waiting for Professor Snape to prove himself to be a dastardly villain that he appears to be (due to his harsh treatment of Harry and his general creepy appearance). However we are thrown off kilter when we discover that not only was the unthreatening Quirrell is our mysterious villain, but that Snape was slyly helping Harry throughout the entire story. Like C.S. Lewis, Rowling doesn 't condescend her audience within the story and gently leads the reader into the direction of her stories messages and morals. The downside to her narrative, however, is that she created so many new words that it can leave both a younger and an older readers head spinning. This one detail prevents this modern classic from being enjoyed by
Assault in the Senate by David E. Johnson describes the grueling debate between Representative Preston Brooks and Senator Charles Sumner. This argument took place in 1856 and has since become a pivotal moment during the civil war era.
Just to quickly run through the two previous books; Harry Potter is a wizard, who’s parents were killed by the worst dark wizard ever known. The reason why Harry Potter is still around, is because Lord Voldemort failed to kill Harry. His spell hit Harry, but then backfired on Voldemort taking all of his powers with him. Harry is so famous for two things. Withstanding the powers of Lord Voldemort, and, taking him back in to the underworld in hiding. In the first book, Harry receives a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He’s eventually allowed to go, and spends the next six months there learning magic, getting into trouble, and trying to solve mysteries of his past, and the school. In the second book, Harry goes back to his second year at Hogwarts, and gets into more trouble, figures out many astonishing mysteries and learns loads more magic. His best friends in the two books consist of Ron and Hermione (two of his fellow wizard students) and Hagrid the gamekeeper who was expelled from Hogwarts but allowed a job as the gamekeeper.
Ever since J.K. Rowling first introduced Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 1997, children and adults have read and loved the series. It has gained such popularity that all of the books have been made into major motion pictures, and a Harry Potter attraction has been opened in Universal Studios, Florida. Though the readers love Rowling’s intricate and exciting story lines, many controversies have arisen from these stories, not only in the United States, but also in various countries around the world. Perhaps the biggest controversy is the religious implications perceived by some critics. Although these critics believe that the series promotes paganism and encourages evil actions, these theories should not be taken so seriously.
One of the most read series in all literature is Harry Potter. The seven-book succession has sold over 400 million copies and has been translated into over sixty languages. What is it that makes this series so wildly famous? What is it about the boy who lived that makes frenzied readers flock to their local bookstore at midnight on the day of the release to buy the latest installment? How is a story set in a world that doesn’t exist about wizards, witches, magic, and mystical creatures so popular? The series has been able to earn its spot on the New York Times Bestseller list and has granted author J.K. Rowling multiple awards because it is relatable. It is not the setting or the events in the plot of the story that we relate to. We relate to what Harry, his friends, mentors, teachers, caretakers, and even enemies feel. Harry is in a lot of ways exactly like us. He represents some of the good characteristics that all of us have as well as the bad. The series as a whole, is about one thing that is stressed over and over again in the novels, love. The Harry Potter series is one of the most read sequences of novels because the central theme is love and self-sacrifice, and readers are looking for a novel that shows them just that.
Harry Potter starts off slow, but gets very interesting near the end. In the beginning, you meet the Dursleys, Harry’s aunt, uncle, and their son Dudley. Then you learn that Harry’s parents were witches, and that they were destroyed by a evil wizard. A good witch, Albus Dumbeldoor, sends Harry to the Dursleys, because they’re his only remaining family. The Dursleys however, hated Harry and his family, so Harry was mistreated for years. He was forced to live in a cuborrod under the stairs. He had to watch as the fat, stuck up Dudley got whatever he wanted, and then usually broke whatever it was he got. Then one day Harry got a letter.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was written by J. K. Rowling and is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. The book is about a seventeen-year-old wizard, named Harry Potter, who has to travel all over England to find things that will help him defeat the evil wizard, Lord Voldomort. The main theme/moral of the entire series is good will always triumphs over evil. In every book, even when it looks like evil is going to win, good always triumphs in the end.
The novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, is a story about an orphan named Harry Potter who is sent to live with his relatives, the Dursleys. For the first ten years of his life, Harry is hated and ignored by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. Harry has never experienced a friendship with anyone until the day he is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Throughout the school year, Harry develops a balance of friendship between Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Neville Longbottom. Each of them, has a need to belong somewhere. Together, they form a balance that make them each feel wanted in way that they have never known until they meet each other.
In the novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K Rowling introduces her main character, a 11-year old British wizarding student, Harry Potter. Harry is described to have jet-black hair, green eyes, and to be pale, skinny, and bespectacled. While Harry was still and infant, he was responsible for the downfall of a dark and powerful wizard, as a result his name is known to everyone wizarding world. In the novel, despite all the fame and admiration he has, Harry only recently finds out he is a wizard, and that he is famous. Therefore Harry feels burdened and insecure with all the attention he is receiving, and at the end of the novel, he proves himself to be an incredible wizard. Throughout the novel we learn Harry is brave, curious and modest.