Watching Oak realize that media for teenagers exists is a trip. "It's not a kids movie, it's not for adults." There's a whole decade in between there, man. 😂😂😂
Experience is what makes you an adult mentally, not a conceptual number. You don't just turn 18 and now have life figured out and you're ready for everything lmao
It's more being surprised that the audience didn't stay the same. Normally you pick one age group as a writer and stick to it. Like for kids/teens/adults/families. Harry Potter however evolved with the original audience throughout.
Oak zeroed in on a separation even in the millenial generation, and it's crazy that it only exists because of how the age groups dealt with the technology boom. Oak is part of the older group of cultural millenials that were way more analog, and the age group he's describing is the young millenials that these movies were made for. Way more growing up in the digital world these younger millenials. The Disney millenials. Movies started catering to this age group at this time and hasn't shifted into superheroes as they became adults. But the separation internally in generations is something that really became so vast large part because of the tech explosion. It makes sense that it was hard to describe because it's not something really talked about, how rapid progress in technology has affected so many age groups in vastly different and significant areas of life
@@FunnilyForgettableexactly for that reason media for teenagers makes more sense 😂 imagine going from kids movies to fully adult movies that would be a wild jump.
Goblet of Fire came out before Robert Patterson was a big star. He hadn't starred in the Twilight franchise yet and it was definitely before he starred in The Batman.
I cannot explain the feeling of growing up with Harry Potter, you said it exactly right, it felt like it was for ME. The first book was released in September 1998, I was 8 years old. I will never forget how I felt reading each of those books, especially as I got older. I was 17 when the last book was published, same age as Harry. An absolute privilege to experience that.
I love how honest The Oak is. Watching someone go from "I'm pretty sure I won't be into this" to "I'm excited for the next one" is great. Especially as someone whose been a fan for years and has read the books etc, knowing how the series progresses and *knowing* that The Oak will get into but just needs time- it's been great to quietly sit back and patiently watch the emotional attachment grow 😂💜
@@BaddMedicine I truly appreciate the honesty, and also I really forgot how much detail is lost between the books and the movies, I was among those who grew up reading them being a similar age so it's very different.
@@BaddMedicine Probably too much of a reference, now you all won't miss it wherever it will pop out (usually when people go mad)! I can't wait to see your reaction to the end of all of this.
One thing these movies miss the most is Harry's sass: Seriously. In the books, almost every sentence that comes out of Harry's mouth comes with a bit of either sass or sarcasm. My favorite is when Harry is talking to Professor Snape (don't remember what it was about, but it ended like this): Harry: "Yes..." Snape: "Yes, "sir"..." Harry: "There's no need to call me sir, Professor."
If im not mistaken this is in year 6 when Snape was the Defense against the Dark arts teacher and he was teaching non verbal spells and he jinxed Harry and Harry yelled out a protego so strong it knocked Snape off his feet. And thats when Snape asked Harry if he remembered they were suppose to be non verbal and Harry responded yes, and Snape said yes sir.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX More power to you. It's just the scene itself that cracks me up. I dunno if it's Alan Rickman's deadpan face, or how casually he abuses them, but it's hilarious.
When their wands duelled, the last people who were killed by Voldemort's wand, came out for a limited time. There's more detail about that in the book.
In the book, Rowling included a bit where Hermione tries to teach Krum how to pronounce her name properly... This was actually for the benefit of the kids and adults across the world who had been saying it wrong for three and a half books 😂
@@PruneHub For the German translation they gave her a German Name that look similar: Hermine (it is exactly spoken like it's written). It's an outdated Name more common in the generation of my grandparnets or so. I met a little girls a while ago who is actually named after her. And it maybe that some Emmas porn in the frist decade of the millenium are actually named after Emma Watson.
And for the benefit of kids and adults called Hermione! I remember the actress Hermione Norris talking about how pleased she was that people all finally knew how to pronounce her name!
@@sawanna508 I guess we should write it "soundlike" for the English speakers because "Hermine" would sound like "her mine". The German name sounds like "hair-mee-neh"
I love how now every reactor sees Robert Pattinson here they say "Batman" or "Vengeance" and not Twilight guy. He's so talented to be remembered like that.
True!! But I still think he was perfect in Twilight tho. I read the books 4 times and he played Edward PERFECTLY. It's not his fault if the script was shit 😂
It’s really fun to watch the evolution from “yeah it’s sort of good but it’s a kids movie “to “I can’t wait for the next Harry Potter movie.” As a person who watched these in adulthood, I had the same experience. I ended up hanging out at the Barnes & Noble until midnight to buy a copy of the last book as soon as it was available.
Adding to what everyone already said, there's a great subplot with the female reporter, she is secretly an unregistered animagus that turns into a ladybug and spies all of Harry's conversations with Ron and Hermione and spies everyone, she allies with Draco too and causes lots of problems for the Trio. She keeps on writing articles bashing Dumbledore and Harry and even Hermione calling her a gold digger and a loose woman and Mrs Weasley is very aggravated with her and poor Hermione has a very bad time watching her reputation go down the drain, specially because she is 14 , but she soon realizes that something is wrong and finds out about the animagus thing and captures her and blackmails her into writing an honest story about what really happened with harry. Hermione was not a pretty, pretty girl, she had very bushy hair that was very difficult to tame, she had huge protruding teeth and she did not care much about being girly, but after a nasty spell from Draco her teeth grew so much that she had to spend a few days at the hospital wing and the nurse restored her teeth to their original size...not really, Hermione being 14 started to feel awkward and wishing for the same things other girls also wanted so tricked her into making her teeth a lot smaller and pretty, so her transformation for the ball was huge, she appeared with beautiful hair and all proper feminine, no one, not even Harry or Ron knew who she was at first. But my favourite part is Mrs Weasley supporting Harry during the Tournament, the Champions are allowed to have family with them before each task, Harry has no one but Mrs. Weasley along with her son Charlie take that role because of course, although Sirius is also there he can do not it publicly. She is the one who comforts Harry after Cedric's death, she is the first loving embrace Harry ever experiences in his life. As a teacher, Barty (under the guise as Moody) was actually quite effective. Despite his ulterior motives, his teaching of how to overcome curses such as the Imperius was valuable to Harry, who gained the ability to resist even Voldemort himself as a result of this training. But guys, there's so many subpolts and details in this book that it is impossible to share in a comment.
Actually she turns into a beetle 🪲 Chapter 37: “‘Inside were a few twigs and leaves, and one large, fat beetle. 'That's never - you're kidding -' Ron whispered, lifting the jar to his eyes. 'No, I'm not,' said Hermione, beaming. 'I caught her on the window-sill in the hospital wing. Look very closely, and you'll notice the markings around her antennae are exactly like those foul glasses she wears.'”
It was the eldest Weasley brother Bill, not Charlie, who came with Mrs. Weasley to support Harry in the third task. Harry briefly saw Charlie earlier in the year when they did the first task.
In the book, the reason why the Death Eaters were not immediately being taken out by all the wizards at the Quidditch World Cup was because they had managed to capture a muggle family and literally had them suspended upside-down 200 feet above the ground. The Ministry was terrified that if they attacked the Death Eaters directly the family would come falling to their deaths.
@@The-Azure-Knight literally aresto momentum it's the exact spell that Dumbledore used to slow Harry down when he fell from the sky in the last movie. But if there's one thing that Harry Potter shows consistently is that wizards have no idea what they're doing most the time. I assume it's because their life has become so easy from magic that their wisdom scores are just below average
@@The-Azure-Knight It’s magic yes but there’s still rules to it. Not to mention not every wizard knows the full breadth of what’s possible or what spells may work in a particular situation. For example, how much of your civics class or English and math classes do you retain after high school? Unless you’re using these spell everyday, your likely to forget a fair bit of what you learned in school. It’s why at the ministry of magic, they have different witches and wizards who specialize in particular spells and enchantments. Also, with the publics panic during the attack, all that commotion and confusion could be difficult for whatever aurors present to aim their spells properly to stop the death eaters or prevent injury and destruction.
I think The Oak’s comment was perfect. Aging with the movies and books was a wonderful experience. I had a funny experience as an American trying to figure out if the quirks in the series were British or wizarding.
Yep, that was right on the money. I, too, believe that the way these books and movies catered to one specific generation as it grew up and got older is a key part to their success. I was lucky enough to be in the right age group for the books. They were so relatable to me, especially since the books go into much more detail about the inner workings and feelings of this boy going through his teenage years. For the movies, I was slightly too old when they came out. I watched the first two in theaters, wasn't really into them, rented the third one on DVD at some point, and that was it. It was years later when I happened to catch one of the later movies on cable (I think the 6th one) and thought: "Damn, that was actually good!" Fast forward to January 2022, they became available on Netflix in my country, I watched them all in order, and what can I say, I'm hooked again.
6:05… Harry is pretty well known throughout the Wizarding World. However, his fame is mainly within Britain. So non British wizards are generally aware of who he is but not as starstruck.
Yeah, even the Bulgarian Prime Minister recognizes Harry, even though he doesn't understand a word of English that Fudge is saying to him. He recognizes Harry by the scar. Basically, Harry is Mr. Popular globally! 😂
"Difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must face a choice between what is *right,* and what is *easy.* " One of my fave speeches of Dumbledore, so poignant and really painting the picture of what's to come in the future parts. Cedric's death marked the beginning of a war. Voldy is done hiding now.
It’s definitely a weird feeling for people watching it all the way through as an adult for the first time, but we grew up with these movies. They were age appropriate throughout our entire childhood and we grew with the characters which is a huge reason it’s so special to a lot of us. There’s really no other movies where this happened as you stated.
Oak got it right. I was 9 when the first movie came out and 17 when it all ended. I literally grew up with Harry Potter and now that I’m 30 I treasure JK Rowling’s wizarding world as one of my best teenage memories. I consider myself lucky for being part of this generation, not only for HP movies but also LOTR and The Hobbit. I really can’t wait to see your final reactions!
Thanks for watching, Malia! It's really cool to see the impact this has had on everyone still to this day. Gives us a whole perspective for HP. The Hobbit movies are coming up after we complete HP. If they were to do remakes of HP would you give it a chance?
@@BaddMedicine thank you guys for these videos! The first reaction I saw from you was LOTR and I enjoyed it so much that subscribed right away. As you already said, you have to read HP books to be able to understand everything, they missed so many scenes and characters in the movies, but still they are great. Would I watch if they do a remake? Of course! Will it be the same? No, unfortunately. What makes HP so special to me is that I grew up with the characters and as Oak said, no movie have done that. I’m so excited to see your reactions of the Hobbit, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
Grew up same time but as a dude the Riddick movies (and 2 Games made, written and voiced with help of vin diesel) also affected me a lot as riddick is the perfect rolemodel for adult males(especially if you tske also the Games into account)
Same. My mom forbade reading them so I had to hide the books and watching the movies. She came to visit me last week and I showed the re-read. 😂 She was so upset
I was 12 years old when the first book came out. I had read that book 2 times before the movies came out. Read every book, watched every movie in theaters. I grew up with this story and that was amazing. That will never happen to me again. The 20 year anniversary on HBO made me cry so much, the actors are my age. Al the memories, I love this whole world so much❤
This is definitely the movie where shit gets real, the story gets darker and more mature from here on out. I can't wait until you guys get to Deathly Hollows.
Cedric is mentioned in the Prisoner of Azkaban book. He's the pride of Hufflepuff, prefect, captain of the quidditch team. The twins don't like him as the girls on the Gryffindor team thinks he's McDreamy.
@@BaddMedicine *Good Time* *by the Safdie brothers* (same Directors of Uncut Gems) *is a 2017 movie* in which Robert Pattinson's stars and *he is freaking AMAZING in that role* he *even has a perfect Queens New York accent* throughout the whole movie, *it's one of Rob's best performance to date.* Please watch it, you won't regretted
The way Oak started as a skeptic and then more and more he watches a new installment and now HE GETS IT is great. Especially how he tries to dissect and explain why it got his interest is astounding
"OMG! I've killed Harry Potter". Neville has one of the best lines in the entire movie. So much is meant from those few words. Poor Neville thinking about how society would look upon him, as well as he 'did' something not even Voldemort could do. Luckily he was relieved of this burden almost as fast as he thought it. [edit] You guy's choice of channel music - love it.
“I can’t wait to watch the next Harry Potter.” Haha! That makes me so happy! I love when ppl are warming to the series during their reactions. ☺️ That said, I hate the next one. Not because it’s bad but because it makes me so mad for everyone, especially Harry.
This is where it all started for our boy Robert Pattinson. He got cast in Twilight because of cast photos from HP, which led to his other roles and people realizing he was actually REALLY talented, which led to Batman.
Some clarifications that were left out but are present in the book: 1) In the book, students of both sexes are present in the delegations from the foreign schools (at least two male French students are mentioned). I guess the movie makers wanted to, erm, increase the impression. 2) Viktor Krum is not Russian but Bulgarian (seen at the beginning of the movie), and the only thing known about the location of Durmstrang is that it is in the north, "where it is very cold, because their uniform includes fur coats"
I'm confused on the Bulgaria part. If they're meant to be from North of Hogwarts, this is wrong, because Hogwarts is in Scotland. Bulgaria is in south eastern Europe, is it not? Even if they were from Latvia or similar, they would still not have been as far north as where Hogwarts is in the north of Scotland. I think it would have made more sense for Durmstrang to be in Russia, because it gets colder there than Scotland, and is still north Lamoo
@@carolinemasson7172 Yeah, that part got me a bit confused as well. I guess the idea was that the students are from different Slavic countries. (shrugs)
@@carolinemasson7172 My understanding, based on the books and some supplemental stuff on Pottermore, is that each school handles entire sections of Europe, not just their home countries. Hogwarts takes students from all over the British Isles, not just the UK. (Seamus Finnegan, for example, is heavily implied to be from Ireland.) Beauxbatons in France presumably takes students from all over Western Europe, while Durmstrang, which is probably in either Scandinavia or Russia, would take students from all over Eastern Europe, which would include Bulgaria. At least, that's what I've come up with to fit in the canon, do what you want with it.
@@danielsnoap9782 And there's plenty of other popular Wizarding Schools such as Mahoutokoro in Japan. The students is so specialized in Quidditch that they're basically unbeatable in the match and furthermore I think it's mentioned that they're also really good in academic. And not only in Japan, there are also Wizarding Schools in Brazil, Africa and even North America. If there's no established Wizarding School in the country or the surrounding countries, the students will enter a small Wizarding Academy or just get home-schooled.
There is very much an adult story hidden within these children's books. You just have to read between the lines. The racism, war and corrupt politics are all there in the books. It even gets deeper if you pay attention. It's like a satire at times. As to why you don't see it at first its because you are looking at the story from Harry's point of view. He was too innocent to understand at first so he didn't see the things that adults saw and understood. But as he grows so does the story because Harry is maturing and his point of view is changing with his age.
Yes! I've never really thought of HP as a kids' story, that's just the perception we get given Harry's point of view. Yes, kids can enjoy the story, but it's like the tip of an iceberg...there are adult themes right underneath.
Yes - It’s ‘inspired’ by nazi Germany and Hitlers Ideology and the crusade on Jews. Hitlers favoritism for blond haired and blue eyed people is represented in Voldemort’s pureblood ideology. It is for sure not for kids
LMFAO Oak's reaction to Hermione being asked to the dance at 24:02. It has the same energy as that "damn straight!" he threw in when Hagrid was giving Hermione a pep talk in the second movie. You gotta love the big guy.
love how mad oak got when harrys name came out of the goblet "when did he put his name in?? show me the proof! this is bullshit!" its always the ones who are hesitant at first that end up being the biggest potterheads xD
I was 50 when this book came out, my niece was into them so I thought I would read them. Wow - boy do these books evolve. When Deathly Hallows came out I bought it in the morning and read it straight through, so the growing up generation isn't just for kids of that age. I'm glad you are pacing these out to give you some small reference to those of us who were waiting year by year for the next book/film.
I'M LIVING FOR THESE THUMBNAIL UPDATES 😭💀 i come back to re watch these every few weeks (these are such comfort videos i swear i have end up back here so many times ever since you put them out) i found you guys through your hunger games reactions and i've stuck around with joy ever since. LOVE YOU GUYS!!! thank you for all the laughs and smiles, you're all amazing humans
You’re spot on about growing up with the actors/characters and how special that is. I was the exact age of the characters when the movies started, 11, and 20 by the end of the last movie. I also was reading the books simultaneously, and the same thing, I read the last book at 17, same age as Harry. For that reason alone, this series is special and nothing else will probably touch for me. But I really appreciate hearing a different perspective and how you’re willing to go with the story instead of judging too soon. Looking forward to watching the other reactions. Also YES, I hope you’ll take the time to read the books. They are awesome! And so much not included in the movies especially from goblet of fire onwards.
The biggest thing missing from this movie (in terms of adaptation from the books) is Sirius. In the books, Sirius actually travels to Hogwarts & hides in a cave outside of town. Harry goes to see him a few times over the course of the story & those meetings really are the basis of the relationship between Harry & Sirius. Cutting that out has a knock on effect that you'll see in future films. There is a lot of differences between books & films from here on out. The books really are quite massive by this point, even the third movie had a LOT of stuff cut from the books.
One thing not included in the third movie is that Sirius ended up granting Harry’s permission to go to Hogsmeade. Since he’s Harry’s godfather, that is sufficient.
And the house elves. Dobby is back, and we meet the Crouch family's elf, Winky. And Hermione takes up the cause of elf welfare. I can see why they left it out of the movie, but I was really looking forward to seeing Winky. I also really missed the scene where the Weasleys try to pick up Harry from the Dursleys using floo powder and find the Dursleys' fireplace has been boarded up. It's one of the funniest scenes in the whole series.
I'd say the biggest thing missing is Dobby, Winky and SPEW... Hermione's campaign against elvish "slavery" (as she sees it) becomes a pretty big part of her personality from GoF onwards.
My dudes! Grew up on these movies and books and I was so damn glad to see y’all check these out and enjoy them as much as I did! Tell the Oak that I appreciate his open mind and giving it an honest chance till it had him hooked! Much love boys❤️
in the books, beaxbuton and durmstrang werent just boys and girls. they brought their pupils which were 17 years or older. furthermore, fleur is part veela, which is a magical creature which is basically a super hot witch and most people around her are in to her. cedric diggory was in the books before the goblet of fire. he is the hufflepuff quiditch captain. he beat gryffindor in the third book, when harry crashed due to the dementor attack. he caught the snitch after harry crashed. diggory then wanted to redo the match since it was unfair for gryffindor, since harry crashed. but gryffindor said, that they wouldve lost even without crashing since the match was heavily in favor of hufflepuff. furthermore the movie let out a substory with fred and george weasley, who bet a large sum of galleons on the quidditch world cup, predicting ireland will win but krum will catch the snitch. that happened. fred and george wanted to get their betting money from a guy named ludo bagman, who is completly missing in the movie. he didnt give them the money because he had debts of his own. so in the end harry gifted fred and george the 1000 galleons of the triwizards price money. ludo bagman was an ex quidditch star, who worked for the quidditch departmend of the ministry of magic. in the books bagman was very vocal about letting harry participate in the tourney, because he saw a chance to get rid of his debts by betting everything on harry. he helped harry out in the tournament a few times or at leat he tried. he and crouch (who worked for the foreign affairs department), basically organized the quidditch world cup and the triwizard tourney. furthermore bagman and crouch were very crucial to the trials, which took place in the memory. they had three cases in the books. one with karkaroff, who was a deatheater in the past. he said snape was a deatheater aswell. but dumbledore told the tribunal, snape works for him and another case, which i wont spoil, since it gets somewhat explained in the next movie. the main handler of the dragons is actually rons second oldest brother charly, who works with dragons in romania. they mentioned him pretty early on in the first book, but like bill, he doesnt show up until the fourth book. harry stays with the weasleys for the most of the summerholidays and the weasleys, ecxept molly, harry and hermoine visit the world cup. in the beginning of the book harry still was with the dursleys and the weasley visited to get harry, which was pretty hilarious. harry had to train very hard to master the accio charm. they actually learned it in class in this year and harry was one of the worst at it. he and and fake moody formulated a plan, before the first task, to get the broom. fake moody wanted harry to win, so he helped him a lot. fake moody even gave neville the plant book, so harry could find out about the weed. in the books he never asked neville about it. fake moody told dobby to give it to harry. dobby works in hogwarts in the fourth book. the third task was the labyrinth in the books, but unlike the wind, the obstacles were a bit more dangerous. harry had to fight a boggart, a spider, a magical mist and at the end he had to solve a riddle. it was way more interesting. but the movie didnt have the time the first tasked was pretty action packed in the movie. in the book all the dragons were female and just guarded their eggs. so harry called for his broom and snatched the egg. he didnt do parkour on the hogwarts towers. and the handlers immediatly put the dragon to sleep after harry got the egg.
I actually prefer the book version of the Dragon task because I love Ludo Bagman's commentary on Harry's flying. I'm a sucker for the trope in storytelling where there's a news reporter or some other kind of external figure reacting to the action.
I think it would be a discredit to simply call veela a "super hot witch". Yes, they were incredibly beautiful normally but the book describes their "angry form" as similar to that of a harpy.
I appreciate this react channel more than most because it feels like you're one if the few to just say "I didn't like this" after watching a movie you didn't like. Too many people just go "wow I loved it!" To every single thing. Nice change of pace here.
The book had previously mentioned Cedric as Hufflepuff's quidditch captain, and through his character we learned that students in Hufflepuff are generally not famous high-achievers, only because their main quality is their loyalty and kindness, which are often overlooked. Cedric being so famous, good-looking, and bright made his death a terrible loss for Hufflepuff. The grief and mourning of the Hufflepuffs are deeper than shown in the movie. The fourth book was also where we learn further about the Weasley brothers. We meet Charlie, Ron's second-eldest brother, who is in charge of the dragons. Percy, the third-eldest, already graduated and worked under Barty Crouch in the Ministry. In fact, he was in charge as the judge in Triwizard Tournament because Barty Crouch was under the Imperius Curse by Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort, who ordered him to stay home and take a sick leave. We also found out that the reason why Neville lives with his Grandmother is because both his parents are aurors who were tortured with Cruciatus Curse to the point of insanity. The whole book introduces the Unforgivable Curses as the things Death Eaters use lightly, which shows their cruelty and lack of empathy. Basically all of the tasks in the tournament and Harry's process of solving the clues are simplified in the movie. In the book it's more elaborate.
Yeah a lot of important and interesting side characters and plot points get the shaft in the movies. It's an unfortunate side effect of changing mediums. Harry Potter would probably be better as an episodic show now that there's less constraints about number of episodes/length of episodes due to online streaming options.
yep the oak guy is totally right!! I was one of these kids who aged with harry potter and it was such an MAGICAL experience! I watched the first movie at 9 years old and loved the dark academy vibes together with the magic and all this stuff, we would have a new movie in 1 or 2 years, so a lot had changed in our mindsets and the movies were keeping it touch with it. Also it gave us a REAL sense as if the "magical world" was actually true and we were having "news" about Harrys life and the battle between the wizards and voldemort. Bu it was really insane being able to age with your favourite characters, something really special and unique. I wish they would make more series like this, because it's something really cool to do for a generation.
I know this is old news for the fans, but Alan Rickman’s delivery as Snape (and just in general) is amazing. No one could’ve made the role of Snape more memorable than him.
That's why we love HP so much. I was 11 when these came out and they absolutely grew with me and me with them. It was a magical time being able to relate and empathize with the characters. J.KRowling is brilliant in being able to achieve this. I watch them all the time and am currently re-reading the books(which are much more detailed.)
I never thought I see a day when grown men would be happy to see Robbie Pattison appear on screen Man my dude really shaped himself as the Batman and overshadowed all of that twilight bs
I’m glad that you guys are warming up to the franchise. I knew you would. I feel like for the reactors that have seen the movies hundreds of time. The nostalgia of someone’s experiencing that for the first time is amazing. It just gets better and better. I subbed and liked each video because of your hp reactions. Keep it up.
I’ve never noticed the parallel between the beginning of the film when Arthur yells ‘that’s my son’ the moment they almost attack Ron and the others, and the ending when Amos Diggory’s yelling ‘that’s my son’ after Cedric dies
That is exactly it. Harry Potter was made for you to start watching at around 6-11, and watch each one of them in sequence, one a year. So that way, you are growing up with it. You go through puberty at the same time, you can relate to teen drama, you can relate to learning about loosing people in your life, and life difficulties, all with them. And that is why the fandom is so connected to it, it's because it was made for you to feel like you are a part of their world. So yes, as an adult you can start watching it and do a binge and enjoy the movies, but you probably wont be able to deeply connect to the characters and story as someone doing the first watch on the correct age group. And that's completely okay. You don't have to feel bad if you don't like it as much as others do, or you don't have to feel like you need to bash it because it isn't (for you) as emotionally envolving as LotR, for example. For me, I was 6 when I watched the first one. And I was 10 when this one came out. Coincidentally, two months prior to watching this movie, I saw someone I knew and cared about, die, and seeing Harry watching Cedric die in front of him, and seeing that people do go through that, and can come out of it stronger, helped me immensely. A lot of things in my life are connected to what characters in Harry Potter where going through while I was growing up. Hermione and I had our first crushs at the same time. Ron and I were going through family things and feeling a bit displaced in our families, at the same time. So for me the series are rooted in who I am and what shaped me. And that's why when I introduce this to my kids, I wont let them binge it. They will grow up with it, and they can choose if they want to watch the next one when it's time or not. Cause it was made with that in mid. Sorrry for the whole history book here, lol, got excited. Loved the reaction, can't wait for the next ones.
I first started watching the movies a couple of years ago (I'm very definitely adult). The beauty of these stories is that there are characters of multiple generations. My favorite character in the series is Sirius Black. My initial decision to even try the movies is because of Maggie Smith (McGonagall). She played Dowager Countess Violet in Downton Abbey, who is my favorite character in that series. I'm not overly invested in any of the child actors, though I read a lot of Hermione-centric fanfiction. One of my favorite scenes in this movie is a blink-and-you'll miss it moment where Filch is holding his cat, Mrs Norris, in his arms at the ball and is gently dancing while cuddling her. He's such an awful character the rest of the time, but he genuinely loves his cat. It's a really sweet moment.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 never said it as an excuse. Just explained why for some people it isn't deeply connecting. Clearly there are exceptions, that's why I mentioned adults can definitely still enjoy and connect, but it was made with kids connecting and growing with it in mind. If you can connect with the characters at any age, amazing!
Six is young. The intended audience was more like 10-14 year olds. Of course people of all ages saw the movies, but that was the original demographic of the first film
@@Shan_Dalamani There's a fan theory about this after the Fantastic Beasts came out. I forgot what they're called but there are people who changes into animals but cannot change back to their human form over time. People are saying Mrs. Norris is actually Filch's wife who had this condition.
@@kk_sj3635 The word you're looking for is "maledictus". That's what Nagini is. It's a blood curse that results in the victim permanently changing into an animal. That's not the same as an animagus who fails to successfully turn back into a human. My own theory about Mrs Norris is that she is a witch who tried to become an animagus but was unable to return to human form. My headcanon says that she was a woman Filch was in love with (other people speculate she was widowed, which would explain her last name, though of course it would be weird anyway for Filch and his cat to both have the same name), and of course she would not be able to carry on with her normal life as a cat. Therefore, she went with him to Hogwarts, where they could live together and nobody would think it strange that he would love his cat so much. Of course we don't know if she had anyone else who would miss her.
I'm the same age as Emma Watson, and I DEFINITELY felt like I was growing up alongside the characters. There's really no other series like it for the generation that grew up with Harry Potter.
Yeah, that really was a special thing for your generation to have while growing up. It’s also something you can revisit as you get older (like, in your 60’s or 70’s) & it will probably bring up a lot of nostalgic memories of when you were a kid or teenager.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I watched the series with my nephew. He's 9. Dude got hooked. He fell asleep in ootp because he said there's more talking in it. But I warned him before and he didn't lose interest in the series. So I do believe younger kids can get the same feeling as we did. Watching him trying to figure out why no one dies seeing the basilisk was fun. I was like " if you don't find out, hermoine gonna die. You want her to die" lol he felt the pressure. Couldn't figure it out.
I love that it takes almost half the series to finally get Voldemort as a full threat for the world. And after 13 years of pain, he must be pretty mad and excited to make them suffer. Cedric's father scream always get me. He started calling him his son, which is classic, then switch to "my boy", giving us this filling he was just a kid to him. It's just so powerful despite not having Cedric long enough. Imagine that kind of scene with someone you know from the first movie. It would be heartcrushing.
I love that you appreciate how amazing it was to grow up with these movies! I did (born in '95) and it really was just awesome watching the whole cast age and mature with me. Having the movies be released in sync with my life truly was magical. I saw all the movies as a kid as they came out and read the books when I was older (just before deathly hollows pt 1). I'm so glad it worked out that way. I remember seeing the great hall at Hogwarts initially in the first movie, with the floating candles and night sky, and being in such awe just like Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Going to "the new Harry Potter" was kind of like a milestone in itself throughout my life and always exciting year after year. Not only us as viewers, but think about the main cast that lived through their growing up years in the world of Harry Potter! it's emotional 🥲
"Did you put your name in Goblet of fire" this line was actually said very gently by Dumbledore in the novel. In the movie it's like "Didyouputyournameinthegobletoffiyah?"🤣🤣
Book: "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire" Dumbledore asks calmly. Movie: "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire" Dumbledore asks as he shakes the ever-loving shit out of Harry.
I was a child when the HP books came out and watching the films every year was a huge part of my childhood. I'm in my 30s now and I look forward to watching these vids, they make my day a little brighter. So thanks guys
I was the perfect age for the books/movies and now I recognize how lucky I was - I don't think there's any other experience I can compare it to. It was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. Looking back, it makes sense that kids my age were so obsessed with it, it was made for us. Harry Potter was my entire childhood and the characters felt even more like friends because I literally grew up alongside them. Watching your reactions is bringing back so many happy memories and nostalgia!
Talking about Oak's issue with the demographic thing - Yes, absolutely. These are films you grow old with; you age as the characters do. And it is a fairly unique approach to making a movie series.
40:22 Well it was mentioned in the book that the Tournament used to be a regular event between the three schools, but because of the high death toll, it was discontinued for a long time. The reason it was brought back in Goblet of Fire was because the schools were keen on setting certain restrictions on the tournament so that they could try to avoid any further deaths. Not only was it a shock that a student still ended up being killed, but the fact that he was killed by Voldemort himself was a huge shock for everyone because no one (except for Dumbledore and Harry) had seen him or knew of his whereabouts after his failed attempt to kill Harry. So you can imagine how everyone must have felt after seeing Cedric's dead body. I hope that cleared up your confusion!
So excited for this one. I'm convinced that if somebody isn't invested in the story after this one, there's no hope lol. Glad the last one did it though. 💕
Now just imagine being an elementary aged child that discovered the books when reading becomes the focus in school, and finishing the series right before the 1st movie comes out when you’re just about Harry’s age of 11. Therefore the entire franchise- books and movies cover two different age groups. Those of us born in the 90’s got to go on this adventure with Harry twice, and introduce those younger than us to them when the movies made their rounds.
This was me I was 11 when that first movie came out and had read all the books released up until that point, its why Harry Potter will always be a comfort to me, we grew up together.
Not sure I follow. The first 4 books came out before the first movie but then slowed down greatly or can say movies came out fast. By time the last book came out the movie series was only 2 books left, technically 3 movies. I saw first movie then binged the books and remember waiting for both the movies and books to come out to finish the story. So wouldn't have been able to finish the book series before the first movie came out.
I was about 6 when the first movie came out so I didn’t get to watch it until I was 11 and caught it on TV during the usual Halloween movie marathons 😊. Soon got into the books and finished the first 6 in less than a year right before the last book came out!
We are the Harry Potter generation! I still remember watching The Sorcerer Stone for the first time, i was 10. I left the theater that day absolutely mind blown. Not only that but also growing up along side with the books being released. Im about to be 30 I'm still a Potterhead at heart!!! & im still able to binge watch them they feel like home with mix of childhood nostalgia 🥲❤️
I actually grew up exactly with the books and the movies and I never really realized that it's like you said it, that the age group is growing up with the movies, but that's really true! Love your reaction!
Wow that's almost as f-ed and prejudiced as when they throw the entire Slytherin house in the dungeons because they assume that Slytherins and only Slytherins will ally with Voldemort, ty JK Rowling
I was definitely a little older than the intended age group when I started reading the books. I was 17 by the time I picked up Sorcerer's Stone. I had just moved from NYC to Florida and was really upset, and one of my older sister's new friends lent me her copy of Sorcerer's Stone. The moving truck with our stuff was like a week+ late, so I had none of my stuff, and I also missed my extended family and friends back in NYC. I read the book in July and then the movie came out that November, which I didn't even know about until I saw it in the theater. I skipped the movie I had bought the ticket for and sneaked into Sorcerer's Stone, been a big fan ever since, and showed it to my niece and nephew when they were old enough.
My son was 11 when the first HP came out - so exactly right age - a new HP came out almost exactly a year apart so he aged (just like you said) as the characters aged in real time and the tenor of the film became more grown up and dark - you are right it grabbed a huge audience because it was so much anticipated after the phenominal book sales worldwide and it carried that audience through the whole franchise - kids were crazy excited when the new one was due
It was definitely a unique experience getting to grow up with these movies as they came out. It really helps to see the three kids as my peers. I almost feel bad that most people watching them now won't get that. I recently watched them all with my sister's kids who are ages 5-14 (5 kids, hard to find a single thing that is interesting to all of them at the same time lol) and they all loved them. Well, except the youngest. She enjoyed the first couple but then did say that they got too scary for her. Yet she's seen all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies which I think have scarier imagery than HP lol, but there's something deeper about the darkness in Potter, I guess.
When I joined the military in 2000 and was headed to my first duty station, a German guy was reading the first HP book. I became obsessed. Then the movies started coming out. I vowed to not watch any of them because I wanted to read them all before I watched the movies, but I broke my back and got bored so I watched the first 3 on DVD. I finished them right before Goblet of Fire came out. So this was the first HP movie I saw in theaters. I was so invested, I definitely got teary eyed when Cedric's dad yells out. Luckily for y'all it only gets better, so buckle up fellas!!!
subscribed just a while ago because of your harry potter reactions and im living for it, thanks for all the content, guys. im really enjoying to rewatch with you!
The creature that Moody used to demonstrate the unforgivable curses is a whiptail scorpion, a real arachnid. What I love about the HP movies is that some of the most interesting looking or sounding creatures and plants are real.
You hit the nail on the head about the books/movies ageing with the audience. I was 8-9 years old when the first book came out, normally you outgrow the things you liked as a child but that didn’t happen with Harry Potter, the characters aged at the same rate as I did so I enjoyed it all through my teenage years. It’s a different kind of nostalgia when it’s something you grew up with for so long and have so many memories attached to it.
Or they've left out bits from the book that you thought were vital but of course if every bit you thought were vital the movie would end up being 6 hours long 😂 When i saw goblet of fire on its original release i was a little disappointed not cos it wasnt an amazing movie, just thought left out important bits. And ofc i re-read the books as the movies were being made.
This spider actually exists. It's called Phrynus Marginemaculatus, it lives in caves (and forests) and is known to be quite tenderly and loving with their offspring. There's also a bigger version called Damon Diadema and while they're quite loving to their offspring as well, it only lasts until they reach a certain age, while the Phrynus Marginemaculatus stays motherly.
The whole conversation about the series aging with the audience really hits home! Now while I wasn't the same age as the characters when the movies were coming out, I was actually a bit younger, I was still able to grow up with them and it was actually insanely emotional when the last one came out and then it was all over cuz it came out when I was 11, and that was the age where everything started for the characters. So the end of my childhood happened when Harry Potter ended, which was the age when the kids in the story's childhood ended and they all began to grow into adolescence. I can only imagine what it would have been like to have been the same age as the characters and grow along with them at the same rate, but as someone who was just a bit younger who got to grow with it, it was truly special. Harry Potter was my whole childhood. I grew up watching them, even from probably too young of an age cuz I had an older brother who watched them, but they consumed my childhood and they were one of the most special things about that time for me. Harry Potter brought me some of my greatest joys in being a kid, because it fed that insane imagination that all kids have and it was just so fun. So ya, when u guys talk about the series growing with the audience, and how awesome that is, u truly have no idea what it was like for kids during that time. It was truly special.
I was a year or two younger than the actors when this series first started and I can confirm that the feeling that the movies mature along with the characters was exactly how I felt. Looking back, I really appreciated being able to relate to the characters at different stages of their lives. I watched more than half of these movies with my parents as they came out and I will always cherish those experiences and the feeling of collective excitement as we watched them together at the theatres.
Growing up with Harry and his friends was amazing. I could empathise with them, relate to them. The level of darkness was just right to keep me invested as i got older
I just came back to finish the video lol. The observation about the audience's age range growing with the movies/books is spot on. I feel lucky to be part of that range with the first one coming out right around my 9th birthday and the last film when I was almost 19. My bf wasn't allowed to watch them so I showed it to him a few years ago and he genuinely enjoys them. But it doesn't have quite the same impact as it did if you were to grow with the characters. 💕
I don't really agree that 17 year olds or adults couldn't enjoy the first movies because they are "kids' movies". They still have good stories and the world they create is magical and you only get to experience it once for the first time, watching the first movie. Imo the age range of people that can enjoy these movies is actually pretty big, you just have to have an open mind an dive into the world.
The Oak said it perfectly. I was exactly their age (Harry, Ron's and Hermione's) when the movie came out. I literally grew up with them and it definitely made it all the more special in my heart.
As a Harry Potter fan, I am so happy to see you guys warming up to this. As a kid, at first, I thought it will be boring. But I was 14 when I first gave it a try and never regretted it.
This is the second time I've been through this reaction series, and I love watching The Oak fall in love with the kids even more then I did the first time around.
As a teenage boy when this movie came out, I can 100% attest to having fallen in love with Hermione at her dance intro scene. Edit: Oak, you're 100% correct about the strange but awesome age range dynamic. The series grew WITH us from 10-20 years old. I think it's one of the major contributors to why people my age are so in love with this series.
Harry's always been sassy but from Goblet of Fire onwards you can really see more of his sass come through, and not only that but all the characters personalities flourish can't wait for Order of the Phoenix!
I was around 9 when the first Harry Potter movie came out and after watching it in theaters I immediately started reading the books. I genuinely grew with the movies/books and aged with the characters. As a kid who grew up in a dysfunctional home I cannot really express what growing up with a character like Harry did for me, but I would say that I think while any age can and should watch and enjoy the series, the experience I had with them is one that cant be replicated. My best friend didnt read them or watch the movies until she was already an adult and even though we both love them, we have talked a lot about how different our experiences are.
I think to Oak's point about the targeted demographics of these movies: he's 100% accurate!! They absolutely matured the tone of the movies to match not only the maturity of the actors, but the maturity of their target audience as well. You hit the nail perfectly on the head Oak!! 🙌 I was in the perfect age range for these movies as they came out so I grew up exactly in that age range you're referring to!!
I was fortunate enough to be one of those kids who grew up in that age group, and yeah I totally agree that the movies grew up and matured along with us 😊 The movies often came out around my birthday so it kind of became a regular way to celebrate it with my friends and go watch it in cinema 😁 This franchise was a big part of my life growing up
I've been binging these reactions for the past few hours and I'm really enjoying the revelation of how these movies aged with us. I was 5 when the first movie released and I followed the series until my teenage years and this was the last film saw until college where I watched the rest, but yea this series is still ridiculously popular with my age group because it was almost the first 2 decades of our lives. It leaves a heavy mark like nothing else
Even though it was a small moment in the movie, Cedric's dad in pain always gets to me.
Agreed!
Me too 😢
It gets me teary eyed every. Time. And I've watched these movies an ungodly amount of times 😭
Always gets me teary eyed. Sooo real.
Yeees! That part always breaks my heart 😢💔
Watching Oak realize that media for teenagers exists is a trip. "It's not a kids movie, it's not for adults." There's a whole decade in between there, man. 😂😂😂
I think that's because he considers upto 17 yr Olds as children
Experience is what makes you an adult mentally, not a conceptual number. You don't just turn 18 and now have life figured out and you're ready for everything lmao
It's more being surprised that the audience didn't stay the same. Normally you pick one age group as a writer and stick to it. Like for kids/teens/adults/families. Harry Potter however evolved with the original audience throughout.
Oak zeroed in on a separation even in the millenial generation, and it's crazy that it only exists because of how the age groups dealt with the technology boom. Oak is part of the older group of cultural millenials that were way more analog, and the age group he's describing is the young millenials that these movies were made for. Way more growing up in the digital world these younger millenials. The Disney millenials. Movies started catering to this age group at this time and hasn't shifted into superheroes as they became adults.
But the separation internally in generations is something that really became so vast large part because of the tech explosion. It makes sense that it was hard to describe because it's not something really talked about, how rapid progress in technology has affected so many age groups in vastly different and significant areas of life
@@FunnilyForgettableexactly for that reason media for teenagers makes more sense 😂 imagine going from kids movies to fully adult movies that would be a wild jump.
When they cheered at Cedric's intro, my heart broke a little... they know not what they applaud lol
Yup. Didn't see that coming. Lol
Goblet of Fire came out before Robert Patterson was a big star. He hadn't starred in the Twilight franchise yet and it was definitely before he starred in The Batman.
Uh.. I was actually referring to his death at the end of the movie. But thanks for the history lesson I s'pose.
@@charlesjones9860 I was responding to Badd Meducine's comment early in their reaction video. Patterson's death was pretty tragic.
I didn't know him in Harry Potter lol , it was the opposite for me, when I first saw twilight I call him Cedric lol
I cannot explain the feeling of growing up with Harry Potter, you said it exactly right, it felt like it was for ME. The first book was released in September 1998, I was 8 years old. I will never forget how I felt reading each of those books, especially as I got older. I was 17 when the last book was published, same age as Harry. An absolute privilege to experience that.
Yeah it was a blessing growing up with the movies. Really brought me into the fantasy genre
Wasn’t it 1997
Same, I remember pre-ordering the book at a local bookstore. Man it was epic when that last book came out
@@ashhabimran239 it was in the UK but it wasn’t released in the US until 98
Same! 💜. I think all of us in that age range are “Still waiting on my letter from Hogwarts”
I love how honest The Oak is. Watching someone go from "I'm pretty sure I won't be into this" to "I'm excited for the next one" is great. Especially as someone whose been a fan for years and has read the books etc, knowing how the series progresses and *knowing* that The Oak will get into but just needs time- it's been great to quietly sit back and patiently watch the emotional attachment grow 😂💜
He's not a few chapters into the audio books
@@BaddMedicine I truly appreciate the honesty, and also I really forgot how much detail is lost between the books and the movies, I was among those who grew up reading them being a similar age so it's very different.
In the book, Dumbledore asked CALMLY to Harry if he put his name in the Goblet... the movie adaptation of that line quickly became a big meme. 😅
Can't believe the Oak missed that meme
@@BaddMedicine this is the meme's vid, I laugh every time th-cam.com/video/IdoD2147Fik/w-d-xo.html
@@BaddMedicine Probably too much of a reference, now you all won't miss it wherever it will pop out (usually when people go mad)!
I can't wait to see your reaction to the end of all of this.
😁👍🤙
Ya that's a big meme😅
One thing these movies miss the most is Harry's sass: Seriously. In the books, almost every sentence that comes out of Harry's mouth comes with a bit of either sass or sarcasm. My favorite is when Harry is talking to Professor Snape (don't remember what it was about, but it ended like this):
Harry: "Yes..."
Snape: "Yes, "sir"..."
Harry: "There's no need to call me sir, Professor."
@@meghanals5991 I didn't mention what year it was. Nor did I say it was in GOF. I just took a moment from the books that never happens in the movies.
There is some sass in the next film during the last scene with one of the characters when they get taken away that wasn't in the books.
If im not mistaken this is in year 6 when Snape was the Defense against the Dark arts teacher and he was teaching non verbal spells and he jinxed Harry and Harry yelled out a protego so strong it knocked Snape off his feet. And thats when Snape asked Harry if he remembered they were suppose to be non verbal and Harry responded yes, and Snape said yes sir.
I would’ve like to have seen that in the movies! -Oak
Bahaha! I remember that.... I would have loved to have seen Snape's face 🤣
Of all the comedic bits in Harry Potter as a franchise, Snape just shoving Ron and Harry’s heads when they are chatting is the funniest to me.
It's so out of book Snape's character, though.
I love it, book Snape or not 😂
@@bidishah To each their own, I guess. I prefer book Snape.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX More power to you. It's just the scene itself that cracks me up. I dunno if it's Alan Rickman's deadpan face, or how casually he abuses them, but it's hilarious.
@@ProLifeAtheistXX What? Its 100% in book Snape's characeter to do that. Which books are you reading again?
When their wands duelled, the last people who were killed by Voldemort's wand, came out for a limited time. There's more detail about that in the book.
Not just killed, every spell. The hand came 1st.
they also have sibling wands which is likely what caused the souls to escape.
priori incantatem
I completely frgot that both harry and valdemort had twin wands..thats insane ...prolly as to why he needed the elder wand @@braders790boop
In the book, Rowling included a bit where Hermione tries to teach Krum how to pronounce her name properly... This was actually for the benefit of the kids and adults across the world who had been saying it wrong for three and a half books 😂
I read the books to my daughter for several years and pronounced Hermione's name wrong. I guess only a Brit would've already known.
@@PruneHub For the German translation they gave her a German Name that look similar: Hermine (it is exactly spoken like it's written). It's an outdated Name more common in the generation of my grandparnets or so. I met a little girls a while ago who is actually named after her. And it maybe that some Emmas porn in the frist decade of the millenium are actually named after Emma Watson.
Hermi-One
And for the benefit of kids and adults called Hermione! I remember the actress Hermione Norris talking about how pleased she was that people all finally knew how to pronounce her name!
@@sawanna508 I guess we should write it "soundlike" for the English speakers because "Hermine" would sound like "her mine".
The German name sounds like "hair-mee-neh"
I love how now every reactor sees Robert Pattinson here they say "Batman" or "Vengeance" and not Twilight guy. He's so talented to be remembered like that.
Agreed. Twilight is the past.
True!! But I still think he was perfect in Twilight tho. I read the books 4 times and he played Edward PERFECTLY. It's not his fault if the script was shit 😂
@@erikperhs_ I think Twilight movies will be more interesting if the story was more about Cullens and Volturi and not so too much about Bella
@@Anna-xi8hu It's literally a romance. You want fantasy/adventure/horror
I mean, to be fair, the books were shit, too. The writing was absolutely terrible.
It’s really fun to watch the evolution from “yeah it’s sort of good but it’s a kids movie “to “I can’t wait for the next Harry Potter movie.” As a person who watched these in adulthood, I had the same experience. I ended up hanging out at the Barnes & Noble until midnight to buy a copy of the last book as soon as it was available.
Thanks Steve for watching and sharing this story. And we are hooked!!! lol
39:55 that scene when the applause stopped... "It's my son, It's my boy" so powerfulll... so emotional... amazing. very well done
Adding to what everyone already said, there's a great subplot with the female reporter, she is secretly an unregistered animagus that turns into a ladybug and spies all of Harry's conversations with Ron and Hermione and spies everyone, she allies with Draco too and causes lots of problems for the Trio. She keeps on writing articles bashing Dumbledore and Harry and even Hermione calling her a gold digger and a loose woman and Mrs Weasley is very aggravated with her and poor Hermione has a very bad time watching her reputation go down the drain, specially because she is 14 , but she soon realizes that something is wrong and finds out about the animagus thing and captures her and blackmails her into writing an honest story about what really happened with harry.
Hermione was not a pretty, pretty girl, she had very bushy hair that was very difficult to tame, she had huge protruding teeth and she did not care much about being girly, but after a nasty spell from Draco her teeth grew so much that she had to spend a few days at the hospital wing and the nurse restored her teeth to their original size...not really, Hermione being 14 started to feel awkward and wishing for the same things other girls also wanted so tricked her into making her teeth a lot smaller and pretty, so her transformation for the ball was huge, she appeared with beautiful hair and all proper feminine, no one, not even Harry or Ron knew who she was at first.
But my favourite part is Mrs Weasley supporting Harry during the Tournament, the Champions are allowed to have family with them before each task, Harry has no one but Mrs. Weasley along with her son Charlie take that role because of course, although Sirius is also there he can do not it publicly. She is the one who comforts Harry after Cedric's death, she is the first loving embrace Harry ever experiences in his life.
As a teacher, Barty (under the guise as Moody) was actually quite effective. Despite his ulterior motives, his teaching of how to overcome curses such as the Imperius was valuable to Harry, who gained the ability to resist even Voldemort himself as a result of this training.
But guys, there's so many subpolts and details in this book that it is impossible to share in a comment.
Not a ladybug, a skeeter. Hence her name ^^
@@sailiealquadacil1284 Thanks, I stand corrected :)
Actually she turns into a beetle 🪲 Chapter 37: “‘Inside were a few twigs and leaves, and one large, fat beetle.
'That's never - you're kidding -' Ron whispered, lifting the jar to his eyes.
'No, I'm not,' said Hermione, beaming. 'I caught her on the window-sill in the hospital wing. Look very closely, and you'll notice the markings around her antennae are exactly like those foul glasses she wears.'”
It’s mental a reporter can slander children like this😭 named and shamed snd everything. Even got abuse off of readers. She’d be nicked in reality lol😭
It was the eldest Weasley brother Bill, not Charlie, who came with Mrs. Weasley to support Harry in the third task. Harry briefly saw Charlie earlier in the year when they did the first task.
"HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE" dumbledore said calmy
In the book, the reason why the Death Eaters were not immediately being taken out by all the wizards at the Quidditch World Cup was because they had managed to capture a muggle family and literally had them suspended upside-down 200 feet above the ground. The Ministry was terrified that if they attacked the Death Eaters directly the family would come falling to their deaths.
Kinda dumb tbh. They're wizards. They should be able to catch them using their powers.
@@The-Azure-Knight literally aresto momentum it's the exact spell that Dumbledore used to slow Harry down when he fell from the sky in the last movie. But if there's one thing that Harry Potter shows consistently is that wizards have no idea what they're doing most the time. I assume it's because their life has become so easy from magic that their wisdom scores are just below average
@@angelusfallox7148 That make sense. One thing that bother me about the harry potter series.
Exactly
@@The-Azure-Knight It’s magic yes but there’s still rules to it. Not to mention not every wizard knows the full breadth of what’s possible or what spells may work in a particular situation. For example, how much of your civics class or English and math classes do you retain after high school? Unless you’re using these spell everyday, your likely to forget a fair bit of what you learned in school. It’s why at the ministry of magic, they have different witches and wizards who specialize in particular spells and enchantments.
Also, with the publics panic during the attack, all that commotion and confusion could be difficult for whatever aurors present to aim their spells properly to stop the death eaters or prevent injury and destruction.
I think The Oak’s comment was perfect. Aging with the movies and books was a wonderful experience. I had a funny experience as an American trying to figure out if the quirks in the series were British or wizarding.
😁👍 always cool to see the impact this franchise has had on everyone.
Yep, that was right on the money. I, too, believe that the way these books and movies catered to one specific generation as it grew up and got older is a key part to their success.
I was lucky enough to be in the right age group for the books. They were so relatable to me, especially since the books go into much more detail about the inner workings and feelings of this boy going through his teenage years. For the movies, I was slightly too old when they came out. I watched the first two in theaters, wasn't really into them, rented the third one on DVD at some point, and that was it. It was years later when I happened to catch one of the later movies on cable (I think the 6th one) and thought: "Damn, that was actually good!"
Fast forward to January 2022, they became available on Netflix in my country, I watched them all in order, and what can I say, I'm hooked again.
Same! I didn’t realize until I got older that many of the expressions were British, not just the wizarding culture.
@@simonbrunner3062 sweet
@@krystaloftheshores aww
Cedric's dad's reaction is one of the most heartbreaking moments in this entire series. Just gut wrenching.
Can I just tell you how much I love that Oak is so invested in this journey, given his mindset at the beginning of it all.
The moment I saw you guys freak out over Robert Pattinson's appearance, my heart fell for you guys~
Lol.... They got us good!
6:05… Harry is pretty well known throughout the Wizarding World. However, his fame is mainly within Britain. So non British wizards are generally aware of who he is but not as starstruck.
Ahhhh. Ok. That makes sense. 🤙
Yeah, even the Bulgarian Prime Minister recognizes Harry, even though he doesn't understand a word of English that Fudge is saying to him. He recognizes Harry by the scar. Basically, Harry is Mr. Popular globally! 😂
@@drkushajagadeesh6347 he does understand english, he says in the book that he only pretended to not understand to mess with bagman
Yes, and that is mainly due to the fact that Voldemort's reign of terror was mostly confined to Britain.
@@johannesdif Vell, it vos very funny!
"Difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must face a choice between what is *right,* and what is *easy.* "
One of my fave speeches of Dumbledore, so poignant and really painting the picture of what's to come in the future parts. Cedric's death marked the beginning of a war. Voldy is done hiding now.
It’s just iconic! -Oak
It’s definitely a weird feeling for people watching it all the way through as an adult for the first time, but we grew up with these movies. They were age appropriate throughout our entire childhood and we grew with the characters which is a huge reason it’s so special to a lot of us. There’s really no other movies where this happened as you stated.
Well said. 🤙
Oak got it right. I was 9 when the first movie came out and 17 when it all ended. I literally grew up with Harry Potter and now that I’m 30 I treasure JK Rowling’s wizarding world as one of my best teenage memories. I consider myself lucky for being part of this generation, not only for HP movies but also LOTR and The Hobbit. I really can’t wait to see your final reactions!
Thanks for watching, Malia! It's really cool to see the impact this has had on everyone still to this day. Gives us a whole perspective for HP. The Hobbit movies are coming up after we complete HP. If they were to do remakes of HP would you give it a chance?
@@BaddMedicine thank you guys for these videos! The first reaction I saw from you was LOTR and I enjoyed it so much that subscribed right away. As you already said, you have to read HP books to be able to understand everything, they missed so many scenes and characters in the movies, but still they are great. Would I watch if they do a remake? Of course! Will it be the same? No, unfortunately. What makes HP so special to me is that I grew up with the characters and as Oak said, no movie have done that. I’m so excited to see your reactions of the Hobbit, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
Grew up same time but as a dude the Riddick movies (and 2 Games made, written and voiced with help of vin diesel) also affected me a lot as riddick is the perfect rolemodel for adult males(especially if you tske also the Games into account)
Same. My mom forbade reading them so I had to hide the books and watching the movies. She came to visit me last week and I showed the re-read. 😂 She was so upset
@@BaddMedicineI turned 17 in April 2007, Deathly Hallows was released in July 2007. I grew up exactly with the books. It was amazing
I was 12 years old when the first book came out. I had read that book 2 times before the movies came out. Read every book, watched every movie in theaters. I grew up with this story and that was amazing. That will never happen to me again. The 20 year anniversary on HBO made me cry so much, the actors are my age. Al the memories, I love this whole world so much❤
Thank you for sharing. Always great to see the impact this franchise has had. 🤙
This is definitely the movie where shit gets real, the story gets darker and more mature from here on out. I can't wait until you guys get to Deathly Hollows.
Part 2 is my favorite to see people react to
The start of the emotional roller coaster!
This is the point where wands just become fancy laser guns
Hallows, dude
Deathly Hallows Part 1 will be out on patreon in the next day or 2/
Cedric is mentioned in the Prisoner of Azkaban book. He's the pride of Hufflepuff, prefect, captain of the quidditch team.
The twins don't like him as the girls on the Gryffindor team thinks he's McDreamy.
He’s definitely McDreamy!!! -Oak
they could’ve never had casted a better actor than pattinson 😍
It’s nice that we live in a time where guys can once again cheer for Robert Pattinson without looking like Twilight fans
That is in the past! Big Rob actually won us over with the Movie The Rover. And of course he crushed it as Batman.
@@BaddMedicine i don’t know if you’ve seen it but he is amazing in the devil all the time
@@BaddMedicine I like him in movies "Water for elephants" and "Remember me" maybe some day you react to this films
@@Anna-xi8hu i love "Remember me"🥺🥺that was an amazing movie ❤️
@@BaddMedicine *Good Time* *by the Safdie brothers* (same Directors of Uncut Gems) *is a 2017 movie* in which Robert Pattinson's stars and *he is freaking AMAZING in that role* he *even has a perfect Queens New York accent* throughout the whole movie, *it's one of Rob's best performance to date.* Please watch it, you won't regretted
The way Oak started as a skeptic and then more and more he watches a new installment and now HE GETS IT is great. Especially how he tries to dissect and explain why it got his interest is astounding
"OMG! I've killed Harry Potter". Neville has one of the best lines in the entire movie. So much is meant from those few words. Poor Neville thinking about how society would look upon him, as well as he 'did' something not even Voldemort could do. Luckily he was relieved of this burden almost as fast as he thought it. [edit] You guy's choice of channel music - love it.
I honestly don't remember if that line was in the book or not, or if it was like a South Park inspired line or something. 😂
It wasn't in the book. They took out Dobby.
“I can’t wait to watch the next Harry Potter.” Haha! That makes me so happy! I love when ppl are warming to the series during their reactions. ☺️ That said, I hate the next one. Not because it’s bad but because it makes me so mad for everyone, especially Harry.
Fully invested! And 5 is currently in the editor. 🤙😁 Looking forward to comments on that one🤙
This is where it all started for our boy Robert Pattinson. He got cast in Twilight because of cast photos from HP, which led to his other roles and people realizing he was actually REALLY talented, which led to Batman.
Some clarifications that were left out but are present in the book:
1) In the book, students of both sexes are present in the delegations from the foreign schools (at least two male French students are mentioned). I guess the movie makers wanted to, erm, increase the impression.
2) Viktor Krum is not Russian but Bulgarian (seen at the beginning of the movie), and the only thing known about the location of Durmstrang is that it is in the north, "where it is very cold, because their uniform includes fur coats"
I'm confused on the Bulgaria part. If they're meant to be from North of Hogwarts, this is wrong, because Hogwarts is in Scotland. Bulgaria is in south eastern Europe, is it not? Even if they were from Latvia or similar, they would still not have been as far north as where Hogwarts is in the north of Scotland. I think it would have made more sense for Durmstrang to be in Russia, because it gets colder there than Scotland, and is still north
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@@carolinemasson7172 Yeah, that part got me a bit confused as well. I guess the idea was that the students are from different Slavic countries. (shrugs)
@@carolinemasson7172 My understanding, based on the books and some supplemental stuff on Pottermore, is that each school handles entire sections of Europe, not just their home countries. Hogwarts takes students from all over the British Isles, not just the UK. (Seamus Finnegan, for example, is heavily implied to be from Ireland.) Beauxbatons in France presumably takes students from all over Western Europe, while Durmstrang, which is probably in either Scandinavia or Russia, would take students from all over Eastern Europe, which would include Bulgaria. At least, that's what I've come up with to fit in the canon, do what you want with it.
@@danielsnoap9782 And there's plenty of other popular Wizarding Schools such as Mahoutokoro in Japan. The students is so specialized in Quidditch that they're basically unbeatable in the match and furthermore I think it's mentioned that they're also really good in academic. And not only in Japan, there are also Wizarding Schools in Brazil, Africa and even North America. If there's no established Wizarding School in the country or the surrounding countries, the students will enter a small Wizarding Academy or just get home-schooled.
Thank you for the extra info!!! -Oak
There is very much an adult story hidden within these children's books. You just have to read between the lines. The racism, war and corrupt politics are all there in the books. It even gets deeper if you pay attention. It's like a satire at times.
As to why you don't see it at first its because you are looking at the story from Harry's point of view. He was too innocent to understand at first so he didn't see the things that adults saw and understood. But as he grows so does the story because Harry is maturing and his point of view is changing with his age.
Yes! I've never really thought of HP as a kids' story, that's just the perception we get given Harry's point of view. Yes, kids can enjoy the story, but it's like the tip of an iceberg...there are adult themes right underneath.
@@yezzN02 Agreed. 💯👍
The publisher made JK market these as kids books because of the protagonists age. They were never meant to be kids books
Yes - It’s ‘inspired’ by nazi Germany and Hitlers Ideology and the crusade on Jews. Hitlers favoritism for blond haired and blue eyed people is represented in Voldemort’s pureblood ideology. It is for sure not for kids
Well it is for kids - but it is most certainly also for adults!
LMFAO Oak's reaction to Hermione being asked to the dance at 24:02. It has the same energy as that "damn straight!" he threw in when Hagrid was giving Hermione a pep talk in the second movie. You gotta love the big guy.
love how mad oak got when harrys name came out of the goblet "when did he put his name in?? show me the proof! this is bullshit!" its always the ones who are hesitant at first that end up being the biggest potterheads xD
with Goblet Of Fire everyone gets into the storyline of Harry Potter
This was was awesome!
@@BaddMedicine i am so glad u think so too
I’m definitely getting more into it with each movie!!!!
I was 50 when this book came out, my niece was into them so I thought I would read them. Wow - boy do these books evolve. When Deathly Hallows came out I bought it in the morning and read it straight through, so the growing up generation isn't just for kids of that age. I'm glad you are pacing these out to give you some small reference to those of us who were waiting year by year for the next book/film.
I'M LIVING FOR THESE THUMBNAIL UPDATES 😭💀 i come back to re watch these every few weeks (these are such comfort videos i swear i have end up back here so many times ever since you put them out) i found you guys through your hunger games reactions and i've stuck around with joy ever since. LOVE YOU GUYS!!! thank you for all the laughs and smiles, you're all amazing humans
You’re spot on about growing up with the actors/characters and how special that is. I was the exact age of the characters when the movies started, 11, and 20 by the end of the last movie. I also was reading the books simultaneously, and the same thing, I read the last book at 17, same age as Harry. For that reason alone, this series is special and nothing else will probably touch for me. But I really appreciate hearing a different perspective and how you’re willing to go with the story instead of judging too soon. Looking forward to watching the other reactions. Also YES, I hope you’ll take the time to read the books. They are awesome! And so much not included in the movies especially from goblet of fire onwards.
The biggest thing missing from this movie (in terms of adaptation from the books) is Sirius. In the books, Sirius actually travels to Hogwarts & hides in a cave outside of town. Harry goes to see him a few times over the course of the story & those meetings really are the basis of the relationship between Harry & Sirius. Cutting that out has a knock on effect that you'll see in future films. There is a lot of differences between books & films from here on out. The books really are quite massive by this point, even the third movie had a LOT of stuff cut from the books.
One thing not included in the third movie is that Sirius ended up granting Harry’s permission to go to Hogsmeade. Since he’s Harry’s godfather, that is sufficient.
Either that or how Barty Crouch Jr. is used. Two big missed opportunities to use David Tennant and Gary Oldman more.
And the house elves. Dobby is back, and we meet the Crouch family's elf, Winky. And Hermione takes up the cause of elf welfare. I can see why they left it out of the movie, but I was really looking forward to seeing Winky. I also really missed the scene where the Weasleys try to pick up Harry from the Dursleys using floo powder and find the Dursleys' fireplace has been boarded up. It's one of the funniest scenes in the whole series.
Yup.
It also ticked me off the removal of Hermione tutoring Harry on a dozen new spells that culminate in his survival from this book onwards.
I'd say the biggest thing missing is Dobby, Winky and SPEW... Hermione's campaign against elvish "slavery" (as she sees it) becomes a pretty big part of her personality from GoF onwards.
My dudes! Grew up on these movies and books and I was so damn glad to see y’all check these out and enjoy them as much as I did! Tell the Oak that I appreciate his open mind and giving it an honest chance till it had him hooked! Much love boys❤️
We are hooked!
in the books, beaxbuton and durmstrang werent just boys and girls. they brought their pupils which were 17 years or older. furthermore, fleur is part veela, which is a magical creature which is basically a super hot witch and most people around her are in to her.
cedric diggory was in the books before the goblet of fire. he is the hufflepuff quiditch captain. he beat gryffindor in the third book, when harry crashed due to the dementor attack. he caught the snitch after harry crashed. diggory then wanted to redo the match since it was unfair for gryffindor, since harry crashed. but gryffindor said, that they wouldve lost even without crashing since the match was heavily in favor of hufflepuff.
furthermore the movie let out a substory with fred and george weasley, who bet a large sum of galleons on the quidditch world cup, predicting ireland will win but krum will catch the snitch. that happened. fred and george wanted to get their betting money from a guy named ludo bagman, who is completly missing in the movie. he didnt give them the money because he had debts of his own. so in the end harry gifted fred and george the 1000 galleons of the triwizards price money. ludo bagman was an ex quidditch star, who worked for the quidditch departmend of the ministry of magic. in the books bagman was very vocal about letting harry participate in the tourney, because he saw a chance to get rid of his debts by betting everything on harry. he helped harry out in the tournament a few times or at leat he tried. he and crouch (who worked for the foreign affairs department), basically organized the quidditch world cup and the triwizard tourney.
furthermore bagman and crouch were very crucial to the trials, which took place in the memory. they had three cases in the books. one with karkaroff, who was a deatheater in the past. he said snape was a deatheater aswell. but dumbledore told the tribunal, snape works for him and another case, which i wont spoil, since it gets somewhat explained in the next movie.
the main handler of the dragons is actually rons second oldest brother charly, who works with dragons in romania. they mentioned him pretty early on in the first book, but like bill, he doesnt show up until the fourth book. harry stays with the weasleys for the most of the summerholidays and the weasleys, ecxept molly, harry and hermoine visit the world cup. in the beginning of the book harry still was with the dursleys and the weasley visited to get harry, which was pretty hilarious.
harry had to train very hard to master the accio charm. they actually learned it in class in this year and harry was one of the worst at it. he and and fake moody formulated a plan, before the first task, to get the broom. fake moody wanted harry to win, so he helped him a lot. fake moody even gave neville the plant book, so harry could find out about the weed. in the books he never asked neville about it. fake moody told dobby to give it to harry. dobby works in hogwarts in the fourth book.
the third task was the labyrinth in the books, but unlike the wind, the obstacles were a bit more dangerous. harry had to fight a boggart, a spider, a magical mist and at the end he had to solve a riddle. it was way more interesting. but the movie didnt have the time
the first tasked was pretty action packed in the movie. in the book all the dragons were female and just guarded their eggs. so harry called for his broom and snatched the egg. he didnt do parkour on the hogwarts towers. and the handlers immediatly put the dragon to sleep after harry got the egg.
I actually prefer the book version of the Dragon task because I love Ludo Bagman's commentary on Harry's flying. I'm a sucker for the trope in storytelling where there's a news reporter or some other kind of external figure reacting to the action.
And I prefer the movie version of the 3rd task because it was almost like them fighting against themselves and I'm a sucker for psychological horror.
I love the 4th book and just refinished it yesterday.Wish they had done a better job at making the 4th movie
I think it would be a discredit to simply call veela a "super hot witch". Yes, they were incredibly beautiful normally but the book describes their "angry form" as similar to that of a harpy.
@@Haylla2008 yeah. porbably :D
I appreciate this react channel more than most because it feels like you're one if the few to just say "I didn't like this" after watching a movie you didn't like. Too many people just go "wow I loved it!" To every single thing. Nice change of pace here.
The dentist comment at 20:28 had me actually laughing out loud. It was so unexpected.
The book had previously mentioned Cedric as Hufflepuff's quidditch captain, and through his character we learned that students in Hufflepuff are generally not famous high-achievers, only because their main quality is their loyalty and kindness, which are often overlooked. Cedric being so famous, good-looking, and bright made his death a terrible loss for Hufflepuff. The grief and mourning of the Hufflepuffs are deeper than shown in the movie.
The fourth book was also where we learn further about the Weasley brothers. We meet Charlie, Ron's second-eldest brother, who is in charge of the dragons. Percy, the third-eldest, already graduated and worked under Barty Crouch in the Ministry. In fact, he was in charge as the judge in Triwizard Tournament because Barty Crouch was under the Imperius Curse by Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort, who ordered him to stay home and take a sick leave.
We also found out that the reason why Neville lives with his Grandmother is because both his parents are aurors who were tortured with Cruciatus Curse to the point of insanity. The whole book introduces the Unforgivable Curses as the things Death Eaters use lightly, which shows their cruelty and lack of empathy.
Basically all of the tasks in the tournament and Harry's process of solving the clues are simplified in the movie. In the book it's more elaborate.
Yeah a lot of important and interesting side characters and plot points get the shaft in the movies. It's an unfortunate side effect of changing mediums. Harry Potter would probably be better as an episodic show now that there's less constraints about number of episodes/length of episodes due to online streaming options.
Cedric is a really well loved character, even though he's only in this movie. He is featured in the books more and is a genuinely good guy
Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) was such a great actor! May he rest in peace
Y’all reaction when Cedric (Robert) comes on screen is everything 😂😂😂😂🙌🏽
😁🔥🔥🔥🔥😁
yep the oak guy is totally right!! I was one of these kids who aged with harry potter and it was such an MAGICAL experience! I watched the first movie at 9 years old and loved the dark academy vibes together with the magic and all this stuff, we would have a new movie in 1 or 2 years, so a lot had changed in our mindsets and the movies were keeping it touch with it. Also it gave us a REAL sense as if the "magical world" was actually true and we were having "news" about Harrys life and the battle between the wizards and voldemort. Bu it was really insane being able to age with your favourite characters, something really special and unique. I wish they would make more series like this, because it's something really cool to do for a generation.
I know this is old news for the fans, but Alan Rickman’s delivery as Snape (and just in general) is amazing. No one could’ve made the role of Snape more memorable than him.
That's why we love HP so much. I was 11 when these came out and they absolutely grew with me and me with them. It was a magical time being able to relate and empathize with the characters. J.KRowling is brilliant in being able to achieve this. I watch them all the time and am currently re-reading the books(which are much more detailed.)
I never thought I see a day when grown men would be happy to see Robbie Pattison appear on screen
Man my dude really shaped himself as the Batman and overshadowed all of that twilight bs
He's fantastic in the Rover
Robert is great!
Facts
He is phenomenal in everything
His acting in tenet was sooooo good
You guys should react to tenet if you have not watched it
@@BaddMedicine I don’t know if you’ve seen ‘Good Time,’ but he’s great in that as well.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I watched that the other day, such a thrill!
I’m glad that you guys are warming up to the franchise. I knew you would. I feel like for the reactors that have seen the movies hundreds of time. The nostalgia of someone’s experiencing that for the first time is amazing. It just gets better and better. I subbed and liked each video because of your hp reactions. Keep it up.
Really appreciate the support! Thank you! And yes.... We're hooked!
I’ve never noticed the parallel between the beginning of the film when Arthur yells ‘that’s my son’ the moment they almost attack Ron and the others, and the ending when Amos Diggory’s yelling ‘that’s my son’ after Cedric dies
That is exactly it. Harry Potter was made for you to start watching at around 6-11, and watch each one of them in sequence, one a year. So that way, you are growing up with it. You go through puberty at the same time, you can relate to teen drama, you can relate to learning about loosing people in your life, and life difficulties, all with them. And that is why the fandom is so connected to it, it's because it was made for you to feel like you are a part of their world.
So yes, as an adult you can start watching it and do a binge and enjoy the movies, but you probably wont be able to deeply connect to the characters and story as someone doing the first watch on the correct age group. And that's completely okay. You don't have to feel bad if you don't like it as much as others do, or you don't have to feel like you need to bash it because it isn't (for you) as emotionally envolving as LotR, for example.
For me, I was 6 when I watched the first one. And I was 10 when this one came out. Coincidentally, two months prior to watching this movie, I saw someone I knew and cared about, die, and seeing Harry watching Cedric die in front of him, and seeing that people do go through that, and can come out of it stronger, helped me immensely. A lot of things in my life are connected to what characters in Harry Potter where going through while I was growing up. Hermione and I had our first crushs at the same time. Ron and I were going through family things and feeling a bit displaced in our families, at the same time. So for me the series are rooted in who I am and what shaped me. And that's why when I introduce this to my kids, I wont let them binge it. They will grow up with it, and they can choose if they want to watch the next one when it's time or not. Cause it was made with that in mid.
Sorrry for the whole history book here, lol, got excited. Loved the reaction, can't wait for the next ones.
I first started watching the movies a couple of years ago (I'm very definitely adult). The beauty of these stories is that there are characters of multiple generations. My favorite character in the series is Sirius Black. My initial decision to even try the movies is because of Maggie Smith (McGonagall). She played Dowager Countess Violet in Downton Abbey, who is my favorite character in that series.
I'm not overly invested in any of the child actors, though I read a lot of Hermione-centric fanfiction.
One of my favorite scenes in this movie is a blink-and-you'll miss it moment where Filch is holding his cat, Mrs Norris, in his arms at the ball and is gently dancing while cuddling her. He's such an awful character the rest of the time, but he genuinely loves his cat. It's a really sweet moment.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 never said it as an excuse. Just explained why for some people it isn't deeply connecting. Clearly there are exceptions, that's why I mentioned adults can definitely still enjoy and connect, but it was made with kids connecting and growing with it in mind. If you can connect with the characters at any age, amazing!
Six is young. The intended audience was more like 10-14 year olds. Of course people of all ages saw the movies, but that was the original demographic of the first film
@@Shan_Dalamani There's a fan theory about this after the Fantastic Beasts came out. I forgot what they're called but there are people who changes into animals but cannot change back to their human form over time. People are saying Mrs. Norris is actually Filch's wife who had this condition.
@@kk_sj3635 The word you're looking for is "maledictus". That's what Nagini is. It's a blood curse that results in the victim permanently changing into an animal.
That's not the same as an animagus who fails to successfully turn back into a human. My own theory about Mrs Norris is that she is a witch who tried to become an animagus but was unable to return to human form. My headcanon says that she was a woman Filch was in love with (other people speculate she was widowed, which would explain her last name, though of course it would be weird anyway for Filch and his cat to both have the same name), and of course she would not be able to carry on with her normal life as a cat. Therefore, she went with him to Hogwarts, where they could live together and nobody would think it strange that he would love his cat so much. Of course we don't know if she had anyone else who would miss her.
I'm the same age as Emma Watson, and I DEFINITELY felt like I was growing up alongside the characters. There's really no other series like it for the generation that grew up with Harry Potter.
Yeah, that really was a special thing for your generation to have while growing up. It’s also something you can revisit as you get older (like, in your 60’s or 70’s) & it will probably bring up a lot of nostalgic memories of when you were a kid or teenager.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I watched the series with my nephew. He's 9. Dude got hooked. He fell asleep in ootp because he said there's more talking in it. But I warned him before and he didn't lose interest in the series. So I do believe younger kids can get the same feeling as we did. Watching him trying to figure out why no one dies seeing the basilisk was fun.
I was like " if you don't find out, hermoine gonna die. You want her to die" lol he felt the pressure. Couldn't figure it out.
I love that it takes almost half the series to finally get Voldemort as a full threat for the world. And after 13 years of pain, he must be pretty mad and excited to make them suffer.
Cedric's father scream always get me. He started calling him his son, which is classic, then switch to "my boy", giving us this filling he was just a kid to him. It's just so powerful despite not having Cedric long enough. Imagine that kind of scene with someone you know from the first movie. It would be heartcrushing.
I love that you appreciate how amazing it was to grow up with these movies! I did (born in '95) and it really was just awesome watching the whole cast age and mature with me. Having the movies be released in sync with my life truly was magical.
I saw all the movies as a kid as they came out and read the books when I was older (just before deathly hollows pt 1). I'm so glad it worked out that way. I remember seeing the great hall at Hogwarts initially in the first movie, with the floating candles and night sky, and being in such awe just like Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Going to "the new Harry Potter" was kind of like a milestone in itself throughout my life and always exciting year after year.
Not only us as viewers, but think about the main cast that lived through their growing up years in the world of Harry Potter! it's emotional 🥲
I remember reading Voldemort’s return for the first time, I was filled with genuine dread
"Did you put your name in Goblet of fire" this line was actually said very gently by Dumbledore in the novel. In the movie it's like "Didyouputyournameinthegobletoffiyah?"🤣🤣
Someone needs to send them the meme or the video made out of Legos on Instagram 😄
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Dumbledore asked calmly
@@libishamariyam8339 same
“Goblet of FIYAH!!! “
Was asked calmly.
😂😂😬
Hilarious
Book: "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire" Dumbledore asks calmly.
Movie: "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire" Dumbledore asks as he shakes the ever-loving shit out of Harry.
I was a child when the HP books came out and watching the films every year was a huge part of my childhood. I'm in my 30s now and I look forward to watching these vids, they make my day a little brighter. So thanks guys
I was the perfect age for the books/movies and now I recognize how lucky I was - I don't think there's any other experience I can compare it to. It was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. Looking back, it makes sense that kids my age were so obsessed with it, it was made for us. Harry Potter was my entire childhood and the characters felt even more like friends because I literally grew up alongside them. Watching your reactions is bringing back so many happy memories and nostalgia!
Thank you for giving Goblet of Fire the love it deserves.
Talking about Oak's issue with the demographic thing - Yes, absolutely. These are films you grow old with; you age as the characters do. And it is a fairly unique approach to making a movie series.
Technically, that's how the books were written so the movies followed suit.
40:22 Well it was mentioned in the book that the Tournament used to be a regular event between the three schools, but because of the high death toll, it was discontinued for a long time. The reason it was brought back in Goblet of Fire was because the schools were keen on setting certain restrictions on the tournament so that they could try to avoid any further deaths. Not only was it a shock that a student still ended up being killed, but the fact that he was killed by Voldemort himself was a huge shock for everyone because no one (except for Dumbledore and Harry) had seen him or knew of his whereabouts after his failed attempt to kill Harry. So you can imagine how everyone must have felt after seeing Cedric's dead body. I hope that cleared up your confusion!
So excited for this one. I'm convinced that if somebody isn't invested in the story after this one, there's no hope lol. Glad the last one did it though. 💕
hahaha Kat, we be invested lol
@@BaddMedicine Good lol. The story only gets better from here. 💕
Now just imagine being an elementary aged child that discovered the books when reading becomes the focus in school, and finishing the series right before the 1st movie comes out when you’re just about Harry’s age of 11. Therefore the entire franchise- books and movies cover two different age groups. Those of us born in the 90’s got to go on this adventure with Harry twice, and introduce those younger than us to them when the movies made their rounds.
This was me I was 11 when that first movie came out and had read all the books released up until that point, its why Harry Potter will always be a comfort to me, we grew up together.
Not sure I follow. The first 4 books came out before the first movie but then slowed down greatly or can say movies came out fast. By time the last book came out the movie series was only 2 books left, technically 3 movies. I saw first movie then binged the books and remember waiting for both the movies and books to come out to finish the story. So wouldn't have been able to finish the book series before the first movie came out.
I was about 6 when the first movie came out so I didn’t get to watch it until I was 11 and caught it on TV during the usual Halloween movie marathons 😊. Soon got into the books and finished the first 6 in less than a year right before the last book came out!
We are the Harry Potter generation! I still remember watching The Sorcerer Stone for the first time, i was 10. I left the theater that day absolutely mind blown. Not only that but also growing up along side with the books being released. Im about to be 30 I'm still a Potterhead at heart!!! & im still able to binge watch them they feel like home with mix of childhood nostalgia 🥲❤️
I actually grew up exactly with the books and the movies and I never really realized that it's like you said it, that the age group is growing up with the movies, but that's really true! Love your reaction!
Thank you and thanks for watching 🤙 and yeah, when we stop to think about it, it's actually brilliant. Makes everything easier for the crew.
not so Fun Fact: Peter Pettigrew is the only Gryffindor in history that became a Death Eater. A majority of them only includes Slytherines
That's what happen when you put kids from dark families together based on arbitrary mentally traits...
I’ve been watching for so long and reading them and I never thought about this. Great comment. Always nice to learn something new
Wow that's almost as f-ed and prejudiced as when they throw the entire Slytherin house in the dungeons because they assume that Slytherins and only Slytherins will ally with Voldemort, ty JK Rowling
and the first Gryffindor to be a cowered
@@EileenEsraa I think pettigrew is a gryffindor because of his daring nerve he had enough nerve to betray his friends and the dark lord.
I was definitely a little older than the intended age group when I started reading the books. I was 17 by the time I picked up Sorcerer's Stone. I had just moved from NYC to Florida and was really upset, and one of my older sister's new friends lent me her copy of Sorcerer's Stone. The moving truck with our stuff was like a week+ late, so I had none of my stuff, and I also missed my extended family and friends back in NYC. I read the book in July and then the movie came out that November, which I didn't even know about until I saw it in the theater. I skipped the movie I had bought the ticket for and sneaked into Sorcerer's Stone, been a big fan ever since, and showed it to my niece and nephew when they were old enough.
My son was 11 when the first HP came out - so exactly right age - a new HP came out almost exactly a year apart so he aged (just like you said) as the characters aged in real time and the tenor of the film became more grown up and dark - you are right it grabbed a huge audience because it was so much anticipated after the phenominal book sales worldwide and it carried that audience through the whole franchise - kids were crazy excited when the new one was due
It was definitely a unique experience getting to grow up with these movies as they came out. It really helps to see the three kids as my peers. I almost feel bad that most people watching them now won't get that. I recently watched them all with my sister's kids who are ages 5-14 (5 kids, hard to find a single thing that is interesting to all of them at the same time lol) and they all loved them. Well, except the youngest. She enjoyed the first couple but then did say that they got too scary for her. Yet she's seen all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies which I think have scarier imagery than HP lol, but there's something deeper about the darkness in Potter, I guess.
"He likes the tall lady."
😄 Well yeah, it's not like Hagrid meets other half-giants all the time. Of course he's gonna be interested.
When I joined the military in 2000 and was headed to my first duty station, a German guy was reading the first HP book. I became obsessed. Then the movies started coming out. I vowed to not watch any of them because I wanted to read them all before I watched the movies, but I broke my back and got bored so I watched the first 3 on DVD. I finished them right before Goblet of Fire came out. So this was the first HP movie I saw in theaters. I was so invested, I definitely got teary eyed when Cedric's dad yells out. Luckily for y'all it only gets better, so buckle up fellas!!!
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The creature that Moody used to demonstrate the unforgivable curses is a whiptail scorpion, a real arachnid. What I love about the HP movies is that some of the most interesting looking or sounding creatures and plants are real.
You hit the nail on the head about the books/movies ageing with the audience. I was 8-9 years old when the first book came out, normally you outgrow the things you liked as a child but that didn’t happen with Harry Potter, the characters aged at the same rate as I did so I enjoyed it all through my teenage years. It’s a different kind of nostalgia when it’s something you grew up with for so long and have so many memories attached to it.
it's a much different viewing experience when you've already read the books and know what's coming. Love this series.
Or they've left out bits from the book that you thought were vital but of course if every bit you thought were vital the movie would end up being 6 hours long 😂
When i saw goblet of fire on its original release i was a little disappointed not cos it wasnt an amazing movie, just thought left out important bits. And ofc i re-read the books as the movies were being made.
This spider actually exists.
It's called Phrynus Marginemaculatus, it lives in caves (and forests) and is known to be quite tenderly and loving with their offspring.
There's also a bigger version called Damon Diadema and while they're quite loving to their offspring as well, it only lasts until they reach a certain age, while the Phrynus Marginemaculatus stays motherly.
DONT TELL ME THAT, LET ME LIVE IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE!
I mean, cool, nature's cool, I love nature, but dear god keep it away from me XD
The whole conversation about the series aging with the audience really hits home! Now while I wasn't the same age as the characters when the movies were coming out, I was actually a bit younger, I was still able to grow up with them and it was actually insanely emotional when the last one came out and then it was all over cuz it came out when I was 11, and that was the age where everything started for the characters. So the end of my childhood happened when Harry Potter ended, which was the age when the kids in the story's childhood ended and they all began to grow into adolescence. I can only imagine what it would have been like to have been the same age as the characters and grow along with them at the same rate, but as someone who was just a bit younger who got to grow with it, it was truly special. Harry Potter was my whole childhood. I grew up watching them, even from probably too young of an age cuz I had an older brother who watched them, but they consumed my childhood and they were one of the most special things about that time for me. Harry Potter brought me some of my greatest joys in being a kid, because it fed that insane imagination that all kids have and it was just so fun. So ya, when u guys talk about the series growing with the audience, and how awesome that is, u truly have no idea what it was like for kids during that time. It was truly special.
I was a year or two younger than the actors when this series first started and I can confirm that the feeling that the movies mature along with the characters was exactly how I felt. Looking back, I really appreciated being able to relate to the characters at different stages of their lives. I watched more than half of these movies with my parents as they came out and I will always cherish those experiences and the feeling of collective excitement as we watched them together at the theatres.
Growing up with Harry and his friends was amazing. I could empathise with them, relate to them. The level of darkness was just right to keep me invested as i got older
I just came back to finish the video lol. The observation about the audience's age range growing with the movies/books is spot on. I feel lucky to be part of that range with the first one coming out right around my 9th birthday and the last film when I was almost 19. My bf wasn't allowed to watch them so I showed it to him a few years ago and he genuinely enjoys them. But it doesn't have quite the same impact as it did if you were to grow with the characters. 💕
I do think we hold a better appreciation for these movies now compared if we were to see them back then. If they makes sense. Lol
@@BaddMedicine Definitely does. I feel similarly about other movies/shows. 🙂
I don't really agree that 17 year olds or adults couldn't enjoy the first movies because they are "kids' movies". They still have good stories and the world they create is magical and you only get to experience it once for the first time, watching the first movie. Imo the age range of people that can enjoy these movies is actually pretty big, you just have to have an open mind an dive into the world.
That's fair. Keeping an open mind is key.
@@BaddMedicine I'm glad to see you have done exactly that! Thanks for the reaction!
The Oak said it perfectly. I was exactly their age (Harry, Ron's and Hermione's) when the movie came out. I literally grew up with them and it definitely made it all the more special in my heart.
As a Harry Potter fan, I am so happy to see you guys warming up to this. As a kid, at first, I thought it will be boring. But I was 14 when I first gave it a try and never regretted it.
This is the second time I've been through this reaction series, and I love watching The Oak fall in love with the kids even more then I did the first time around.
*Igor smiles* The Oak: 'ok dentist'. I laughed so much at that.
As a teenage boy when this movie came out, I can 100% attest to having fallen in love with Hermione at her dance intro scene.
Edit: Oak, you're 100% correct about the strange but awesome age range dynamic. The series grew WITH us from 10-20 years old. I think it's one of the major contributors to why people my age are so in love with this series.
Harry's always been sassy but from Goblet of Fire onwards you can really see more of his sass come through, and not only that but all the characters personalities flourish can't wait for Order of the Phoenix!
I was around 9 when the first Harry Potter movie came out and after watching it in theaters I immediately started reading the books. I genuinely grew with the movies/books and aged with the characters. As a kid who grew up in a dysfunctional home I cannot really express what growing up with a character like Harry did for me, but I would say that I think while any age can and should watch and enjoy the series, the experience I had with them is one that cant be replicated. My best friend didnt read them or watch the movies until she was already an adult and even though we both love them, we have talked a lot about how different our experiences are.
As a person who was teenager when this movie came out, YES I FELL IN LOVE WITH EMMA WATSON WHEN SHE CAME DOWN IN THAT DRESS
I think to Oak's point about the targeted demographics of these movies: he's 100% accurate!! They absolutely matured the tone of the movies to match not only the maturity of the actors, but the maturity of their target audience as well. You hit the nail perfectly on the head Oak!! 🙌 I was in the perfect age range for these movies as they came out so I grew up exactly in that age range you're referring to!!
It’s just a really cool thing to see that I oh just don’t get with other films.
I was fortunate enough to be one of those kids who grew up in that age group, and yeah I totally agree that the movies grew up and matured along with us 😊 The movies often came out around my birthday so it kind of became a regular way to celebrate it with my friends and go watch it in cinema 😁 This franchise was a big part of my life growing up
YEEES, I'm so excited for you journey through the saga!!
I've been binging these reactions for the past few hours and I'm really enjoying the revelation of how these movies aged with us. I was 5 when the first movie released and I followed the series until my teenage years and this was the last film saw until college where I watched the rest, but yea this series is still ridiculously popular with my age group because it was almost the first 2 decades of our lives. It leaves a heavy mark like nothing else