Watching all Potter movies in a single week

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2013)

By January 2013 I had never read a Harry Potter book or seen any of the movies. I decided to start with the movies. One week later I was done.
Lived up to my prediction that a previously dead major character is still able to appear and give advice. Compounded this by allowing a major major character to die and yet not really be dead.
However, this was a satisfying end to the series and delivered enough in the way of battle scenes to be exciting. Some characters even died for real though mostly they had the good taste to do this off screen.
I could have done without the "nineteen years later" epilogue which just suggests it's all going to happen again with a new generation.
Despite my sometimes cynical and snide remarks about the whole Harry Potter series of films I did find them very enjoyable. They always seemed to be made with good intent and delivered a good mix of content and some subtext to be satisfying to both younger viewers and adults. I didn't have the burden of having read any of the books so couldn't find an axe to grind in that respect.
By the end of January 2013 I had seen all the Harry Potter films in a single week. In February 2013 I had purchased the full set of books from ebay and began reading.