The battle cry of HP apologists. I'm not hating on the franchise whatsoever, but don't try and tell me love, death, frustrations, hate and fear are adult themes. Every kid in the world knows what those are. The Land Before Time must be for adults because some dinosaurs died and they're frustrated on their way to the Great Valley. Cmon man.
There's no shame in enjoying kids movies, but don't try justifying it with some bull "adult theme" nonsense.
hmm. if you havent read them, you dont really see the transformations. im not really able to explain it but its there. im not that great of a writer so bear with me. but, when you compare the first book with the last couple of books, they are outrageously different. the diction is different, the vocabulary is different. the themes are just darker. very much darker. and i disagree, kids (depending on your definition), will not
fully understand the full force of the adult themes. the first one IS a kids book. is very very simple. i agree with that. and the second one too. the 3rd is the transition to adulthood.
yeah, a kid will understand, hey so-and-so died, that sucks, but an adult looks at every little thing differently. adults complicate things where a kid doesnt necessarily, at least, not to the same degree. kids are simple, innocent creatures.
unlike
the land before time, (what is there like 20 of them now btw
) the deaths aren't as sugar coated. the reaction of lets say (
SPOILER!!!!!!!!! ) harry over sirus' death was an immediate pull of revenge out of the hurt. when he did the
cruciatis curse on sirus' murderer, it was one of the most incredible most touching things ive read. i mean, think about it, harry had a family for the first time in his life, and boom, gone. and after all the bullshit he had to go through for them to be together. and how unloved he was at the durslys. its quite sad really. family was waved in front of his face then ripped away just like that. imagine how he would have felt.
honestly, im not seeing a kid FULLY understand these things, even little things like that. i mean, lets face it, we can understand movies as kids, but when you go back and watch some of em as an adult, you see the whole things different, at least i sure as hell do.
just saying.
ive never read any HP forums or clubs or anything, for us over at my house, my wife and i were both extremely touched by the stories, we read books first and then movies. to be able to explain how much they effected us is impossible and im really happy to have given it a chance, since, at first, i thought it was kid bullshit. boy, was i completely blown away.
