Think I said it in the other HP thread when I rewatched them a month ago, but

1) David Yates did a much better job then I remember. Brought a lot of much needed nuance to it, and didn’t focus too much on packing everything in from the books (and I love the books way more than the movies).

2) Goblet of Fire did exactly the opposite of that. It tried doing what the first two movies did (doing everything from the books word for word and not leaving any room for nuance), except it was twice as long as the first two books. Special effects and set designs were amazing, but the actual film was super difficult to get through (and that’s my 3rd favorite book).

I’d rank the movies:

1) Order of the Phoenix
2) Deathly Hallows part 1
3) Prisoner of Azkaban
4) Half Blood Prince
5) Deathly Hallows part 2
6) Goblet of Fire
7) Sorcerers Stone
8) Chamber of Secrets

Books:

1) Half Blood Prince
2) Deathly Hallows
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Sorcerers Stone
5) Prisoner of Azkaban
6) Order of the Phoenix
7) Chamber of Secrets

7 part 1 is the best one for me

grimy as f***

My favorite is POA and for the most part, it’s a lot of other people’s favorite too (or at least near the top). Can anyone tell me why? I can’t really explain it but for some reason it’s my favorite out of all of them.

Prisoner of Azkaban
Goblet of fire
Order of Phoenix

Top 3 for me

Prisoner of Azkaban was the best followed by the one where Sirius dies. Half Blood Prince I think.

GoF
PoA
CoS
PS
HBP
DH1
DH2
OotP

Classic series tho

prisoner of azkaban
goblet of fire
philosophers stone
half blood prince
death hallows 2
order of the phoenix
deathly hallows 1
chamber of secrets

Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite and then I watched it 3 months ago and it did not hold up

All 10/10 classics

Goblin of Fire #1 tho

It’s got that nostalgic magic feel that the first two have, but also has the darkness the later films have without going overboard or feeling bland like some of the later ones sometimes get. His cinematographer’s incredible and makes the movie feel different from anything in the series before or after

It’s also adapting a top 2 book in the series and has the most distinctive director the series ever had. Love Columbus but his movies had kid movie energy (which was perfect for those first two) and Yates movies got so samey and grey sometimes. Cuaron had the best marriage of those styles IMO

half blood prince

prisoner of azkaban
goblet of fire
deathly hallows 2
chamber of secrets
order of the phoenix
deathly hallows 1
philosopher's stone

the story of that one is crazy, def my fave childhood film

Was gonna post exactly the same

HOB
POA
GOF
OOTP
DH
CoS
SS

I‘m still waiting for the Voldemort trilogy. His backstory in the HBP book was easily the best part. There‘s so much more they can pack into several movies / series, from the Gaunts and their backstory, his early years in Hogwarts, his mysterious years abroad after he finished school etc.

Prison of azakban
sorcerer's stone
Half blood prince
Order of the Phoenix

Half blood prince and order of the Phoenix underrated af

Harry and Dumbledore cave scene
The Voldemort and Dumbledore fight scene

Some of the best scenes of the series

Best part about the books were cho Chang and she did f*** all in the movies so f*** you!

Azkaban number 1 by far

Yates competent messed up deathly hallows 1+2

Sir this is a Dairy Queen

5
6
7.2
7.1
4
3
2
1

(i used to like the older ones the best but they aged kinda poorly as our attention spans grew shorter lol. movies are way too long and way too faithful to the books - and i’m a big fan of the books)

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