or perhaps you hate the whole series and think that Christians in particular should avoid it because it has witches and wizards in it.....
Here is an interesting article on the philosophical issues the series addresses:
Kirk Honeycutt, writing for the Hollywood Reporter, echoes the complaints of a number of critics that the Harry Potter films are becoming darker as the series progresses. This would be a valid point only if there were a consensus that fans (particularly adolescents) should be protected from the darker things in life (or in fiction that has real-world parallels). And though I think the criticism overwrought – the throngs of people who showed up for midnight screenings of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Wednesday night certainly enjoyed the film – embedded in critiques of this kind is the belief that the hallmark of Harry Potter films should be fun. Inadvertently, such critics fall into the same mindset as that of J.K Rowling’s arch-villain Dolores Umbridge: deny the existence of real, malevolent evil and it can’t hurt you.
Oh, but it can.
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Click on the title to read more. It is an excellent article.
And, yes, I really enjoy the HP stories. I just reread all six books so that I can be ready for book seven. I'm going to see the movie for the second time tonight. I never go to the same movie twice in the theater.....
And I am a Christian...one who loves to read about good battling evil.
---Katie
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