Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

(Rewatch: still nice) It was really nice to see the gang back together, but fluff pieces like this are a dime a dozen in blu-ray bonus features. Is this the future of media, to promote these retrospectives as event viewing? This feels quite edited/produced. JK Rowling's absence is notable even though they added some 2019 clips. I would like another retrospective from more supporting characters, like Molly Weasley. Fav scenes: Helena Bonham Carter reading Radcliff's letter.

A fairly well done retrospective , with almost all the actors and directors input. It's not monumental film making, but for anyone who enjoys the series, or film making process in general, there is plenty here, especially considering the amount of top tier actors who worked throughout the series.

Nice little reunion special. More than anything, this hammers home just how absolutely perfect the casting for this whole franchise was. Other than the source material, that is probably the biggest reason for its success.

It has some fun interviews and great stories. I enjoyed the main three talking about making it, but loved the interviews with the directors the most.

I’m absolutely sobbing

Always.

w/ Orkun

Harry Potter and the trip down Memory Lane. I did get the feels watching this, as I grew up with the films the same time as the kids. :)

Understandably there's a lot of overlap in some of the stories that were already told in the 'Creating the World of Harry Potter' documentary series released a few years back, however there is still a lot to enjoy here for fans of the franchise.

A lot of fun to watch. Too bad some didn't attend and too bad some have since died.

Was a huge fan growing up. I was disappointed that the interviews were largely things that the actors had said before. I wish that JK herself had either been excluded or had been asked more questions about the original franchise compared to the current one. The music still got me, but overall it was disappointingly shallow.

2019, Kartal/Istanbul; 26.02.2023, Falmer/Brighton UK

I probably should have watched the films first as most of this was lost on me.

Fantastic Beasts would never achieve what Harry Potter had achieved