Still Learning Potter
The first couple of Harry Potter films were probably my favorite movies, back when everything wasn’t quite so dark and hopeless. When it was still about ridiculous spells and talking portraits and ghosts living in bathroom stalls. I could recite the first one in my sleep.
But I still get surprised learning something new about Rowling’s world that somehow never registered before. Alternative endings. Why they shot something at a particular location. The actual reason behind a casting choice that seemed strange until you learned the context.
There’s something satisfying about stumbling onto an obscure Harry Potter fact and immediately wanting to rewatch all of them. You know them backward and forward, but apparently not quite well enough. The facts change how you see scenes you’ve watched a hundred times. I’ve done that a few times now. I’ll probably do it again. Someone has to.