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Old 03-01-2017, 16:24
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I enjoyed watching them all and I'm far from the biggest fan.

One point that has been overlooked - these films are not available on Netflix, Amazon Video, Sky Cinema etc. Unless you go out and buy them, ITV is your best chance of seeing them.

I didn't notice too many people complaining about BBC making a huge deal of their premier of The Winter Soldier, which has been available on Netflix for over a year.
They were for quite some time. Unless they locked them to buy/rent recently. As I recorded them when they came to Sky. Still have them and all the Star Wars.

I'll say one thing, with the huge catalogue of films, Sky really pisses me off nowadays because they're always changing the expirery date on their films. Can go from a year or 6 months down the line to one week it magically vanishes. Or they come back for a week or two and vanish again. There is no consistency.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:29
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See that surprises me a little, because from what I've seen of them, they seem like kids films, but each to their own.

BTW, ITV overkill everything.

I also see BBC One slowly morphing into what ITV1 was ten years ago, so I think it's safe to say both channels are on the way down.

Ten years from now it will be Harry Potter and YBF repeats on ITV and Indiana Jones and cheap LE on BBC1, with EE and CS pulling in around 3-4m but still on every night of the week.
I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but they aren't kids films. Films for teenagers/young adults at a stretch, but not for kids.

I'm sure there are plenty of adults that enjoy the films.

Don't know why you think both channels are on the way down really, both channels have hits and have good programs coming up.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:47
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Several of the Harry Potter films have a 12A certificate. As such, I would hardly calll them kids' films.
Who knew eh?
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Old 04-01-2017, 01:08
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I think thoose supporting the showing of HP films, are giving ITV a massive excuse to show these again, next Christmas in exactly the same slots.

End of year report for Christmas ITV:- Could do better.

Where was,
It will be alright on the night?
Music specials?
Comedy, sitcoms, - I include Birds of a feather.

It seems ITV did Christmas on the cheap this year.
The BBC did too. They didn't put the usual big family productions on such as a Walliams's book adaptation or a Professor Branestawm. Big disappointment that the only original filmic production was 'Witness for The Prosecution' and I suppose 'Inside No9'. I know they did the Roald Dahl thing for kids but to be frank I'm not a fan of CGI done on the cheap.
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Old 04-01-2017, 12:12
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I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but they aren't kids films. Films for teenagers/young adults at a stretch, but not for kids.

I'm sure there are plenty of adults that enjoy the films.

Don't know why you think both channels are on the way down really, both channels have hits and have good programs coming up.
They're certainly very dark toned and eerie. The first is quite good in the fact the warmth of the film since it is always in Hogwarts and getting to know the place.
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Old 04-01-2017, 12:20
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I agree.

Whilst HP is popular it's always been aimed at a teen market.
what nonsense. The books even had separate covers for their very large adult readership
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Old 04-01-2017, 13:23
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Uhmm.....is that age or IQ you are talking about?....surely no-one over the age of 18 would really admit to watching this kids stuff, would they?!
Harry Potter isn't really kids stuff. The first two movies are kids ones but the later ones are a lot darker and more suited to teens/adults. I certainly wouldn't let a young child watch the ones after Chamber of Secrets and maybe Prisoner of Azkaban as they are quite dark. I think Goblet of Fire onwards had a 12A/PG rating.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/h...-children.html
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Old 04-01-2017, 13:42
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Bizarre to think back to 2001 when the first Harry Potter came out. I loved the first on DVD back then. Loved the Chamber of Secrets as well because it started becoming a little bit darker. Just a little as Harry started writing on the book.

I loved that whole tone of the lanterns, the old wood, the stone work. The low lighting due to a lantern(s) or flames lit somewhere and the old type of bed/common rooms.

Love the huge area where they had their meals as well.
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