Harry Potter

WHY IS HARRY POTTER SO APPEALING TO PEOPLE?

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I have not seen the Harry Potter saga. However, I remember that when I was 11 or 12, was when I heard people talking about it for the first time. Back in Colombia, international movies get there a little delayed. I mean, people in other countries, like the U.S. or England, hear about the new releases before we do in our country.

At first, it seemed very interesting to see kids with powers and using magic to do things. I remember that they had gone to a school only for “those kind of kids” with different kinds of abilities. I do not think that I ever had the chance to finish watching the entire first movie because they were too long and typically they were shown at night. I think that was one of the reasons, I was not into movies on regular TV. In my house we did not have cable, for that reason, there were only two channel options for us, with the regular antenna. If we watched any TV show, soap opera or movie on any of those two channels (RCN and Caracol), every break, there would be a 5 or 8 minute commercial. It is still the same nowadays. It is a good thing that we have cable now and that if one channel is on commercials, we can switch to another one of our preference. 

I think that I never heard of the Harry Potter books till I was older but because I never got into the movies, I did not want to read the books, either. In fact, the books were translated into Spanish and imported from different countries, which made them very expensive. I think that after watching that portion of the first Harry Potter movie, and the only one that I have seen; I have not felt that me life needs to know about that super fictitious world of things that have never happened and never will. As old as I am right now, I think back and say that I am glad I never had cable till I was older, and I never fell in love with those movies of Harry Potter.