Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: ​​Returning to Hogwarts accompanied by tears and memories of first loves and real acting challenges – REFRESHER

Accio, memories! Film fans could celebrate the new year by looking at their favorite magicians. The expected retrospective special premiered on HBO platforms Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: ​​Return to Hogwarts, which was created on the occasion of the anniversary of the first of the eight films of the wizarding saga – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

The almost 100-minute documentary alternates familiar scenes from movies with a view behind the camera, as well as interviews with actors and directors who have grown close to our hearts. Fans have been demanding a Potter reunion for a long time and after last year’s meeting Friends HBO finally heard this wish.

The first minutes of the reunion are exactly what we expected. We are watching several well-known stars who receive an invitation letter, the same as the letters of eleven-year-old children who have been admitted to Hogwarts. We see Daniel Radcliff walking down the Slope Alley, Emu Watson entering the “Great Hall”, and several other actors. A wand in one hand and a handkerchief in the other, because it is clear at the outset that the creators want to touch you. The scenes are full of nostalgia and sweet memories and there is something satisfying about them.

Nevertheless, we follow the characters on which we grew up and with whom we “infected” our parents or friends. Familiar music will be heard, familiar spaces will be shown to us, and a smile will creep up on our lips before we notice it. We follow scenes from eight films on a rotating basis, chronologically, with interviews with directors and actors who recall what the world of Harry Potter meant to them.

In addition, we see some behind-the-scenes shots, but not all of them are new. Similarly, the stories that the actors exchange with each other are not entirely surprising or new to rock fans.

We have heard the anecdote about the homework given to the main trio by director Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) a million times. (The three protagonists did the job exactly as their character would: Emma Watson submitted a 12-page essay, Daniel Radcliffe squeezed everything in one place – for nothing that the writer needed a few books – and Rupert Grint simply didn’t submit anything.)

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