I recently lost a bet with a girl and had to watch all seven harry
potter movies , I was only going to make her watch
four lee marvin movies if she lost.
Things I noticed
Hogwarts was the most dangerous irresponsible place on the planet.
The people running the place constantly put the children in mortal
danger. Children running around with deadly magic wands, making deadly
potions in the classroom, giant spiders and other deadly creatures near
the campus, a homicidal weeping willow tree on the grounds.
Harry was suppose to be some great wizard in the making, but he spent
a large portion of his time falling out and fainting.
About 80% of the movies was something like "harry potter, what are you
doing out of bed and roaming the hallways at this hour"
Magic wands were instruments of great power, but could be broken
by hand like an old cane fishing pole, sit down with one in your
back pocket and you were SOL
One of the more realistic parallels. They were all about the flying broom
sport, rather than getting an education
The dude that played the villain in die hard was a prick in these movies also.