International Harry Potter Day: Funniest quotes and 3 best ranked sequels to watch
It’s time to celebrate Potterheads all over the world, and what better way to start than with International Harry Potter Day on May 2nd? To commemorate JK Rowling's literary contributions, then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron designated this day an official worldwide holiday. Over a decade after the last book in the series was published, the passion for the characters and their life events has still not faded.
JK Rowling's literary series had a huge influence, and it currently holds the Guinness World Record for the highest-selling series by a single author, with over 500 million copies sold.
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5 funniest Harry Potter quotes
Here are the 5 funniest quotes that will make you giggle more than a fresh brew of laughing potion.
1. "I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now if don't mind, I'm going to bed." — Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. "You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant...but scary." — Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
3. "We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat." — George Weasley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
4. Ron: "I'm never wearing them. Never," Mrs Weasley: "Fine. Go Naked. And Harry, make sure you get a picture of him. Goodness knows I could do with a laugh." — Ron and Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. "Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts." — Cornelius Fudge, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
3 best-ranked Harry Potter sequels
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Goblet of Fire is arguably Rowling's best Potter novel in the entire series, Goblet of Fire marked the novel's first significant step toward adulthood, expanding not only in size but also in scope. Director Mike Newell rises to the challenge of introducing a wizarding world that is significantly larger than Hogwarts while also making Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) the franchise's first major character to appear on the screen. However, Newell really shines in the middle of these two difficult tasks. He takes the theme of growing up in The Prisoner of Azkaban and applies it to romance, focusing on the awkward feelings that teenagers have for people of the opposite sex. He does a great job of handling it, and the upcoming ball and the presence of foreign guests provide plenty of drama for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to enjoy.
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Sorcerer's Stone is narrated through the eyes of an 11-year-old, so it was always going to be a little younger than future installments, but the director of the movie, Chris Columbus, refuses to speak down to his audience and wisely avoids descending into a cartoony kids' movie world. Columbus was not only responsible for assembling an amazing cast, but he also represented Rowling's wizarding world on film in a way that seemed real and completely engrossing. And, despite having the lightest film of the bunch, Sorcerer's Stone works wonderfully as a fantastic entry in the Potter franchise.
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Deathly Hallows - Part 1 was almost entirely set up, whereas Deathly Hallows - Part 2 takes off from the first frame and never lets up. This is a payoff film in every way: emotional payoff, action payoff, and interpersonal payoff. In terms of box office success, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last film in the series, earned the most money, with a lifetime domestic gross of $381,011,219. Part 2 is nearly operatic in style, building to a spectacular crescendo at Hogwarts, where it all began. The set pieces are exciting, but they're also grounded by people we've grown to love over the course of seven films, and Yates plays on that bond to an emotionally shattering effect. The deaths of many known individuals are handled in surprising ways—the obvious manipulative move would've been to display Fred's (James Phelps) death with swelling music, but Yates and Kloves instead disclose Fred's destiny after the fact, surrounded by his family, to far more gut-punching results.
There are so many ways Deathly Hallows – Part 2 could’ve gone wrong, but it didn't. It was a great finale to the franchise and a fitting way to say goodbye to the beloved characters. It was a heartfelt and emotional movie that left fans with a feeling of closure. It was a perfect ending to the Harry Potter series.