How The 'Harry Potter' Movies Succeeded Where The Books Failed

How The 'Harry Potter' Movies Succeeded Where The Books Failed
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Seven years ago, the Harry Potter series seemed like it was going to be hard to put on screen. Rowling's books were long, endlessly complicated, and full of things like butterbeer, grindylows, fizzing whizbees, and boggarts.

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