Well, we did it! We finished the entirety of the Harry Potter series. 19 hours and 40 minutes later, we have been enlightened. Well, I mean, I already knew what happened, but David has been enlightened. I really enjoyed the last few movies. Even Order of the Phoenix was good while I found the book rather dull and dragging. I think the movies really benefited from having a consistent director and it’s too bad that David Yates hadn’t done all of the films. There were certain continuity errors that were likely caused by not having the same director all the way through. But even so, a very solid series with the lowest film rating on Rotten Tomatoes at a two-way tie between Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, both sitting at 78% which is still certified fresh! Honestly, I think my least favourite in the series was probably Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince… I really find scenes with Ginny just dreadful. I Googled it and found so many threads about movie Ginny being the worst and I 200% agree. She’s awful and doesn’t do book Ginny justice. She has no presence, no character development, and absolutely 0 personality. She is a cardboard character and it’s such a shame. Even still, it is now my goal to add all of the Harry Potter films to my Bluray collection (as of yesterday, I only require Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, and Deathly Hallows: Part 1… thanks pawn shops!)
So instead of coming up with some qualms I have about the wizarding world (while I have many and I definitely still stand by my previous ones 100% – especially guns vs magic… guns win every time, safety or no), this time I thought I’d provide you with a little something I have compiled: a drinking game! Everyone loves drinking games and even if you don’t like Harry Potter, you can’t deny the movies are good movies. So here are some of the rules I came up with for all of the movies. I know some websites go for a movie by movie approach, but that was just too tedious and if you’re marathon-ing the films, you’ll know which films apply and when, so here you go:
Joy Reviews Movies’ Harry Potter Drinking Game Rules Master List (Good Luck):
Take one drink when…
- Draco Malfoy threatens, “Wait until my father hears about this…”
- Harry Potter’s scar is visibly in pain
- Ron Weasley whines about something (take a second if it has to do with spiders or when it has to do with Harry Potter being chosen for the Tri-Wizard Tournament)
- Someone says that Harry Potter has his mother’s eyes or looks just like his father (take 2 if it’s Snape… you’ll need that extra drink)
- A new rule gets posted on the wall of Hogwarts by Filch
- Voldemort is referred to as “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”
- Anyone says anything stereotypically “British” (“bloody hell,” “blimey,” – this is pretty much up to your discretion)
- Hermione Granger answers a professor’s question in class
- Harry Potter is oblivious to something everyone else in the wizarding world seems to be aware of (e.g., who Sirius Black is)
- Luna Lovegood references Nargles
- Harry Potter is referred to as “The Boy Who Lived”
Take two drinks when…
- Points are added to Gryffindor house
- Points are deducted from Gryffindor house
- Harry Potter meets someone for the first time (good luck…)
- Literally anyone says that Harry Potter is the “chosen one”
- The pensieve is used (by anyone)
- An Unforgivable Curse is used (Crucio, Imperio, Avada Kedavra)
- A Dementor tries to suck out someone’s soul (whether they’re successful or not)
- A Patronus is conjured
- Fred & George Weasley say something simultaneously and are the ultimate twins
- Someone speaks Parseltongue
- Dobby shows up! (first time, second time, third time… last time… anytime)
- Cedric Diggory smiles (and you subsequently swoon)
- Anyone says “Merlin’s Beard!”
Finish your drink when…
- Seamus Finnegan blows something up
- A Horcrux is destroyed
- A main character dies doing their heroic duty
- Draco Malfoy gets his comeuppance (e.g., when Hermione punches him in the face or when Mad-Eye Moody turns him into a ferret)
- Dumbledore yells, “DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?!” (…calmly)
- Voldemort is defeated!
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