Feast your eyes on this! It’s a compilation of every chapter illustration in every Harry Potter book all in one place. This was made possible by an ambitious redditor named ajcfood, so that’s who you’ll want to thank for this awesome illustration reference guide!
Click HERE for the large version
Source: Geekologie
To commemorate the anniversary of Albus Dumbledore’s death here’s some beautiful fan art by Caladan.
This picture of Dumbledore with his faithful phoenix is made just a bit better by the deathly hallows symbol in the background, don’t you think? The snow, the trees, the colors all create such a powerful image!
You can find more of Caladan’s work HERE
We’ve got some big wins on our hands from the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday!
Harry Potter snagged the Golden Popcorn for Best Hero and Best Cast! Unfortunately, only Emma Watson was on hand for the event, but she looked stunning!
Emma Watson
CLICK HERE to see Emma accepting the award for Best Cast!
There are some seriously talented Harry Potter fans out there, including meeshell384! She created this stunning fan video centering around The Final Battle set to “Shake it Out” by Florence and the Machine:
Breaks your heart, doesn’t it?
Thanks to Melissa for sending this in!
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, “Merlin’s Pants!” was used repeatedly. This got people thinking. Did Merlin even have pants?
Question answered.
Ron and Hermione were right. Merlin had pants.
Oh and I can’t stop myself so… OHMYASDFGHJKL; THIS IS THE CUTEST PICTURE I’VE EVER SEEN.
Oh, and here is a fanmade drawing by Spambi (deviantart) of Harry with Merlin’s Pants:
And there we go.
Harry Potter has been nominated for 6 awards at the MTV Movie Awards taking place on Sunday, June 3rd at 9 p.m. EST. The final chapter of Harry Potter will be up against the latest ‘Twilight’ movie and ‘The Hunger Games’. More info is available here.
You can vote for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 here.
Show your support!
Snape’s “Always” is one of the great lines in Harry Potter. In fact, it’s one of the greatest one-word lines in the history of literature. But — as some of you probably know — “Always” also shows up in The Hunger Games.
Thanks to some lovely work from inkstainedmusings.tumblr.com, we can compare them!
Interesting how the word “twilight” manages to get mixed in there too, by total coincidence.
Maybe you’ve heard about it, this supposedly ultimate DVD set that’s coming September 2012. But do you know what’s in it? It can’t be just the movies, right? Because if you’re a Harry Potter movie fan, you already have the movies.
Well, here’s a video that explains what you will be getting:
- Blu ray, DVD, and digital copies included
- limited and numbered editions
- 31 disc set
- rare collectibles and memorabilia
- 5 hours of never before seen footage
- 8-part documentary “Creating the world of Harry Potter”
- more than 10 hours of new to disc bonus content
- extended versions of Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets
- 3D versions of Deathly Hallows I and II
Here’s an additional video of a clip you may not have seen that will be included in this collection:
You can pre-order the Wizard’s Collection now!
Image spotted by Kevin Tayebi
So, the final year in which Harry Potter could possibly take home an Oscar, any Oscar, and it all ended here.
Sorry potterheads, it seems the ultimate financial success, longstanding run, and fan fervor of Harry Potter might have been the downfall to its failure of receiving the elusive trophy. No great recognition was made for the epic series during the show, and in short, it seems that the Academy might not have cared at all whether Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II was recognized in any category.
What do I mean by its success being its failure? Well, I will try to explain this in simple terms.
First of all, box office success does not equal a surefire win. It’s been proven time and time again, and only in rare, and very outstanding cases would you see a successful box office film win more than the minor awards, especially when it comes to…
Secondly, its genre. You won’t see many sci-fi/fantasy films get in a higher category (Return of the King being one of the exceptions) than, say, Best Makeup or Visual Effects… which brings me to my
Third point. Unfortunately, this is where things kind of just suck, but it’s true. In regards to Visual Effects, yes, you’d think we’d have this one in the bag, right? Wrong. The major problem here is that since this is the final film of the series, the visual effects shown in this movie are the same, or very similar, to the visual effects done in the previous films. Basically, what the Academy is saying is, “We’ve seen this all before. We want something fresh!” Now, I know you’re upset, because you’re thinking that DH2 did have fresh stuff, but to be honest, it’s not new to them, and this is where Hugo stood out for them. Don’t hate Hugo, though, it truly is a beautiful film. And unfortunately, the same goes for the Best Makeup award as well, although, even I’m disappointed that they picked The Iron Lady over DH2.
Fourth point, which is in regards to Best Art Direction. I hate to say it, but this category was not our strongest category. We had our best chances with Visual Effects and Make-Up. This went to a film that I did enjoy and maybe it’s because I, too, wanted something different and new and fresh, and Hugo was just that. Plus, the fact that DH2 did deserve the awards in the other 2 categories.
I won’t overlook the fact that Alan Rickman didn’t get nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but even if he did, I’m not sure he would’ve won over Christopher Plummer.
With all that said, yes, the Academy is quite particular with who they think should win an award. There’s more to it than just a movie being a success. There are all kinds of politics they would prefer you not know about as well. Also, there’s quite an elitist attitude to it all, and they will hardly consider the Harry Potter series part of it. I’d say it’s quite… Slytherin of them.
Now, if the Academy had a category for Best Ensemble or Best Sequel, then Harry Potter would have definitely come away with one of those golden boys. Unfortunately, the MPAA is stingy like that.
MTV will be kinder. (That’s probably what the MPAA is betting on.)
