More Than Once Upon a Time

In honor of the sixth movie, which opened today.

Harry Potter 1 - A good children’s book.

Harry Potter 2 - A better children’s book.

Harry Potter 3 - A fabulous, fantastic, and wonderful children’s book.

Harry Potter 4 - An overwrought children’s book.

Harry Potter 5 - A bad children’s book. (Though it does contain my favorite scene in the entire canon, the Weasley twins’ escape from Hogwarts in all its riot glory.)

Harry Potter 6 - A fine example of telling rather than showing.

Harry Potter 7 - A letdown. Could it have been anything else?