Finished a complete rewatching of the entire Harry Potter series. Most notable was the change in film technology from 2001 to 2011 adding to the passage of time already obvious in the actor's aging.
 
The final 4 episodes were still bad. Gathered the mane conflict was between descendants of supernatural parents & descendants of mortal parents. It was less about Harry's magical ability, since he was manely incompetent, but more about his parents.
This was the escapist series millenials grew up with, on their way to lives spent protesting crises they saw on the internet. Hunger Games was the series lion aged parents took generation Z to see. The live action kid fantasy got started with Harry Potter & made 2001-2005 a magical time in the movies, but it quickly lost its way with Lion Witch Wardrobe & Hunger Games.

2025:
 
The magical moments of our 20's are few & far between after 50.  We've just seen it all.  It was never fully explained if the abusive uncle had to pay for hogwarts, but he did say once he refused to pay.  

Within 3 years, all original art as we knew it was gone.
 The art we have today is just so bland, canned, & generated compared to 25 years ago.  Hard to believe generation Z just eats it up. Generation X was lucky to be alive during the last period of original art.
 
 

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