I just want to say I LOVE MY MOM & AUNT and I appreciate them for getting out of their comfort zone and doing this video with us! It meant a lot to me and I hope ya'll enjoyed it!
Please tell them thank you for doing this from us! This was so fun to watch. I appreciated all the jokes and laughter, and it looked like they genuinely had a good time. If they are up to it, I would love to see more reactions!
Why are they looking for the negative aspect in practically every situation and seem to ignore all of the positive messages. It’s as if they are only watching to prove their expectations were correct, instead of actually experiencing the movie.
I'm over people talking about witch/wizard things as evil like their word is fact. If we heard people call any other religion or spiritual belief as the evil and was miss representing them we would be mad and correcting them. Wicca, Paganism, Druidism, etc are all different beliefs that have nothing to do with the Christian Devil ( I guess if you wanted to find one Satanism). I'm not mad it's just rude.❤
@@ashliehall5016hey moms. Sit back, relax and enjoy the movie,please dont keep saying your impressions were right about the Harry Potter movies, you really weren't paying attention enough to know what the movie was teaching children! when parents deny their children the opportunity to watch certain movies their children become more curious wanting to know why they are denied by their parents and will seek those answers from people who aren't their parents! My children and grandchildren watched every Harry Potter movie, I watched with them and I loved how excited they would become and the joy they felt! When someone believes something is evil they will find evil when there is no evil! Every parent wants to raise great, respectful children but parents also want their children to learn good from evil by themselves, yes a gentle leading hand is always appreciated but children need to be able to figure things out for themselves! The Bible is a very violent book for children to read..anyway hiding things from your children will make them seek answers from others!
@@carolinagallegos3926 I thought about the bible too. They were worried their kids would think they could talk to snakes, but glorifying a woman who murdereed a man by hammering a tent peg through his temple... now that is worth exposing your children to .
My Christian mom didn’t want me to read Harry Potter at first. When I reminded her that one of the most prolific Christian authors, CS Lewis, has an entire series of magical, talking animals serving as fantasy reminder of good moral ideals (didn’t explain it this way at 10 obviously) she said she would read it first and then make another decision. Loved every single one.
There's no point in sheltering kids like this. I understand some of their points for a 6 year old, but at 10+, kids are more than capable enough of understanding the movie and not taking everything to heart so much. Parents constantly hammering on and making a big deal out of everything is what makes kids anxious and prone to reading into everything too much, not movies portraying said things. Children are way more intelligent and capable of processing the world around them than they give them credit for.
There's also the fact boarding schools used to be a common thing (and there's still a few around) where children would live at the school for the teaching part of the year.
I’m a Brit, my daughter grew up with Harry Potter, books and films and I have to say she never, ever, ever thought she could talk to snakes or fly on a broomstick! I think you underestimate children’s ability to tell what is real and what is not 😂…..🧡💚 and you read The Hobbit too!! You both clearly are very devout - Harry Potter’s story is about good versus evil and love overcoming that evil….surely The Bible is also about good versus evil and overcoming that evil with love? That’s my take on it anyway…..
I could see some children just trying it out for fun. Like how I jumped off a (low-ish) ledge with an umbrella to see if it would work like Mary Poppins. For scientific purposes, you understand… 😏
I also grew up reading Harry Potter, I can safely say that while there were times I wished I had a magic wand to clean or fix something I was well aware it wasn’t reality. As disappointed as I am with Rowling nowadays, the lessons throughout the books were so valuable. Friendship, love, courage and doing the right thing no matter how hard. I guess I grew up in a country with rich folklore, maybe that’s why Americans struggle accepting Harry Potter as a work of fiction rather than an attempt to impart evil notions
It’s just odd religious people that some how think the devils gonna get them even though Jesus cured them blind, turned water into wine and literally walked on water 💀💀💀
@@kazwantsamoto - I agree….I think we see more pagan rituals on tv etc. I live fairly close to both Glastonbury and Stonehenge….things get very pagan round here! 😂.
I feel like you guys should let them know that the messaging is NOT that good and evil are the same thing, but rather that there IS a difference between them; and that good, and love will conquer evil in the end. The villain is the one that says "there is no good and evil, only power", and then the hero says "you liar". That's definitely a clear message to the kids that good and evil are distinct and different things, and it's bad to think that they are not. They must have just missed that clarification in the movie. And I think clearing that up will help them enjoy it more so they don't think it's sending bad messages to kids.
@@proudreamThere’s one Christian RU-vidr I really like (Rideout Reviews) that has reacted to and reviewed the whole Harry Potter series and actually recognized and pointed out alot of the Christian influences in the series. He ended up becoming a Potterhead and taking the sorting hat quiz😂
“Oh this is wholesome for children, what does it teach them?” It teaches kids to stand up for what’s right, even against their friends like Neville did when he thought they were doing wrong. It teaches them to stand up to bullies and not cave in to evil. It teaches SO many good lessons and shows that people are complex and most have some good and some bad in them. I had so many nightmares from things the preacher taught me when I was WAY younger than the target audience for this series. I woke up terrified after his sermons against Halloween thinking the shadows on my walls were demons. All because he had a problem with kids dressing up and getting candy. I never had a nightmare from Harry Potter. Yeah the face coming out the back of the head was a bit scary but it was supposed to be because Voldemort is pure evil and I knew it was just a story. Also that “there is no good and evil” speech - as a kid I Knew immediately that was an evil person lying in the story so it’s weird to me that as adults you heard it as messaging that good and evil are the same. I think to some extent we see and hear what we expect to, and I think you were conditioned to expect the worst from this. I’m glad you were able to find some of the good.
I am 69 and have the books and have watched the movies. This has nothing to do with religeon. One must realize the life lessons taught in these movies. Friendship, loyalty, bravery, sacrifice, the difference between good and evil, and the reason why some things must be endured, like why Harry has to live with his aunt's family even though they treat him poorly.
THIS. just because bad things happen in the story, doesn't mean that they're glorified. i read harry potter as a 9 year old and i brought out only positive things out of it, like the value of friendship and bravery, it developed my imagination and made me read more books!
Right! They just see the witchcraft and wizardry and automatically think it’s evil. I can only imagine what they think the books are like, probably books full of incantations and ways of contacting evil. 😂 It’s an actual story full of lessons.
Read this at 6, saw this at 9, didnt get "traumatized" one bit... the opposite actually, this series of books and movies brought a sense of wonder, curiosity, imagination and comfort to many children and teenagers. And adults.
Saying this with 100% understanding that these two are watching the movie in their own way, but I wanted to make a suggestion in case they do watch more of the movies! I want to suggest that they try to open their perspective and try to see the film through the eyes of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Harry has always had to rely on himself growing up with the Dursleys and so doesn’t trust adults and is also brave just as a person. Ron is the second youngest of 7, all of which have been successful in different ways and his sister who is the only girl, plus his best friend being the famous Harry Potter, causing him to have his greatest desire to be recognized and valued as himself. Hermione has two muggle parents which causes her to want to prove herself and her place in the wizarding world. If you keep these things in mind their bad decisions make a little more sense 😊
Did one of your mothers say she read The Hobbit Series as a child? 😮 But you guys couldn’t watch Harry Potter? I think the Hobbit Series was much scarier and demonic!
@@davidalpeter9963 Not really. The Hobbit came out before LOTR and was considered a childrens book. They could have easily not read LOTR. It's also not nearly as long , or have quite as dark themes as LOTR. Plus length wise it's only 200-300 pages long where as LOTR has 3 books that are like 1300-1400 pages combined.
as a christian child whow atched this movie everything they said a kid would see was so inaccurate and to be honest if you raise your kid with good morals and what not they'll no whats wrong and right they not gonna set people on fire and so on
This is the problem I have, and come at if you want but when the Mum's say that they don't think children should watch it is because they wouldn't know the difference between a fictional movie and reality and they would try to do magic, it's nonsense, kids of 10 know the difference, they watch other movies. The only thing my children got from these movies and books is a great imagination. Good conquers evil, love and friendship and honesty are important.
I think also there’s a belief that if they see kids playing Harry Potter that they believe real magic will happen. No, it’s called pretending. And pretending is fun, and creative.
The question whether they would let their kid go to a magic school is completely besides the point. If you have magic abilities you go to school to learn to control them and use them wisely, not for fun
Just 17 minutes in and they did not know how Harry got his owl, they did not realize Harry overheard Mrs. Weasley at the train station and that is how he knew where to go; they did not know his real age, they did not realize he should be in awe since he has never seen this before when he went through to the Hogwarts station. I guess i was just surprised that since they are such avid readers, that they would have more of an understanding/acceptance of a fantasy genre. Maybe they should have started with the books. Very lovely, beautiful ladies though. I enjoyed watching their reactions, but hope they try to take more in. @@AriaIsara
Your mom and aunt are saying "scary" and "disgusting" for reasons why not to show kids, but life is scary and disgusting sometimes and there's nothing better than a story/movie, where everything ends up okay, to introduce kids to scary, difficult, disgusting, etc etc things.
Agreed. It makes me think about how people think children need to be shielded from things, when really it sets them up for the real world with a good strong head and heart. Me for example I think kids should be introduced to stories that help them understand death and any scary things about life. Especially if they’re 8 or 9 when they’re better able to differentiate between fiction and reality. But that is really a matter of how everyone feels is better parenting (when to expose children to what). BUT I see how religion sort of complicates this for them even further though, seeing as they see it as “evil witchcraft”. But I think they were able to see through it as best they could. Maybe this will open their eyes and hearts further.
Right. Also saying things like kids can’t be pretending to do magic. But kids are allowed to have imagination. That’s why they’re kids 😂. Hey ho it’s what they believe
when I read Harry Potter as a kid it really was the perfect story to me. watching harry struggle through his ability to love so selflessly and lose people/battle his own grief. I think it's so needed for kids to learn that love is the most powerful force in the world and there's nothing to fear in death. anyway Addison looking forward to you starting the real HP journey when you get the books!! and can't wait for you mom/aunt to react to the rest.
Dear Ladies, it is imagination, pure and simple and if you explain that to your children they will be fine. It is not unlike super heroes (and super bad people). Kids get dressed up as spiderman, batman, superman, etc. Girls dress up like Ilsa and other princesses. It is just imagination and if you teach your children this it will be fine. Also, most fairy tales for kids are much worse than the Potter stories. Hansel and Gretel live in a gingerbread house with a near sighted witch that EATS children. And they get their freedom by pushing her into the oven. The emperors new clothes has a nude emperor in it. Snowwhite, Cinderella, etc. etc. all full of evil bad people and even magic things. In Harry Potter it is a story about good defeating evil by not giving into the worst habits of humans, it has fantastical creatures in it. The first 2 movies are really children stories, the later books and movies become darker as Harry, Ron and Hermoine get older And at the beginning of the movie Harry was 10 turning 11. Harry paints 11 candles on his dirt cake, and Hagrid says that is not every day that a boy turns 11 (the age children go to Hogwarts). Also, owls deliver your post, and Hagrid says nobody wants a toad, they are not popular. The reason Ron has a rat is because almost everything he has is a hand me down, his wand, his clothes, his pet rat Scabbers which he got from one of his older brothers. And Ron does not have money really, so his mother makes bread for all of her kids but Ron usually gets stuck with corned beef on his (which he does not like) and that is why Harry decides to buy them loads of things from Trolley. Also Harry was hoping for mars bars, snickers and the sorts because as a child he never got any of those, he lived with the human black hole that got all the treats, food, rooms (yes, Dudley has 2 rooms in the books, one where he sleeps and where he keeps all of the stuff he no longer needs. Harry gets moved from the cupboard under the stairs to the second bedroom (and the letters change to that location), then they drive all over the country after the scene where all the letters stream into the room (int he book that is) and they stay at a hotel, so the owls deliver loads of letters to the hotel with Harry's hotelroom on it. THAT is why Uncle Vernon decides to move to the hut on the rock, in that storm no owl can deliver any letters as they wanted to keep Harry from going to Hogwarts. And I have not read the books in years, I listen to the English Audiobook, and I do mean English. They are read by Stephen Fry and he does an excellent job, IMO better than the American version. This gives you the content of the books without having to do the reading LOL.
Oooooh I totally forgot about how much they tried to get away from the Owls. This makes me want to reread or actually grab an audio version of it. I've heard good things about both Stephen Fry and Jim Dale's versions.
It was interesting to me that the moms are worried kids would get obsessed with Harry Potter. Meanwhile the mirror of erised scene has Dumbledore giving the lesson of not getting obsessed with a fantasy and to live your life. Tbf, I know there's a lot of people who a small part of them is still wishing they got an acceptance letter to Hogwarts xD
I get it as an adult not knowing anything about it besides it being about witchcraft and ur super religious. But ya they clearly were not down to change their mind watching which they def shud have lol
I didn’t grow up religious, my parents were pretty bad parents. Atheists, honestly somewhat sadistic. I had very little guidance on right and wrong. Harry Potter taught me right and wrong and laid the foundation for my relationship with Jesus. Just because something might seem a bit different, doesn’t make it evil. Love the series ladies!
@@marcellcypher me, a Muslim woman with strict Indian Muslim parents. Them: "why would we watch Harry Potter? It's for children". I'm so glad my parents let me watch it. They knew it was about magic and trusted that we enough brains to know it's not real.
The author of the Harry Potter books series, JK Rowling was a former school teacher that unfortunately became a divorced single mother on welfare. One day while riding on a train she got the idea for Harry Potter. Originally Harry Potter's parents were supposed to be alive in the story but as she began to write the novel for the first time JK Rowling's own mother passed away due to MS. This impacted her so much that she began to add a deeper more powerful meaning behind this coming of age novel series. Though JK Rowling started out incredibly poor when she began to hand write her first book she is now one of the richest women in the world. She would be a billionaire if it weren't for the fact that she gives a good large chunk of her money to charities.
@@LaurinGarciato add on to this, if you go to the pub where she wrote a lot - it is in Southfields in Southwest London (nearest tube station to Wimbledon) and is a very upper middle class area today
@@adamwills781 I googled it just now and there seems to be several interviews where she talks about her financial struggles as she was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This is a quote from the very first interview I found on Google. But the first time I heard of it was from a British TV documentary I saw many years ago where she at one point visited the apartment where she use to live when she was writing her first HP novel. "During that period, Rowling lived off government welfare. "I couldn't have written this book if I hadn't had a few years where I' d been really as poor as it's possible to go in the UK without being homeless," Rowing said in 2012. "We were on welfare, what we call welfare, I would call benefits, for a couple years." 😊
The movies/books actually have some lessons and values that are pretty much very healthy to kids, and essential for living in a society, like accepting the others by who they are and loving them anyway... Religious people always thinks that they are protecting their children from something dangerous when the biggest danger is their own prejudice
I’m so happy you gave them the opportunity to see for themselves and decide for themselves!!! 🤗🤗🤗 We all grow up with family sayings and beliefs that we accept for decades. My mom used to repeat sayings that her mother passed down to her and it wasn’t until I was in my 50s that I realized some of our family beliefs about trusting people weren’t true and almost got me killed a few times. It’s best to believe your own two eyes and own two ears.
Ngl I kinda want more elaboration to this story, like trusting how I mean, you don’t need to go into specifics just like trusting them to help or like, not trusting people you don’t know yet?
@@terogates1I’m 69 now. My whole life one of my mother’s often repeated sayings was, “you have to give people the benefit of the doubt.” We all believed it blindly. Then, when I was taking care of my mother (she passed age 84), a few things happened where she had advertised to sell some items and she liked to make new friends, and she trusted a stranger in her home and he stole from her. She learned that he had stolen from others who had advertised also, and she remembered that he wouldn’t let her snap a friendly photo of him, yet I heard that saying come out of her mouth again about the incident. I realized it was not a true or wise idea to keep as truth, and it caused her and also me to be trusting of people before they had proven they were deserving of trust. So I would change that saying to “people need to show you they can be trusted.” A little bit of discernment is a good thing to have when you get out into the world.
@@_Professor_Oak By feeling that it’s your duty as a good person to be fair and give everyone “the benefit of the doubt” because it’s been drilled into you since birth as the right thing to do. Each family and tribe has their own oft-repeated pearls of wisdom - it’s a good thing to take a look at them clearly as an adult and decide if family slogans need to be carried down mindlessly generation after generation, or if it’s better to modify or chuck out altogether. Consider writing down the sayings you’ve heard in your family thousands of times and believed 💯 %, and if they aren’t one of the Ten Commandments, they’re fair game for some hard introspection as to their value. Keep the keepers.
@@im-gi2pglol my family would never teach that and if they did I knew by 8 people weren’t good. So I guess my kids would be taught to be wary of everyone lol
As someone who watched this as a child I can tell you nobody thought they could talk to snakes afterwards. We can understand the difference between fantasy movies and reality 😂 You act like children are dumb and don’t know the difference between magic and real life. We never once thought we could make potions or hop on a broom 😂 the same way we can watch Godzilla and know he’s not going to turn up in our town. Also these children have parents and weren’t snatched, they’re at a boarding school and go home for the holidays, like children at regular non magical boarding school. It appears these women believe in magic and think it’s a genuine risk 🤨
@@_Professor_Oak And what do you believe? A randomly started rapid expansion? Evolution by natural selection that doesn't explain abiogenesis? All of these seem just as magical as a "magic man in the sky".
Except people do practice witchcraft and satanic worship. Which is the point you watered it down and made it fun and tell kids it's fake when in actuality it is a real problem in the world. They even have Satan con. Astrology and Tara card readings are also considered witchcraft. And yes that's why we have parents to guide us as we watch but it doesn't change the fact that satanic shit happens and watering it down does a disservice to kids. Oh I recently heard of a satanic day care that's opening google it. The Satanic Temple is opening them. And iowa state house had a satanic idol put up which thankfully someone tore down.
I will be 30 this year, and Harry Potter is still my all-time favorite series. I grew up reading the books and watching the movies - started reading the books when I was about 8 or 9. I feel very lucky and grateful to have been raised in a non-religious household for many reasons, but one of those reasons is that I got to experience growing with this series. It has so many important, valuable messages for not only children, but adults as well. It means so much to me, and I'm sure it always will (so much that I made my husband watch the series with me when we were dating, even though it's not his thing at all). Your mom and aunt seem like lovely people, and it's awesome for them to allow us to watch their reactions to Harry Potter even though they have had reservations about it. I hope they continue to watch the rest of the films, I look forward to seeing their reactions! :)
What would've helped them A LOT in both being able to understand better and be less critical is if at the very beginning when they thought the kids were 8, you would've told them they're 11. 11 and 8 is a huge difference when it comes to kids ages, it's the difference between being a pre-teen about to hit puberty, and a little child. 11 year olds can handle A LOT, especially nowadays.
@@0816M3RCno. No they are not. Daniel Radcliffe was 11, Rupert Grint was 12 and Emma Watson was 10 when filming began. Only Tom Felton was notably older than his character, and he had just turned 13 at the start of filming.
This was fun, and good that they accepted to watch the movie but they (or at least the lady on the right) are still in that typical Christian close minded view of things, not only in terms of viewing fiction but also in reference to the real world, since there are people who practice witchcraft in various traditions (which is _not_ what Harry Potter is actually about) and it's just bigoted to view these traditions as evil 😩
OHMYGOSH! yall's mamas chitterchatter just like yall do! AND THEN...."all of a sudden there's an owl" "where'd that owl come from?" "I don't understand the owls"😂 Greaseback Malfoy is gonna stick with me forever. 😂😂😂😂😂 That was a lot of fun. The Mamas are really sweet and so great hearing they have a love of books and reading. The Little House series is a great fave for me and i have given those as gifts many times. Same with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. After Harry Potter, it would be great to see them do the Tolkien films too.
I grew up with these and I don't recall ever feeling like I was a wizard that could fly, talk to snakes or do magic. I never found them particularly terrifying or disgusting either lol. I understood it was make believe. I was a very lonely child, my mom and dad were gone and my grandparents barely interacted with me, I never had bday or xmas presents either so these movies actually helped me a lot in realizing that I wasnt truly alone, that other kids go through tough times like this too, that my parents probably loved me very much when I was a baby, that I can find/create my own family, that I should stand up for what I think is right, speak up for myself and my friends, that adults can be trusted and that I shouldnt let my imagination run wild or become obsessed with "what if my mom was here/never left" and stuff because I would end up feeling sad for a long time, instead I should go and make the best of what Ive got now. Im sure it helped many other kids get through hard times in a variety of ways.
The same here! It helped me in the hardest times of my childhood and gave me some happy moments and a lot of hope! It don't brings children away from God - the thinking of the right lady allways over and over again is just sad and far from the reality! I overenjoyed the boys watching part 1 til part 8 and gave me much laughter and happy moments - but that now here is sad and untrue. And they missed a lot of said and showed facts because of talking to much. It is silly to say they readed the Hobbit and stuff like that, but Harry Potter would be evil and sending kids the wrong message... I am a strong believer in God and that books and later movies rescued literally my life in sucidial depressiv time in my life as a child!
"There's like 500 wizards there, they can't handle one troll???" Straight facts 😂😂 P.S. I just know hot pink headphones is in the medical field, I see you diagnosing that C5-C6 injury 👀
@@sierrabrown2544 that makes sooooooo much more sense! Lol if they continue watching the series, she’s definitely finna be bothered by Bellatrix’s teeth 😂
I always found the idea of religious parents not allowing Harry Potter being so weird. I wasn’t allowed to read these books, yet Chronicles of Narnia was acceptable since it’s an analogy of Christ. I found it to be a bit hypocritical since both stories involve magical themes. The parents were so worried about kids taking these movies seriously and wanting to play witch/ wizard but it was the parents taking it too seriously. It’s meant to be fun, imaginative and entertaining.
Hagrid's stunt double is 6'10". Movie Hagrid is 8'6" according to his actor Robbie Coltrane. He's three feet taller in the books at 11'6". It's never directly explained in the movies, but Hagrid's a half-giant.
This was super fun to watch. Although I never understood how people would be opposed to this but allow their kids to watch things like Snow White where there's a witch, magic, poisoning and dark scenes as well. As long as you teach your kids the diff between make belief and reality, should be fine. Harry Potter has a strong theme surrounding doing what is right and being good.
fantasy stories like that are very good for the development of children's imagination as well... and harry potter clearly portrays the dark aspects of magic as bad and evil, and promotes good values like friendship
Oliver and James Phelps (George and Fred Weasley) are indeed real identical twins, although Oliver is taller than James. They are not true redheads. And yes, you missed the dialogue when Harry was reading from his school supply list about getting an animal familiar. His choices were owl, cat, or toad.
I’m super hyped for this reaction, you guys are doing something I haven’t seen done for potter reactions, it’s actually pretty common that most people that haven’t seen it had parents or household that didn’t like witchcraft so they were allowed, this is the first time we are getting parents that didn’t see it for that reason!❤❤❤ can’t wait fir this to go live!
I'm the same generation as your mums or maybe a few years older and I loved the series and raised my kids on the books and movies. Looking forward to this, I hope they do the whole series!❤
Just want to say that I was so excited to see this reaction as I watched the others and enjoyed them. However, the talking over the entire movie ensured that they missed a ton of important info. They had so many questions that would have been answered had they listened a bit more. I don't mind the talking and they are both so funny and clever, but for the next one, some pauses in the movie would help them understand the plot better and maybe understand that this story is not about wizards and witchcraft, they just happen to live in that world. Lastly, the closed minded and biased responses were off putting and came off as judgemental. WIth that being said, I will still watch their reactions to the rest of these movies they have a great sense of humor.
They were watching to determine whether or not it was a good decision for them to not allow their minor children to watch it, not for the storyline or entertainment value. They were cute and funny, but I’ll skip future reactions. I appreciate the effort.
They look so young! Pretty soon they’ll be watching Aliens, breaking bad, terminator, back to the future, lord of the rings, the hobbit, anything that was off-limits!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It's cool you trying to get these ladies into Harry Potter and I appreciate their willingness to give this a try, but I'm not gonna lie, this was rough! Felt like they missed 90% of dialogue. lol They don't know about stuff that had just been covered. I glad they were willing to try. I hope they're willing to a bit more with the other movies. ☺
This was their first reaction and I appreciate them for coming on and just enjoying themselves first and foremost! I know with more videos (if they choose to) they will improve just like I have. I do appreciate you watching the video though, I don't want that to go unsaid! -Adison
Usually I agree, but they picked up a lot more than most reactors. Plus surely the point of this is that it is exposing mothers to content their children could not watch. Was nice they gave it a try, plus they offered a different perspective.
Idk if doing this reaction is the best idea. People online forget that the people they’re watching are actual people and some people will not be kind with their criticisms I guarantee. With that said, as a black man that grew up in the south in a Christian household it was so funny watching this. My parents loved Harry Potter and one of my only fond memories of my dad was that we read and watched all the books/movies together. It’s one of the only things we actually bonded over. All the adults in church were just like your moms. They talked about how harry potter was evil and how it was teaching kids witchcraft but the only thing it did for me was give me happy memories with my otherwise distant father. It was lighthearted, fun, and imaginative but not once did I ever think I was a witch or try to practice dark magic or anything like that. So my final thought is, although I understand how older Christians think and I’m familiar with their skepticism I think that children are more capable than adults often think. I’ve got two children myself now and I understand that they are a lot more intelligent than most people think children are. And imagination is important for children to have and nurture. They need safe spaces to allow their creativity to flourish.
I literally haven't gotten past Harry getting his letter yet and these 2 ladies are cracking me up!!!!! OMG...their "mom-isms" are killing me. I don't condone slapping a child...but it just came out!! LOLOLOLOL More of them please :)
Imma be honest, they don’t seem into it, which is all good. I think it might be more negative than good to have them continue the series. I understand they have their beliefs, and more power to them, but it is tough to watch a reaction of people who are going to dislike everything, or misunderstand everything. Just my two cents. ✌️🎃
I disagree, they for sure have some preconceived notions, as they should given their age as well as religious background but I don’t think that makes it negative. They didn’t dislike everything nor misunderstand everything, they had a different perspective. If they had the same perspective as every other HP reaction, what would be the point of the vid? Maybe you’re the negative vibe that you speak of
"Why dos he have an owl, did I miss something?" - You missed quite a lot because of your constant meandering chitchat. I'm sorry if that sounds rude, but to me it's quite obvious that you're not taking any of this seriously. And you should. This first movie is indeed very much like a kid's story, because the main heroes are 11 and the point of this one is to introduce this imaginary world to you basically through Harry's eyes. But as they grow, the story grows, the plot thickens and darkens, it becomes very, very serious. I'd advise you to try and pay attention, because the lines and dialogues and events that are not meaningful for the future of the plot are few and far between. If you keep talking over everything, you will be constantly confused or bewildered by things and events that have been explained and made clear just moments ago. For now I'll say only this: magic doesn't mean that anything and everything is possible. That wouldn't yield a good story. There are strict laws and rules in magic, some things are not possible. A VERY important law is that death is final. No spell can reawaken the dead. So later on when you see someone dying, know that they are really dead, they're not coming back/ Also, there are things that you cannot create from nothing through magic. You can't create food for example. Think of magic as something like physics: that too has laws and rules.
They're very cute, and I'm glad they gave it a shot, but I'm mystified that after watching it they still think it's inappropriate for children and that people need to be 20 to 30 before they're able to discern between fantasy and reality 🤣 That's a tad bizarre. It's a parent's job to explain to their children what fantasy is, and even very young children are capable of making the distinction with the proper instruction from their parents.
If it helps. J. K Rowling, the author of the book series, is actually a very Christian woman and one of her biggest worries would be the series would come off as too preachy or Christian. Lol I love that irony that religious people assume it's evil because it has magic. I'm glad these lovely ladies are giving them a chance at least
Ummm, I realize that a lot of religious people are scrupulous about HP, but I don’t think Rowling is Christian. I’ve only been Catholic for two years, but I’ve been a fan for like thirteen years.
@@rafiki1017she is Christian actually. I think she only shared it publicly after the last book came out because of all its Christian themes of resurrection and sacrifice and such.
@@rafiki1017 she is! I think she's either CoE or Presbyterian? One of the two. She's not like, extremely devout, but she does identify as a Christian.
@@wonderboyjohnny what a lot of people - and to be fair and honest, a lot of Christians included - don't understand is that the Bible does not deny the existence of supernatural powers. It just teaches that we should only be accessing it through the Church. It's not safe for humans to dabble in that stuff not because it isn't real but because it very much IS real, but you don't know if what you're tapping into is good or evil. The magic itself is not the problem, the problem is that it could be coming from somewhere evil. I'm not saying I agree with this, I'm just clarifying because a lot of people think that "there's magic in the Bible though!" is a gotcha but actually it's like... yes that's the whole point.
Funny you said that Quidditch would never be played in real life. As a matter of fact, the concept of Quidditch became so popular that it became a real life international collage sport where player run around with broomsticks between their es and the snitch is a person dressed in gold with a handkerchief tucked into his belt. As the snitch runs around the field the seekers try to pull out the handkerchief from the snitch's belt to end the game. I have watched 2 or 3 Quidditch matches in the past in person. I had a blast cheering them on. You can do a RU-vid search and view a few matches played in different countries. Quidditch has 7 players in each team. 2 Chasers 2 Beaters 1 Keeper 1 Seeker The Chasers are in charge of scoring goals by catching the Quaffle balls and throwing them into one of 3 hoops at the other team's side of the field. Beaters are in charge of protecting their players from getting hit by the Blugger balls with wooden bat's. They are also in charge of hitting the opposing team with the bluggers by using their bats. The Keeper's job is to protect their team's hoops by not allowing the opposing team to score any goals by blocking the Quaffle and preventing it from getting through their hoops. The Seeker's job is to find the Snitch and catch it before the other team does. Once the Snitch is caught then the game ends. You Don't necessarily win when you catch the snitch. Yes, the snitch is 150 points and the game does end when the snitch is caught. But the team that catches the snitch can loose the game if the opposing team had already gained far more points prior to the snitch being caught. So it's important to score as many points as possible with the Quaffle and hoops before any seeker of any team catches the snitch causing the game to end. Unfortunately, they never show it in any of the Harry Potter movies (so this is not a spoiler to any future Potter movies) but in one of the books Harry witnesses a certain team loose a certain Quidditch match dispite that team's Seeker having caught the snitch. If you ever want to know how Quidditch is played and it's fictional history the author of Harry Potter, JK Rowling also wrote other books for charities. One of them is called Quidditch Through the Ages and it is written as if it were one of Harry Potter's text books. 🧹📚
this whole series of you guys watching for the first time and now your mom and aunt, its so comforting and just happy! im so glad i stumbled across your channel and got to watch these, its seriously been such a joy to experience with you. these movies were such a comfort to me (and so many others!) as a kid growing up in a not-so-great household environment, and these videos capture so much of the happiness that the series brought to so many. and then seeing your mom and aunt and their perspectives, its just so sweet to be able to see how much they care for their kids & the role of motherhood generally through this. just wanted to take a minute and express how much i appreciate these videos and the effort you put in to them, because they’ve really cheered me up!! hoping i get some room in the budget to support you guys on patreon soon as a way to say thanks! okay unnecessarily long comment now over lol :) lots of love!!
This was awesome! Your mom and aunt absolutely killed it with the commentary while watching it for the first time - that is no easy feat! It was certainly worth watching! "They do not believe in dusting over there" 😂
She didn't say that she preferred realistic stories because of her religion, just that that's what the one sister preferred while the other liked fantasy.
Can I just say that I love your Dewey decimal system jokes. Finally, someone who else who knows what it is!What I like about Harry Potter, is that religion doesn't come into play, just whether or not you have magic in your blood. I keep cracking up when you ask quedtions they already answered. I love watching the two of you.
This is so sweet! I love how you’re keeping Harry Potter alive on this channel. I discovered this series because I was extremely hungover and needed something to watch. I love that you continue to explore everything ❤
so its clever if we turn a kid into a pocket watch so his friend is never late but potions is a problem! i gotta say i love this more, more mum reactions please.
Although I disagree with their idea that children would not understand the difference between reality and a movie, I love the mom's. They need their own channel. I definitely want to see more reactions from them.
