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Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection [Blu-ray]

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Thanks for the early reviews who recommended Amazon UK, you are awesome!

As for the product, the picture quality of the blu-ray is superb, it really shows how well made the movies were. I did find the volume to be lower than other movies, really have to turn it up. One review claimed you only get one disc for each movie, making the assumption that all the extras are excluded. This is not true as the extras are packed onto the disc for the first few movies, and for the last three, there are actually two discs.

If you are a die-hard Harry Potter fan, do not buy this collection. All you get with this set is the first disc (disc 1) from each of the original blu ray releases of the films, literally. This is fine for the first five films/books (Stone, Chamber, Prisoner, Goblet, Phoenix) because they were only one disc to begin with, but HBP and DH 1/2 are only the first of the two discs you get in the individual releases. The publishers didn't even take the time to re-skin the discs to remove the "Disc 1" and "Movie" titles from their original placement in two-disc sets. I am not a massive HP fan but I love the films, so this isn't a huge bother to me as someone who just wants all of the films in blu ray, but this is a pretty disappointingly presented collection. To include the second disc for the last three films would not have pushed the total cost much over a reasonable limit and I was expecting to get either A) a COMPLETE collection including bonus discs or B) a newly published set of discs with uniquely arranged extra features befitting a slimmed down package. As it is, this collection is adequate but not satisfying. The case is nice. I like having all eight films in one small, plastic blu ray case with plastic clip inserts for pairs of discs. It's like a four-page book, double-sided, with all the films laid out in order. Too bad the finishing touches are a little cheap and disappointing. I almost recommend this set.

I have to say that I was greatly disapointed when I received this... First, I thought the box looked nice and all. But then, it seems the release of this item was too fast, as 2 of the 8 disks have no art cover on them... They are metallic with just the titles written in black on them... a bit disapointing as I've been waiting to buy the whole saga since a long time. It looks cheap and as if they hurried to get this out and the product was not totally ready. Still, great movies, but I guess I'll have to buy the 2 'cheaply packaged' DVD independently to get a great collector product.

This set is a space saver, which i love. it contains all eight films and a small amount of bonus footage on each of the disks. if you're not looking for the whole nine yards collectors edition this is perfect for you. it's every movie, clear and simple, and most satisfactory.

DVD supposé bilingue????
DVD 1,2,4,6,7.1-----> langue anglais et espagnol
DVD 3,5,7.2---------->langue anglais et français

les autre en sous titre français

If all you want are the films in blu-ray format, then this is the collection for you.
If you want a stunning box, creative presentation, and extra features for the films, you will be sorely disappointed.

Before running away, ask yourself this: how often do you watch all the extended extra features of movies you buy?
If the answer is "always" or "most of the time" then run run run.
If the answer is "never" then click purchase.

As a fan whose lined up for first edition copies of all the books after the first, I agree with many fans that the Harry Potter films do not do the books justice.
I feel they were a fair first attempt from paper to screen, and some of the acting - not all, but a bit here and there, were marvelous. However, I am not here to rate the films on how they are compared to the books. I am here to rate this collection of DVDs.

I was pleasantly surprised at how small the entire collection box was, the 8 DVDs come inside a box about equal in size to a VHS tape, for those of you not as ancient as myself, that is roughly the size of 2-2.5 regular sized DVD cases. The case is inside a cardboard sleeve which I've come to expect nowadays when purchasing DVDs, however the Amazon picture does not do it justice, it looks far better in person.

The only thing I was disappointed with (which I took off one star for) was 2 of the DVDs feature no artwork printed on them. While the rest feature pictures of actors etc., Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows (part 2) pretty much just have the title of the films on them. I don't think I have OCD, but I think it would have been nice to have printed artwork on all of the DVDs to make the collection feel more like a collection.

Apart from that, I highly recommend the set to fans.

I fondly await remakes that follow the books almost word for word even if they are 10+ hour long each :)

If all you're looking for is a set of the 8 movies, then look no further than this. However, if you're expecting to get the most bang for your buck, this set is a complete let down and you might as well simply get the regular DVDs, saving yourself a little bit of cash in the process. There really isn't anything special about this set as it's simply the movie discs of the individual releases without any of of the special feature discs. Personally, I don't think this set should be selling for more than $80 in total and even then, that is rather high for this collection.

Worst of all, it seems there's some kind of weird encoding on the Deathly Hallows movies as my Blu-Ray player had a hard time reading them, taking well over a minute of simply spinning in place as if trying to find the starting point on the discs, not to mention that the Deathly Hallows II froze on several occasions, requiring me to restart the movie and go through that minute long spinning and then skipping through a bunch of annoying promos instead of being able to go directly to the disc menu.

It's a good thing that Warner Brothers is taking all Harry Potter movies off the shelves like Disney does, because by the time they decide to release them again on store shelves, they may actually release an actual compilation of all 8 movies that Potter fans will deem worthy of owning.

I'm happy I only got this as a gift and didn't waste my money on it myself, though I also think the $100+ used on this could have been better spent on other gifts instead.

It comes as described. There's nothing fancy about this box set, so if you want tons of extras then splurge and buy the collectors edition. Paid extra for express shipping and it arrived in a reasonable amount of time. One thing I love is that there is only one case. No struggling with 8 different cases and getting all mixed up.

Just what is needed for a HP marathon. Arrived intact and ready to roll and all packed up in one tidy box.
It's much fun seeing how different directors take on the HP story - makes sitting for all those hours watching HP seem like an exercise in film studies, as vs. a start to cardiovascular disease. Choose healthy snacks, watch, discuss...