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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
哈利·波特与死亡圣器（下）

Intro

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• build up
• lose steam
• wrap up
• riveting

• attached
• let go
• fulfilling
• look forward to

• fan fiction
• let down

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After spending ten years with someone, it’s normal to get attached. Yes, even if that person is a fictional character.

The first Harry Potter movie came out in 2001. Now the last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two, is finally here. It’s time for audiences to say goodbye to their favorite wizard.

But some might not be ready to let go of Harry Potter just yet. Hear Devan and Mason discuss the final film.

Dialog

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Mason

Devan

Mason:  Are you living a less fulfilling life now that you know there’s no more Harry Potter to look forward to?

Devan:  Yes. But I’m also…I went and saw the last film recently, and I haven’t read all the books. I stopped after the fifth book. But I’ve been watching the movies still.

Mason:  Yeah.

Devan:  And so I came in genuinely not knowing what to expect. And I don’t want to give anything away for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, but I have to say, I was a little let down. I was a little disappointed.

Mason:  Oh yeah? Do you think there’s any way that after you’ve been on a journey like that for so long, can you ever be happy with the way that ends?

Devan:  With a series that builds up like that, you’re going to lose some steam, especially because things got so epic around the fourth or fifth film. That was kind of the peak, I felt. From there it’s kind of about wrapping it up, tying it together, bringing it to a conclusion. But I guess I was just expecting one last really riveting storyline, and it felt more like they kinda like rushed to conclude it.

Mason:  That’s interesting. I mean, I thought that I liked that it became a very kind of personal, emotional story towards the end. But definitely it’s not the epic conclusion. Even so, I mean, I find it’s really hard to not feel a sense of disappointment. There’s just so many things you want once you’ve had a relationship with something like that for so long that you’re just glad that they gave you something.

Devan:  That’s true.

Mason:  That’s what fan fiction is for.

Devan:  That’s right.

Mason:  You just get on the internet, Harry Potter is still going.

Devan:  I think I’m gonna rewrite the story to end the way I want it to.

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