Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Discussion
 

Isnt it like a play script? I dont think ive ever read one, apart from in school so i dont know if i'd enjoy it

Here for it :clap1: I'd love to go see the play but I'm broke and the fact that it's two parts doesn't help. I wish they'd record it and sell it on DVD

I'll buy it and we should act it out on here lol

Just stayed up to read it all even though I read the plot spoilers long ago, and even though this was pretty much a ****ty fan fiction come to life and I should hate it, I didn't? I don't know, it just feels so good to have a Harry Potter book in front of me that I don't even care that it was needlessly convoluted and just really bad :love:

Just gone out and bought it :clap1:

Even though the plot shall be a mess like Macie said the nostalgia and stuff makes it bearable

I read the first part, I really liked it. I'll be looking forward to the inevitable adaptation.

And I'm done.

I liked it a lot, the story was a little predictable and the fact that it's a play is limiting in terms of how big the scope of the story is. I'm really eager for the inevitable Film/TV adaptations though, if each part runs for about an hour and half on stage then I imagine the films may add more material to them to buff the running time to 2-2.5 hours which could help fill out the plot a little more and allow the story to breathe a bit.

Pros
- Albus and Scorpius are good lead characters.
- The opening scenes are great and I look forward to see them expanded upon when the adaptations happen.
- The parallels between Albus and Harry and their relationship is well handled.
- The character moments are excellent.
- Harry is far more compelling in this then he's ever been in the other books.


Cons
- The dialogue lacks that JK-ness about it. It's a little clumsy in parts.
- The story is a little too fast paced but it's understandable given that it's a play.
- The focus is squarely on a small number of characters and it's irksome that some characters get snubbed completely but then again it's a play so it's forgivable
-The overarching plot is a little messy and overly convenient. The script succeeds when it comes to smaller moments and relationships but the overall plot needs refining and expanding upon.

Got through it quite quickly.

I would definitely welcome an film/tv adaptation. It has the potential to work really well on film. I agree with Dezzy that the plot was convenient. It felt a little too fan fiction in some places.

I love Albus and Scorpius so much. I ship them.

Apparently

I think I can keep this part out of spoiler tags but my favorite minor character was without a doubt the Trolley Witch who randomly became a video game boss kind of obstacle with her spikey hands :love: so unbelievably absurd.

Freddy Kruegar Trolley Witch <3

But even with all my complaints, I still really enjoyed it in all of its absurdity. I'm still cackling at the Trolley Witch throwing Pumpkin Pasty grenades with her hands-turned-spikes in futile attempts to keep kids on the Hogwarts Express :joker: :love:

Finished and loved it :love:

I found this online and chuckled.

I'm so hoping they do this.

They've done it with stage musicals and sh*t in the past so they should do.

They'll probably wait until they've milked the stage show itself for as long as possible for a couple of years.

Mess ^

I guess a lot of that had to be done for the plot and story. I'm sure if JK had full control/passion into this it wouldn't be as messy

Is it worth waiting for the definitive edition?

How different will it be considering this is the rehearsal edition?

I doubt the story will change dramatically. I'm not sure what changes were made though :think:

I reckon there'll be some changes, I think the dialogue will be tidied up a bit and I can see them adding one or two scenes to clarify some of the plot points.

Don't think we'll be getting a recording of the play any time soon though.

Finished it in one sitting, not entirely sure what I just read but I think I enjoyed it (Even if it felt like something from archive of our own)

I ship the fuck out of Albus & Scorpio (Scorbus?).

Bought it and finished it within the space of a few hours.


Omfg Albus and Scorpius is going to reignite potter slash like never before. They are incredible together. Scorpius is an amazing character.

Just finished it, entertaining read though a bit silly at times. I think a good job was done with all the characters especially Albus and Scorpius, only bad one was Ron who they sorta ruined by making him completely irrelevant and solely intended for comic relief.



I guess its as close to a new Harry Potter as we're ever gonna get but I can't see it ever being remembered as 'the eighth story' or the final instalment, more as a bit of a gimmick whose popularity was quite short lived

i remember when some writer wrote a story about harrys children and jk supported that and it had such popularity and right now nobody remembers that and this thing has the same fate.

I feel like Harry Potter was such a great book and it had a great affect on millions of people, it %100 made my childhood and for me it ended in 07.

But i hope you all enjoy it :)

After waiting more than a year, I went to watch the performance at the weekend.

It was a great. A really nice sequel that was enjoyable for a Harry Potter fan myself. The location was great and the theatre was lovely, I had balcony seats but was sat in the centre and could see perfectly well. Definitely worth the £15 for each part.

The story itself was portrayed with a lot of warmth. I loved Albus and Scorpius as characters, and as a Slytherin I was happy they represented two Slythern characters as genuinely good people :laugh: idk if it comes across like this in the book, but Harry was quite unlikable throughout. A lot of the time the character would just shriek and shout; I thought there was still a sense of Harry to the character though, just not as likable or a person I rooted for like I did in the films (though this wasn't really the point anyway. Ron was fantastic, such an accurate portrayal of the character, much more than Rupert Grint playing Ron - who I find quite overrated, and after reading the books and watching the films I realised was the wrong person to play the character. Hermione was fine, her daughter was quite annoying though, ngl.

I went into the show already knowing



I feel like I would've loved it even more had I not known, but the context of which she appeared. i.e:



Yeah, the play was definitely was worth watching. Not of the same calibre of other books, like MTVN said the show is more of a gimmick than a genuine instalment, but heart-warming nonetheless.