
I feel it tearing at my soul while I’m asleep
I feel it driving me to something I’ll regret
I feel it pounding like a drum inside my brain
If it doesn’t stop I’ll go insane
miracle[s]

The closing shot of every Harry Potter movie.
“The wand chooses the wizard… it’s not always clear why.”

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (ITV)
19/50 Chamber of Secrets
Harry and Ron turn into Goyle and Crabbe via Polyjuice Potion
I sat and thought for four hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn’t know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.
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Actually finishing it was the most remarkable feeling I’ve ever had… [I felt] euphoria, devastated… I was in a hotel room on my own, sobbing my heart out. I downed half a bottle of champagne in one and went home with mascara all over my face.
— J. K. Rowling.
Visual Effects
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
- Hugo
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
- Real Steel
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink
Art Direction
- The Artist
Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
- Hugo
Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
- War Horse
Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Makeup
-Albert Nobbs
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
- The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland