FILM Harry Potter terakhir menunjukkan mantra sihir paling ampuhnya.
Buktinya, film berjudul lengkap Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ini jadi film  dengan untung paling banyak di hari pertama pemutarannya di box office Amerika Utara. Demikian kabar yang dilansir Associated Press, Minggu (17/7). Harry Potter 7 Part 2, yang tayang perdana sejak Jumat kemarin di AS, meraup AS$ 92,1 juta di hari pertamanya.
Angka itu hampir AS$ 20 juta lebih tinggi dari pemegang rekor hari pertama sebelumnya, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, yang meraih AS$ 72,2 juta di hari pertama pemutaran.
Film Harry Potter 7 Part 2 juga mencatat rekor penayangan midnight dengan angka AS$ 43,5 juta. Angka itu melebihi perolehan The Twiilight Saga: Eclipse yang meraih AS$ 30 juta pada pertunjukkan midnight tahun lalu.
Para analis box office di Hollywood.com meramalkan film pamungkas Harry Potter ini bakal mengalahkan rekor angka pemutaran akhir pekan pertama AS$ 158,4 juta yang diraih The Dark Knight.
Kita lihat saja (dan semoga filmnya betulan segera edar di sini.).

Welcome to our "Harry Potter"/"Twilight" point-counterpoint on the two franchises' supercouples. Who's more epic: Hermione and Ron, or Edward and Bella? Sandie Angulo Chen makes the case for "Harry Potter" sweethearts Ron and Hermione below; Ryan McKee defends "Twilight" lovers Edward and Bella here.

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I read the entire "Twilight" series, and unlike many in the Potter fandom, I'm no Twi-hater. I get it: Edward's "perfect," Bella's an everygirl, and it's love at first sight -- or first scent, in the case of cradle-robbing vamp (he's what, 107, to her 16?).
But once you realize that Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) are destined to be together, their relationship becomes the romantic focus of J.K. Rowling's way-more-awesome-than-"Twilight" saga "Harry Potter." Years of unresolved sexual tension, sacrifice, verbal sparring, jealousy and  best-friendship -- not to mention one unforgettable kiss -- make Ron and Hermione an epic couple, no matter what my "Twilight"-devoted colleague Ryan McKee claims.
I'd rather re-read and re-watch (I know, I've seen "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" already) Ron and Hermione's single mid-battle snog than any of Edward and Bella's repetitive kisses.

Build-Up

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Unlike Bella and Edward, Ron and Hermione grew up together. No, they don't declare their love for each other the moment they meet on the Hogwarts Express; they're only 11 and 12! As First Years, she tells him his spell-work is wrong, and he calls her a know-it-all, but for all their fighting, they quickly become loyal, if combative, friends. He's her white knight, sacrificing himself on the chessboard, defending her from toxic bullies, and rescuing her from Malfoy Manor. She's his always brilliant witch, and together they fight at Harry's side, eventually mirroring his parents as the pureblood wizard and muggleborn witch who fall in love.

Relationship Style

Love at first sight is exciting, but the "friends who become lovers" archetype is filled with an overpowering sexual tension and charged chemistry that's even more delicious. Through thousands of pages (depending on when you started rooting for Harry's BFFs to eventually snog each other senseless), fans witness Ron defending and protecting Hermione, and Hermione challenging and inspiring Ron -- and both of them quarreling until they're hot and bothered. Anyone with eyes can see they're meant for each other, so by the time they share that all-consuming, adrenaline-fueled kiss in "Deathly Hallows," it's a no-brainer they'll get married and have their own kids to send off to Hogwarts.

Romantic Chemistry

Like younger versions of the couples in screwball comedies, Ron and Hermione sublimate their desire by resorting to passionate bickering. No one can push the other's buttons like they do, and they just can't get enough (even if they're too young to fully understand what they're doing). Somewhere between Hermione's Yule Ball with Krum in "Goblet of Fire" and Ron's snogfest with Lavender in "Half-Blood Prince," the whole of Hogwarts can tell that these two just need to be alone in the Room of Requirement once and for all. They might not lock lips until the final installment, but all those previous looks, hugs, touches are crackling with romantic energy.

Relatability to Fans

The definition of relatability is "enabling a person to feel that they can relate to someone or something." Except for meeting in high school, Bella and Edward's obsessive supernatural relationship is unrelatable (and easily perceived as unhealthy and stalkerish), whereas most of us have fallen hard for a close friend. It's practically a rite of passage, and it's the reason so many "Twilight" readers (yours truly included) are firmly on Team Jacob (although his killer abs don't hurt). Ron and Hermione are the romantic pairing of the "Harry Potter" series, and their "friends to more" story has had countless of fans since the moment Ron coughed up slugs defending Hermione's honor.

Likeness to Other Epic Couples

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I just know Ryan is going to play the Romeo and Juliet card, but Bella and Edward vampire-pale in comparison. Regardless, Ron and Hermione are in amazing company. Other couples who grew from bantering friends to sizzling couples include Ross and Rachel, Jim and Pam, Emma and Knightley, Mary Jane and Peter Parker -- even the animated Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable (to name a few). As for couples who bickered their way through sexual tension, there's Harry and Sally, Elizabeth and Darcy, Benedick and Beatrice, Scarlett and Rhett, and Sam and Diane.

Closing Argument

Ron and Hermione are epic -- and not just because it's been an epic wait to finally (finally!) see their "now or never" moment. They meet as children from vastly different worlds and grow into best friends who battle Dementors, Death Eaters, werewolves, dragons, even You Know Who himself.
For years, they banter and argue, joke and laugh, protect and defend, and not-so-secretly fall in love while helping their best mate save the universe. They're the classic opposites-attract friends whom you can't wait to get together. Ryan can keep his predictable, melodramatic Romeo and Juliet wannabes. I'll take Ron and Hermione, whose magical love story is the ultimate slow burn that develops into all-consuming fire.

Welcome to our "Harry Potter"/"Twilight" point-counterpoint on the two franchises' supercouples. Who's more epic: Hermione and Ron, or Edward and Bella? Ryan McKee argues on behalf of "Twilight" lovers Edward and Bella below; read Sandie Angulo Chen's take on "Harry Potter" sweethearts Ron and Hermione here.

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When NextMovie's editor told me Sandie Angulo Chen was writing a piece arguing Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are a more epic couple than Bella and Edward, I thought, "Who?"
Not Sandie, I know who she is. She's been on my s**t list since last year for claiming there are no positive role models in "Eclipse." What? How about my girl Jessica Stanley (Anna Kendrick) earning valedictorian honors over vampire students who can read minds and see the future?
I digress. I thought, "Who?" referring to Ron and Hermione. It took me a moment to compute that Sandie claims Harry Potter's second fiddles are an epic couple. From what I gleaned by watching "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (it features R.Pattz), Hermione is cute and smart, but still doesn't have enough sense to fall in love with the hero (or even R.Pattz's character, for that matter). And Ron... that dude looks terrified 90 percent of the time and is constantly scrambling for his lost pet rat.
I was asked if I wanted to write an opposing argument. Easy money! Bella and Edward taking on Ron and Hermione is like LeBron James and Dwayne Wade playing two-on-two against Dobby and Filius Flitwick (for the record: I looked those references up). Let the battle begin.

Build-Up

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Every legendary couple from Odysseus and Penelope to Mario and Princess Peach Toadstool has to overcome monstrous hurdles in order to be together. I dare say no one knows a deeper love than a person who's bested a Cyclops or stomped Goomba mushrooms in order to get that love. Edward has to overcome every instinct of his being not to eat Bella, while she in turn overcomes her raging teenage hormones not to jump his bones. He rescues her from several other vampires and she travels to Italy to save him from the Volturi. I dare say they've bested more obstacles than any other contemporary couple.

Relationship Style

Does any person dream about a romance where you befriend someone and gradually fall in love over the years? No! Any man who takes the "friend approach" with a woman hoping it will blossom into more is sorely disappointed and broken after hearing about her sex life with frat boys. If a couple does get together after years of friendship, like Ron and Hermione do, it's because they've just settled for each other. The fantasy we all prefer is a romance with instant chemistry. Bella and Edward experience love at first sight (sure, despite the fact Edward looks like he'll vomit at the time). Bella's enticing scent overpowered urges he thought he'd quelled years ago.

Romantic Chemistry

The reason so many teenagers do horrendously stupid things for love is because no one loves as teens do. I remember being curled up on the floor, thinking I was going to die because Stephanie Denzler wouldn't date me. That intense teen longing and blind romance is the epitome of Bella and Edward. Once they meet, there is no one else for either of them. They'd rather die than be without each other. Bella won't seriously consider Jacob, even though he's totally ripped, always shirtless and can turn into a giant wolf. And the best thing about their romantic chemistry is they get to be teenagers in love for eternity (and not get ugly).

Relability to Fans

Have you ever heard of a Team Ron? No? That's because it doesn't exist. Potterheads may like Ron and Hermione as a couple, but they're just background to Harry's epic battle. Twi-hards have posters of Bella and Edward in their bedrooms as inspiration for the love they want. 99.9 percent of fans will never experience the same level of romance, but they know what it's like to long for someone and want the glee that comes with getting them. The reason we watch fantasy movies like "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" is for the escape. We want our fantasy couples to look like Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart, not like people you could date if they weren't famous.

Likeness to Other Epic Couples

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Is there a couple more epic than Romeo and Juliet? You cannot hear either of those names without immediately thinking of the other. Teen lovers from two different worlds (opposing families), they overcome seemingly impossible politics to be together and would rather die than be without the other. I've already explained how Edward and Bella do the same. The only difference is they die and get to live forever. Romeo and Juliet just die.

Closing Argument

I can't imagine any criteria for being an epic couple that Edward and Bella do not meet. Off the top of my head, the classic couples I think of other than the ones I've already named are: Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler, Jack and Rose, Arwen and Aragorn, Buttercup and Westley, Baby and Johnny, Rocky and Adrian, and Jack Twist and Ennis.
Sorry, literature and TV geeks, my only reference points are movies. They all fill my criteria exactly: The two lovers come from different worlds, overcome huge obstacles and have immediate chemistry, and you would want to see them have sex. I'm a straight dude (I swear), but I'd rather watch Jack and Ennis do it than Ron and Hermione.

Ini adalah clip dimana Ron dan Hermione pergi ke Chamber of Secret mengambil taring basilisk untuk menghancurkan Horcrux (piala Hufflepuff)