As examples of fantasy filmmaking, as opposed to relics of worship, the «Harry Potter» movies do not, except in snatches, have the lyrical wonderfulness and visionary power that I associate with the finest examples of childhood imaginings on film — the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki («
Spirited Away»), for example, or «The
Black Stallion» or «The Red Balloon» or Alfonso Cuarón's «A Little Princess.»