Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Trajanus

(tolkien and gandalf rule sci-fi big time)

good to see we agree on something.

[Saint Marcus]

Sava, it's mainly aimed at the kids who read the books. those aged 8-14. if older people enjoy it, great. if not, move on to a more mature movie genre.

[Sava]

I like Disney movies though... like Monsters, Inc... Atlantis... Ice Age... Treasure Planet... Dinosaur... A Bug's Life... Antz... the list goes on...

[Saint Marcus]

:_puke:

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's Sava we are talking about, we can't expect him to know good works .

The Harry Potter series is some of the best writing of any book in years.

As for Harry having no confidence, being an orphan and living with the Dursley's for 11 years being put down and just realizing that you were the only one spared from Voldemort's wrath would make me a little less confident.

Sorry, I didn't know you were Neitschze's poster child.

[David Floyd]

And I really do not get DM and Floyd thinking I look like the quiddich captain

Eh?

Anyway, I saw it, and all I'll say is that Lord of the Rings kicks the **** out of Harry Potter.

[gsmoove23]

LOTR the trilogy kicks Harry Potter series ass, but the movie was a pleasant suprise. First one was a huge load of horsesh*t. I like the books, not because they're well written, but they gave me a nostalgic feeling, sort of like Tolkien and the Hardy Boys rolled into one. Plus I read them with my girlfriend which might have added to the whole experience. Sounds corny but don't knock it til you try it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

LOTR the trilogy kicks Harry Potter series ass, but the movie was a pleasant suprise.

Movies, yes... LOTR is better. One of the reasons is the attempt to get everythingof the books into a 3 hour movie.

If we are comparing books, I'll seriously have to say Harry Potter is much better than LOTR trilogy, which frankly is overrated.

[Zero-Tau]

Well, duh.

The Harry Potter series are good books, but Lord of the Rings is an absolute masterpiece. Heck, it pretty much created a new genre.

The Lord of the Rings movies are made with an incredible perfection. They have to be, or the director would be skinned alive by fans of the books. (OK, maybe not, but you know what I mean.) So of course the LOTR movies will be superior to the Harry Potter movies.

I still think the Harry Potter movies are rather good, though.

EDIT: Crosspost with Imran. I was talking to gsmoove and DF.

[gsmoove23]

Whoops, actually I hated the LOTR movie, but it was no worse then the first Harry Potter movie IMO. I'm hoping the next LOTR movie will correct its previous mistakes as well as Chamber of Secrets did. As far as movies go I preferred the LOTR animation from a long time ago. Did a much better job of conveying the feeling for me.

Ack, I could understand believing Tolkien is over-rated but Harry Potter books better then LOTR books? Wow.

[Zero-Tau]

The one by Ralph Bakshi? Last I heard, it was complete crap. I haven't seen it, though, so I can't know for sure.

But isn't it just a little annoying that only half the book was actually made into a movie?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ack, I could understand believing Tolkien is over-rated but Harry Potter books better then LOTR books? Wow.

Yep... LOTR was pretty good, but didn't do it for me as for others. I considered Fellowship absolutely boring, Two Towers pretty good and Return of the King very cool. I absolutely LOVE the Harry Potter books and I feel a greater connection to the characters than any other series I've ever read.

If the entire LOTR trilogy was as good as Return of the King, I may have said LOTR was better than Potter, but I doubt it .

[Rogan Josh]

Originally posted by Vanguard
Peter O'toole sounds right for Dumbledore.

Although being dead could be a problem....

[Imran Siddiqui]

In that case why not just use Richard Harris again .

[FrustratedPoet]

Although being dead could be a problem....

That didn't stop Oliver Reed in Gladiator.