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View Poll Results: Which Is Better?
The Harry Potter Movies 13 24.07%
The Lord of the Rings Movies 41 75.93%
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Old 06-08-2010, 10:49 AM   #111 (permalink)
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i really cannot fathom how these two are even comparable. it's apples and oranges.

HP is fun. it's whimsical. it makes you feel good because everyone can relate to poor misunderstood harry and his new found fame.

LOTR is entirely different. frodo isn't bubbling around an enchanted castle eating pumpkin pasties and battling a dark lord in his spare time. he is bearing an enormous physical and metaphorical token of evil.

i know this thread is about the films, but you cannot divorce the pretty special effects from the underlying themes.
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:16 AM   #112 (permalink)
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i think harry potter is better and it is my openion which can be right or wrong

and i love emma watson very much she is cute and hot
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Old 06-19-2010, 03:57 AM   #113 (permalink)
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Let's face it, anyone that thinks the The Harry Potter Movies are better really don't have a grasp on films. Harry Potter films are fun, LOTR films are a cinematic journey.
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Old 06-19-2010, 05:07 AM   #114 (permalink)
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I`m amazed that this thread has lasted so long and even more amazed that 11 people seem to think HP is better!!!
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Old 06-19-2010, 05:12 AM   #115 (permalink)
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I`m amazed that this thread has lasted so long and even more amazed that 11 people seem to think HP is better!!!
The thing with closing a thread like this, it's such an obvious yet weak comparison that someone new could make it again.
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Old 06-19-2010, 01:02 PM   #116 (permalink)
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So with respect to films, do any of you guys account for replay factor?

How many time can you honestly sit through the LOTR movies more than once? Not to mention how many of you can actually watch the extended version (6hrs per film) without fast forwarding at one point.

The Harry Potter movies on the hand do have a great deal of replay value and besides being extremely fun are also cinematic masterpieces. Maybe LOTR is out of Harry's league but it shouldn't be as easily dismissed as the majority of you all claim it should.
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Old 06-19-2010, 01:12 PM   #117 (permalink)
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So with respect to films, do any of you guys account for replay factor?

How many time can you honestly sit through the LOTR movies more than once? Not to mention how many of you can actually watch the extended version (6hrs per film) without fast forwarding at one point.

The Harry Potter movies on the hand do have a great deal of replay value and besides being extremely fun are also cinematic masterpieces. Maybe LOTR is out of Harry's league but it shouldn't be as easily dismissed as the majority of you all claim it should.
I think the HP movies are pretty hit-or-miss. The good ones have some replay value, the bad ones have about zero. All three LOTR movies, on the other hand, I've found to be very re-watchable despite how long they are (and I can't imagine fast-forwarding them, or any other movie for that matter).
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Old 06-19-2010, 03:56 PM   #118 (permalink)
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I think the best films are films that you can't watch over and over again, a film with a twist so unfathomable that there's no point in really watching it again. Unless you get the urge. LOTR is an intense journey, Harry Potter will be on every Christmas for the family to watch.
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Old 06-28-2010, 11:07 PM   #119 (permalink)
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Except that the Harry Potters are much more gender friendly. After the first LOTR its all just a bunch of trees fighting and ugly things called Uruk-Hai. Ive spent far too many occasions keeping myself awake at those LOTR marathons, while every single guy basically yelps with joy.

While the LOTR are much better cinematographic examples, the Harry Potters appeal to both sexes and are far more amusing than dying orks.
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Old 06-29-2010, 04:42 AM   #120 (permalink)
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Except that the Harry Potters are much more gender friendly. After the first LOTR its all just a bunch of trees fighting and ugly things called Uruk-Hai. Ive spent far too many occasions keeping myself awake at those LOTR marathons, while every single guy basically yelps with joy.

While the LOTR are much better cinematographic examples, the Harry Potters appeal to both sexes and are far more amusing than dying orks.
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