NaruFreak26 said: JizzyHitler said: i rarely ever hear anyone talk about them, i lost interest in them over tiem but they were pretty darn creative and the movie adaptions usually did the books justice, id say they were pretty deserving of praise The only good movies were the first 4, everything after that was crap. I just stick to the books. I remember when the first 2 harry potter movies were happy and cheerful (with something bad happening at the end but gets happy again), but 3 onwards it all went dark. Although the movies were still good, the books were better. |
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| I like the third and eighth movies a lot, the rest are meh. I love the books though, they were my childhood. |
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| The series deserves every bit of praise it gets. It is truly a spectacular work of fiction. |
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| The movies are good, but everyone who has read the books think they are vastly superior, no doubt. |
| The books: Absolutely not! J K Rowling is a literary genius. The films: Absolutely overrated. The first 5 didn't do the books justice. |
| Nah, it's a good series. Movies suck though. |
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| Harry Potter wasn't that great. Didn't they get another actor to play Gandalf as well? Because the previous one died or something? |
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| I enjoyed reading the books. I absolutely hated the movies. It really wasn't what I envisioned it to be. |
| I fucking love HP. Watch it everynight. I buy a lot of HP merchandise. But nothing comes before my love for anime. |
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| Hell no. It's an amazing series. In fact the best series, to me at least. I can re-read it 10 times and it'll never get old. It's a beautiful series, with funny characters, cute romance, epic action. So no, it's not overrated. The movies were good in the beginning and they actually chose actors at the right age for the movies, unlike some others were they're supposed to be 12, but the actors are 20. -.- The actors suited the characters as well themselves. Also they did a pretty good job. But overall Harry Potter deserves every bit of it's popularity. |
InsanityApr 15, 2014 7:15 PM
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| The movies or the books? The Movies were overrated, although I still enjoyed them. The books were absolutely correctly rated and deserved all the hype and critical acclaim it got. Wonderful books that are very hard to put down. Probably some of the most fun books I have ever read. |
| agreed with others books, no. movies, yes. i don't even think of the movies are overrated - most people were excited to see them, including me, but i don't think they received much over/under praise simply b/c they were.... harry potter! |
takayi said: I started caring after the third movie. |
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| Read the books back in elementary school and are what got me into reading. The movies are poor adaptations and I do believe they are overrated. The books are well rated not the best thing in the world but fine books for kids that just getting in to bigger books. |
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| Well, movies maybe,but books are amazing :D |
| I think it's a little overrated, especially regarding the movies. The books are good, but since the 5th volume it started to get disappointing. Some HBP parts are an exception, though. |
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Keetriver said: The ending was just so cringe worthy it made it hard to rewatch/reread the series. This . I was so disapointed My brother reading me Harry Potter before I go to sleep is part of my sweetest childhood memories . If I had childrens around 8/9 or so I would definetly read it to them , but that's about it . |
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| Only character I liked was Gandalf. |
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Soren333 said: Only character I liked was Gandalf. |
| I adored the books when I was younger. I still enjoy them, but not quite as much. I like the movies too - they were entertaining, and I liked the cast. Soren333 said: Only character I liked was Gandalf. best comment or best comment |
| Only the movies where Dudley wasn't in it saying, "36? but last year last year I had 37!" |
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| Loved Harry Potter when I was a kid. Still enjoy it somewhat even today, but my taste in fiction has changed so much that I can't say I love it any more. Though when we really get down to it, they most definitely are overrated. There's just nothing special about them apart from being solid, entertaining teenage/young adult fiction. |
| Not really, I read them as a kid and really liked them. The hype over the movies is unnecessary though But when schools have their own quidditch team, it's going a little too far |
| My family is a treasure, you need a map and shovel to find them. |
| not really, people enjoy the movies/books for their own reasons i personally dont find them interesting, just my taste. |
| Maybe? It was/is really popular, but less so now that we aren't waiting for a book or film to come out every year. There is still a lot of HP merchandise though, and there's Pottermore. People still discuss it fairly regularly and I'm pretty sure that there's a HP society at my uni. But I don't know. I think it was one of the best stories in its genre at the time, plus there's quite a bit of escapism involved. Magic and heroism is pretty cool. Valaskjalf said: I started losing interest when they stopped showing us what they do in school (the most fun part about this series) I feel like we could've learnt more about actual magic too. Plus I'm not sure why Hermione stopped using the time turner after Third Year. I don't know if it's overrated really. I personally think it's justifiable, but maybe I just like it too much, haha. I still rewatch and reread them fairly regularly. |
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| When I come across questions such as these I simply ask myself if it would've been successful in any era and my answer is a definite no. Therefor I believe Harry Potter is overrated. It isn't bad, just mediocre. This is just my sole opinion though. |
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| If you think Harry Potter is overrated, then what about Twilight? |
| The films definitely were, no doubt about that. The books are fun to read but I'm not sure I'd call them ground-breaking. Perhaps they are overrated. |
| SOME books and SOME movies were actually good. |
| I've been on the studio tour in Leavesden in the UK where they filmed the whole series. It was seriously awesome, especially the gigantic model of Hogwarts they build by hand that takes up almost the entirety of an old plane hanger. Individually the films and books are relatively weak on their own. I'm not a fan of Rowling's style of writing but I read all the books and saw all the films... You can't deny the phenomenal cultural impact that series has made. I think the saying is 'the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts' and I think, in this case, it's appropriate |
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| The books, no. I've read most of the books and they're spectacular. The movies, yes, to an extent. I think the first four were pretty good, after that though they kind of started sucking up until the very end. |
| Were the books entertaining? Yes. Were they clearly written at children's book level, with world building that made the Song of Ice and Fire books look like Westeros encyclopedias, and nonexistent character development? YES Why is the wizard community so incompetent and divided they can't band together against less than 100 terrorists, several of whom are very public (ie Lucius Malfoy)? Why would Hogwarts knowing keep a House that specializes in refining bullies and racists (Slytherin)? Why make four houses when two of them (Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw) have almost no influence on the story whatsoever? Why is it that getting a goal in Quidditch equals 10 points, but the Seeker catching the Snitch is worth 150 and ends the game? All a team needs to do is have everybody on the team play defense and scout a great Seeker. If Voldemort was such a big threat for so long, why didn't the wizards get off their high horse (after 10 years of no success!) and ask the Muggles for help, you know, the guys with bombs and fighter planes?! All these discrepancies are nothing compared to the bad characters. Harry, foremost among them. No personality, lazy one scene, earnest student the next, almost no wants or desires of his own, pays no attention to any girls except Cho Chang and Ginny when she's older, (like a teenager only ever looks at two girls). He never does anything wrong, and if he gets in trouble it's negated by Dumbledore playing favorites. He doesn't practice his magic, and slacks off constantly, to the point that his only perfectly mastered spell is a low level disarmament spell, yet he is "the savior of humanity". He's only good because of his parents, he's treated like a God at Hogwarts for doing nothing (that classic British love of monarchy and hereditary aristocracy coming out) and the explanation for his abilities is the vague "because your parents loved him". So none of Voldemort's hundreds of other victims loved each other, or sacrificed themselves for comrades? Did George get special "Anti-Voldemort" powers because Fred loved him? Speaking of Voldemort is one of the worst villains I've ever seen. They spend so much of the 5th book giving his origin story, presumably to help explain why he is who he is, but nope by the end he's just super evil guy who is evil just because. I could go on and on. The list is practically endless. Is it entertaining and creative, there's no denying that, but it's not high quality enough for anyone besides children to waste their time on. Edit: Whoops, almost forgot, the movies. I actually really liked them, they were well cast and well directed. They had the same problems as the books, but if the engine's broke, getting new tires won't fix that. The sixth movie, especially, I found to be fantastic, and a bold new direction for the franchise, so I was disappointed that Book 7 Parts 1 & 2 went back to being like the 4th and 5th movies, largely grimdark with little humor in the mix. |
EastNJun 25, 2014 5:49 PM
| Fucking Gandalf, only made one joke in that entire franchise. |
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| It failed my expectations Hermione x Dobby didnt happen |
D4nnySwag said: It failed my expectations Hermione x Dobby didnt happen you're fucking everywhere |
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| Havent read all the books, so movies only: By order: 1. Too kiddy 2. Good 3. Great 4. Epic 5. Meh 6. Epix 7. Decent 8. Shit Epilogue: cringe-worthy. It was a fun childhood ride. Do not regret. But storywise it's not much. Hunger Games is a better story relating to teens imo. |
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