is there a shittier franchise than Harry Potter?

>>9061851
No

Yes. By far

i know one that is far shittier

old testament
new testament
quran

>>9061851
yeah

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>>9061851
Many.

>>9061892
This is a joke, right? You can't possibly fail to see how much more interesting than Harry Potter this looks?

Percy Jackson

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>>9061851
Stop posting about one of the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises. Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>9062259
Came here to post this. The perfect response, because it does pretty much everything Harry Potter does, but worse.

>>9062445

>When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

Newfag here. What do you mean by that?

>>9061892
I can't decide if it would be amazing in this Guy's head or if it would be boring as fuck.

>>9061851
>1. All literature discussion is welcome, however fan-fic is not allowed.
>tfw can't shill for the best piece of propaganda fiction I've read in a while

>>9062450
what about your diary desu

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>>9062643
>tfw my diary desu doesn't revolve about magic and friends and qt3.14 Hermione
Why even life?

>>9062445
>Gatsby
Don't they give middle school children that shit to read?

>>9062476
They both suck.

>>9061892
>>9062251
it's on libgen

>>9062476
http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/09/24/dumbing_down_american_readers/

>>9062729
Yes in the hopes that one day they will gleam real meaning from it after assuming their role as a wageslave

>>9062476
You just get trained to read episodic modern bullshit that you continue to buy every time the new book (and eventually, movie) are released

You never read classics (actual classics, not 20th century American lit """classics""")