Harry potter is the most overrated book series ever
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>>9374144
To be honest i expected more hate
>>9374131
not narnia?
>>9374131
It was ok
I only like the parts where the wizard kids are playing Quddich.
read it in latin as a kid, was just a fun vocab builder.
You guys are no fun
Can't believe we need another thread 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.
>>9374191
This, Harry Potter is at least less haphazardly plotted and more skillful in hiding its analogies than Narnia (which isn't saying much as you still end up with huge plot holes and a Christ figure beating death with the power of love, but still).
>>9374131
No. The characterization of children, pace and backstory are done masterfully in the first couple books.
>>9374131
In other words, water is wet.
>>9374275
I hate that chart. Need to be /lit/ualized.