nevilleweasley
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Whats your favorite, Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings?
What makes it better? Pretty much everything about it. The characters in LOTR are just as "real", they're just set in a completely imaginary world rather than a slightly altered version of our world. LOTR has a moral to it, which I have not heard claimed about HP. (Incidentally, so does the Narnia series. In fact, the moral message is the point of the Narnia series.) As far as community and such, LOTR has had that since long before the Peter Jackson movie versions came out. JRR Tolkien also penned many other works based on the world of which Middle Earth is part, including a rather exhaustive "historical" work (The Silmarillion) which was edited by his son, Christopher (for whom he wrote The Hobbit.) I first came across LOTR in the early to mid 70s when I was a teenager. It had a huge influence on how I look at life. The lessons on friendship, love and sacrifice, as well as the cautionary lessons from characters like Boromir, Saruman, Gollum and others are hugely applicable to living in this world.i think both are good, but i am definately an HP fan. what makes it better in your opinion? my reasoning is that the characters seem more real, and i also love the community it created and all the other things that came from it(i.eodcasts, chats friendships, and the people i have met on forge in my HP themed guild
I saw the first one and one or two others, mainly because my wife read the books and wanted to see the movies. She saw the others with her daughter, I think. I just found them boring and most of the characters obnoxious.Never saw any of the HPs.
I read the books as a teen and watched all the LOTR movies multiple times. You didn't start with the first one, so it probably didn't make much sense to you. (And the Hobbit got rescued from the spider...by Samwise.)Saw one of the LoTRs where that spider nailed a hobbit.
I agree about the Twilight series...and I actually read the books. The books were better, but that's not saying much. Whatshername was awful as Bella, but then Bella was one of the most boring (and stupid) characters I've ever seen in a book anyway.Regarding "Twilight"...just shoot me! Thoroughly disappointed with how they portrayed lycan. The bella character was unbelievably dull and I was hoping to hear news a lycan whacked her so I could stomach trying to watch another one.
GO SAMWISE!(And the Hobbit got rescued from the spider...by Samwise.)
I actually didn't read the Narnia books until several decades into adulthood. (Some may say that I'm still not into adulthood, but all I've got to say to them is, "I'm rubber and you're glue! What you say bounces off me and sticks to you!")In terms of books, I enjoyed the Narnia books as a kid. Never really read LotR - it's one of those things that have been built up so much by reputation that you feel you have to really devote your attention to it if you're going to take it on - and thus end up not reading it at all instead
Oddly enough, Stephen King is an example of an author that I far prefer the movies. I have not tried specifically to read the Stand, but in general I struggle to make it through any Stephen King book I started - but I love the movies and television based on his material! I find his writing just way too longwinded and slow to develop.Maybe a bit OT But I find that with every thing I have read the books of first. The movies are always something of a let down. Still good but no were near as exciting or gripping as the books. I had read all Flemings James Bond books before the first Bond Movie was released. Now the Bond movies are so far removed fromtheir origins as to be a parody. I loved The Stand by Stephen King but there were so much left out of the movie that I was really let down on that one. The first 2 Jack Reacher movies were a let down also. mainly because od the total miss casting of the main character. There are others, and am sure y'all have been disappointed by a movie at some time.