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Mr. Potter
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I think that LOTR is much better than our good friend Mr.Potter. The acting is beter and I believe the story is better. Peter Jackson(the director)had real passion about the books and the actors too. Not like HP that one of the actors starred in the movie because his grandson demand him to do the role.
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Nixorbo
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Let me put it this way - I haven't come within 5 feet of a Harry Potter book, and have read the LotR trilogy several times. Which do you think I'm going to vote for?
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MuscaDomestica
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LotR Books: Very imporntant novels, backbone of modern fantasy, epic
HP books: Well done escapest light reading novels, fun
HP movie: Didn't take any risks, couldn't change the story AT ALL, felt like they just went through the motions of the book without finding out what exactly made the books enjoyable
LotR movie: Took risks to the plot that would piss off some fans, but they worked much better on the screen. Everyone had love and respect for the novels
HP made more money by 10 million in the US, LotR was more criticaly aclaimed and imho a much much better movie.
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BrainSluggo
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I don't know what a "ptter" or a "kida" is, but I know this: Lord of the Rings was the first three-hour-long movie in which I did not shift my arse once. Even during the long ones I have loved, there came at least one moment where my bum told me the director should've cut it a little. Not this time! And I haven't even read the books. I haven't seen Harry Potter. Yet. I adore British accents and the effects look wonderful, but director Chris Columbus has a background loaded with artistic obscenities (if not commercial failures), so it'll take a little goading for me to pick this one up. LOTR director Peter Jackson wasn't always successful--and his early stuff isn't for all tastes--but he always gave each project everything he had, and made it a little beyond the ordinary. He was the primary reason I saw LOTR, and I was not disappointed.
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Teral
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I haven't read the Lord Of The Ring trilogy, but the first movie absolutely blew me away. I've read some fantasy-books, and done a little roleplaying thingies in my youth, and the movie is almost exactly like depicted it. Exciting story, beautyful aweinspiring scenes, excellent actors, and a director who really cares for his project. It was not a minute too long and they could've charged twice the a,ount without me feeling cheated.
Harry Potter: Newer read the books, newer saw the movie, but I think I wont like it. It just feels like the latest kiddy fad, hyped up to unbelievable proportions by the media. If it airs on national television (and I expect that to be anytime soon) i'll probably see it, just to say I've actually seen it, so now I can berate it with credibility. But I refuse to pay money for it.
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ZombieJesus
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I have never read any of the books referred to above. I am not interested in HP, because that 's just meant to be a b£ockbu$t€r. And it 's meant for children.
They say J.K. Rowling makes kids read books again. I say it stops them from reading other books. I enjoyed Anthony Horowitz when I was younger. I remember some of his books about a special school for magicians...Ring a bell?
LOTR is much more of a classic. But I'm not into fantasy. Except for Stephen King's Dark Tower.
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Erdrik
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« Reply #17 on: 05-09-2002 09:50 »
« Last Edit on: 05-09-2002 09:50 »
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I voted for LotR. Anyone who votes for Harry Crapper is obviously someone who would settle for 5th rate garbage. I've only read part of the first book of The Rings... But it what little I've read was beutifull. The Movie was jaw dropping, awe inspiring, pants pissing, drop dead gorgeous. I have read Every book in the Shannara Series, Kingdom for Sale/Sold, The Wheel of Time(Except for book 8 ), and two other fantasy series I can't recall the names of... But never have I, and never will I ever read a Harry Crapper book. As Teral said I may watch the Harry Crapper movie when It airs on TV but No way in hell will I ever pay good money to watch it!
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Archie2K: I haven't seen the Harry Potter books, and I wasn't over impressed with LotR. It was too long, and didn't have an ending. That might have a little something to do with it being a TRILOGY.
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Mr. Potter
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You should watch it Kryten. It will blow you away(at least you will like it more than Harry Potter).Oh, and the ending of the movie is better than the ending of the book. In the book Boromir dies at the beginning of the Two Towers.
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ZombieJesus
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Next time use spoilers.
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Mr. Potter
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Originally posted by Kryten: Yeah... but you've also given away that Boromir dies at the end of the movie! Which I was planning to see first! Okay, I learned my lesson.
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Torquemada
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Originally posted by Delta-V: The two genre are usually grouped together. They have alot in common. Tolken created a whole new world, with a deep, rich history and it's own complete languages - A whole other universe...so it's kinda like SciFi that way! No other author in either SciFi or Fantasy has written anything to compare. I guess the closest would be Anne McCaffery's world of Pern.
Science fiction (Sci-fi) is fiction that is made possible by fictional science. The things within it that are immpossible to us are made possible by fictional technologies. Fantasy fiction (Fantasy) is fiction that is made possible through fantastic means not explainable by science. Tolkien's Middle Earth books really defined the genre of fantastic fiction. There are crossovers. Postapocalyptic fiction is generally classed as Sci-fi but the Shannara series by Terry Brooks was postapocalyptic even though there was a strong magical element. Likewise there is a quote (I cannot remember from whom) that says: 'Technology of a significantly high level is indistinguishable in every way from magic'. It is better to imagine the whole fiction thing as a circle. Contemporary fiction blending into Sci-fi blending into Fantasy blending into contemporary. The genres are distinct with grey areas in between.
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