Ok, all the geeks I know absolutely love Harry Potter and his collection of magical friends. While I am in no position to critique the Harry Potter anthology or franchise, I'd like to say that I don't understand why I can't see why there's such a hype about it.
There's something wrong with me.
I admit that it's a great literary work. Although I've never read any of the books, according to my valuable source (i.e. friend) it's a real page-turner. I don't disagree because many say so. However, I'm not sure why I'm not so into the Harry Potter movies. I love sci-fi (like any other geek) and some fantasy, and the special effects they use on Harry Potter were extreme and awesome. But when I watched movie 4 of the series last night to refresh on it before seeing the new movie today, I dozed off! My friend kept on waking me up and I finally said, "Ok, that's it! I can't take it any more. I have to sleep," and left.
I'm afraid that I'll be sleeping through Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix today so I better beef up on caffeine. Or else that would be an expensive nap in a huge dark room with Harry Potter geeks surrounding me. Oh the humanity!
Yes, I'm a geek. But does falling asleep during a Harry Potter movie void my membership? I'm still a Star Wars fan. Does that count?
If all else fails, I can probably just whip out my PDA and work on another entry on my blog.
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Well, I like Harry Potter better. I think it depends on whether you like war movies or not. Star Wars is more like a war movie with little bit science fiction and as such liked outside the nerd community as well (I think Star Trek is more nerdy..), while Harry Potter is more like Fantasy meets Detective story/mystery meets teenager problems/kids movie. I never fell asleep in any movie, but I left often during a star wars movie, especially during the battle scenes...
You're right, cabhara. Start Wars is action-packed with war themes and such. HP has a more intricate story line and has more emotional content.
I would say I like this latest installment of HP because it's more dark. I love mysteries and suspense, and this movie gave that. I think it's a bit too dark for kids, though, especially during the climax between you-know-who and Dumbledore. However, this HP movie gets a Wow from me.
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