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Harry Potter is rubbish!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wish i'd made as much money writing rubbish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

E L James did !!!

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By *az1312Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere near Coventry


"I wish i'd made as much money writing rubbish "

Maybe voldermort should have used that instead of all his wicked ways then he might have got somewhere...

"Harry Potter you are rubbish"...whoooosh

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

"
J K Rowling made a pretty penny out of it though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its not aimed at adults thought it's for kids

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Its not aimed at adults thought it's for kids "

Like 50 Shades then!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

J K Rowling made a pretty penny out of it though."

So did Lucas. At least she had the sense to stop. He's still raping Star Wars for all its worth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You know what the one thing Harry Potter proves?...

#peoplebuybollocks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

people who like novels but have to tell me the film wasnt as good as the book annoy me, people who make novels out of books ive never read annoy me claiming them as masterpieces

mainly cos I dont read novels

cloud atlas looked amazing in the trailers, in the cinematic flesh it was one of the WORST films I'd ever seen, and I didnt watch it in the cinema at first.So 3moths later, it came out in the cinema, and a female friend(hot) wanted to go see it..I felt a cinema perspective, and hers, might make the film more palatable....she wanted us to leave 1hr into it, and we did.fucking pish.

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By *hropscouple27Couple
over a year ago

Sth Staffs

IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay


"You know what the one thing Harry Potter proves?...

#peoplebuybollocks"

You should be so clever to pen such bollocks....

I have never read the books, have never seen the films, but recognise an enormously successful author when I see one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien."

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Harry Potter! don't diss the child wizard!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love Harry Potter! don't diss the child wizard! "

So do I and Star Wars too

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

J K Rowling made a pretty penny out of it though.

So did Lucas. At least she had the sense to stop. He's still raping Star Wars for all its worth."

if all the profits for everything to do with it go to you, you'd be merching the shit out of it as well.....

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ... "

Nazgul = Dementors

The ring = The horcrux

Worm tongue = Worm tail

Gandalf = Dumbledore

Old man willow = Whomping Willow

Lord Sauron = Loed Voldermont

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By *hropscouple27Couple
over a year ago

Sth Staffs


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ...

Nazgul = Dementors

The ring = The horcrux

Worm tongue = Worm tail

Gandalf = Dumbledore

Old man willow = Whomping Willow

Lord Sauron = Loed Voldermont

"

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien."

I always thought that it was a rip off of The Worst Witch.

Before you wonder why I'm reading kids books, well......I was 7 & at school.

I did have a thing for Miss Hardbroom though. I think thats where my love of dominant women came.

Anyway, I digress.......Harry Potter is rubbish!

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By *hropscouple27Couple
over a year ago

Sth Staffs


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

I always thought that it was a rip off of The Worst Witch.

Before you wonder why I'm reading kids books, well......I was 7 & at school.

I did have a thing for Miss Hardbroom though. I think thats where my love of dominant women came.

Anyway, I digress.......Harry Potter is rubbish!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ...

Nazgul = Dementors

The ring = The horcrux

Worm tongue = Worm tail

Gandalf = Dumbledore

Old man willow = Whomping Willow

Lord Sauron = Loed Voldermont

"

But the storylines are very different

There's always a bad guy, a quest for a hidden object,/ item of power, a mentor figure etc.

You might as well compare it to Dickens or Tom Brown's School Days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah harry Potter is possibly rubbish

But Josiah Wedgwood was a darn good potter!!

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Kids n young adults much harder to write for. The tone has to be spot on, adventurous but not over complicated, etc

Having said that I feel JKR very much standing on the shoulders of giants, Tolkien, blyton, and others.

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ...

Nazgul = Dementors

The ring = The horcrux

Worm tongue = Worm tail

Gandalf = Dumbledore

Old man willow = Whomping Willow

Lord Sauron = Loed Voldermont

But the storylines are very different

There's always a bad guy, a quest for a hidden object,/ item of power, a mentor figure etc.

You might as well compare it to Dickens or Tom Brown's School Days "
Forgot the Spiders too. Shelob = Aragog Even the most sceptical must raise an eyebrow at Worm tongue & Worm tail.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lord of the rings a far more superior story all round and more original. So there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love Harry Potter! don't diss the child wizard! "

harry potter uses a potty, he is also very spotty, and he also likes it up the botty

me make fun? never!

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton


"Lord of the rings a far more superior story all round and more original. So there"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

"

phew....thought i was the only one....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There........I've said it.

When I was young, we had Star Wars. That was way cooler!

Lightsabers over magic wands any day!

phew....thought i was the only one...."

depends what kind of magic wand I suppose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am a massive Harry potter fan, it's amazing. To compare it to Star Wars is ridiculous, totally different films totally different times. I enjoy both for very different reasons

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haven't seen all the films and haven't read any of the books.

She did do reasonably well writing under a pseudonym recently though didn't she? Until someone revealed it was her, I think it then climbed rapidly to the top of the NY times best seller list, having previously reached no. 5 when her identity was revealed.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Robert Galbraith is a much better author in my honest opinion

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Haven't seen all the films and haven't read any of the books.

She did do reasonably well writing under a pseudonym recently though didn't she? Until someone revealed it was her, I think it then climbed rapidly to the top of the NY times best seller list, having previously reached no. 5 when her identity was revealed."

Cynical.......but you have a very good point.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can honestly say, I have NEVER watched any Harry Potter film. Don't intend too either...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I can honestly say, I have NEVER watched any Harry Potter film. Don't intend too either... "

Good girl!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I am a massive Harry potter fan, it's amazing. To compare it to Star Wars is ridiculous, totally different films totally different times. I enjoy both for very different reasons "

Were Star Wars ever books, I can't remember ever having seen a star Wars book.

The screen play for a film is rarely written by the books author so I'm not sure how much input she would have had in the films if any. He sum involvement might just have been a big fat royalty cheque.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I am a massive Harry potter fan, it's amazing. To compare it to Star Wars is ridiculous, totally different films totally different times. I enjoy both for very different reasons "

I think you're missing the point.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

She had rights to veto the scripts. V involved with the films. Yes her recent book under another name was about to slip into obscurity when it was revealed it was her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I am a massive Harry potter fan, it's amazing. To compare it to Star Wars is ridiculous, totally different films totally different times. I enjoy both for very different reasons

Were Star Wars ever books, I can't remember ever having seen a star Wars book.

The screen play for a film is rarely written by the books author so I'm not sure how much input she would have had in the films if any. He sum involvement might just have been a big

fat royalty cheque."

Yes star wars are books and there's something like 60 off them spanning from way before the films to way after lol random thing I know but I like to read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"She had rights to veto the scripts. V involved with the films. Yes her recent book under another name was about to slip into obscurity when it was revealed it was her"

I think a lot of authors would be quite happy for their first book to reach no. 5 in the NY times bestseller list wouldn't they?

Although iirc it doesn't take more than a few thousand sales to get a book into bestseller lists.

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By *lack_BoltMan
over a year ago

oxford

Harry Potter was a perfect example of a particular marketing style. The books themselves were highly derivative, taking elements from "Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars", "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", and many others.

However the books, films, and writing style were very weak and lacked any genuine depth. Perfectly suited for children perhaps but definitely not for adults, which shouldn't take away the obvious success of the franchise, but it's still puzzling to me why so many people were seduced by it.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow


"She had rights to veto the scripts. V involved with the films. Yes her recent book under another name was about to slip into obscurity when it was revealed it was her

I think a lot of authors would be quite happy for their first book to reach no. 5 in the NY times bestseller list wouldn't they?

Although iirc it doesn't take more than a few thousand sales to get a book into bestseller lists."

It was hovering around no42 before she was revealed as author, hit 5 the week after reveal

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland


"IMO JK Rowling should of been done for plagiarism. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Harry Potter but certain elements are blatantly stolen from Tolkien.

Aren't all fantasy/ magic novels just a variant on the same thing ?

Actually I see little similarity between JKR and Tolkien ... "

I dont see any way in wich you can compare the two writers both wer so differant n the books cant be anymore diffrant

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