Harry Potter - crap or not?

[tonyhorne]

Well, that taught me.

Here I was gearing up for a good argument and it turns out everyone else is too pished ...

 

[carlos21]

Well, that taught me.

Here I was gearing up for a good argument and it turns out everyone else is too pished ...

Hahahaha tony.

 

[tonyhorne]

Good night Carlos. Good night all.

 

[carlos21]

Good night Carlos. Good night all.

Night tony.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Night T

 

[tommye]

Evening Tommy would you do me a massive favour and ask everyone to like my thread please.

Can you all like Carlos' thread please.

Thanks

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

She is no Diane Wynne Jones.

Who, in turn, is no Kenwyn Jones

 

[carlos21]

Can you all like Carlos' thread please.

Thanks

Cheers Tommy hope you are well tonight.

 

[Rob17896]

Never read them so I've got no dog in the fight. Saw one of the films once, couldn't tell you which, was alright.

VOTE!!!

Like a dumbed down version of Lord of the Rings which we all know is serious prog-rock influencing history.

 

[Swartzy]

Never read, never watched. And I certainly have never felt like I've missed out..

 

[SerenityNigh]

Highly derivative kid’s books.

Anyone over 13 reading one for their own pleasure needs their hard drive looked at.

That’s my biggest gripe: she’s lifted a lot of ideas from other writers and she’s only really a B writer. But the characters and stories are fun and she captured the imagination of a generation and I’ve read them a few times as an adult. To whom to I submit my SSD for inspection? Or am I exempt?

 

[NeilMorepies]

That’s my biggest gripe: she’s lifted a lot of ideas from other writers and she’s only really a B writer. But the characters and stories are fun and she captured the imagination of a generation and I’ve read them a few times as an adult. To whom to I submit my SSD for inspection? Or am I exempt?

If you hand yourself in at the nearest Police Station now and admit to your crimes, they might go easy on you. Saves them a job, they will have found you eventually.

 

[GrimbolandBlue]

Other way round. Fact that the authors gone rogue shouldn’t detract from her rubbish wizard guff.

You can moan all you want but the proofs in the pudding. I wouldn't consider myself a fan but it's objectively good world design. It's geared to kids but that doesn't detract from being able to say that it was done very well. Books and films

 

[Walken]

I read one and didn't think much of it, it's a bit crap but generally okay. Certainly more a phenomenon of popularity that brilliant creative writing.

I always think world builders who want to keep one foot in the real world with their created land are a bit lazy and more focused on production than quality.

 

[Nymzee]

First book came out when I was 6, first film when I was 10. Grew up reading and watching them. Love them to bits. Big nostalgia hit re-watching at Christmas.