Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:09:14 AM No.211678081
Why was Harry Potter so successful?
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:10:43 AM No.211678115
>>211678081 (OP)
because the books were a hit among teens way before the movies.
because the books were a hit among teens way before the movies.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:51:06 PM No.211679912
Comfy environment, good characters, cool special effects, captivating plot. Like LOTR
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:52:24 PM No.211679935
>>211678081 (OP)
Harry Potter was not successful, in fact it was the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."
I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.
Harry Potter was not successful, in fact it was the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."
I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:53:58 PM No.211679966
Harry is a boy with a girls brain.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:24:21 PM No.211680447
>>211678081 (OP)
Fantastic world building. 99% of its success came from wish fulfillment. That is, leaving home, going to a comfy castle for ten months, making friends, and learning magic. No one ever cared about the Voldemort shit
Fantastic world building. 99% of its success came from wish fulfillment. That is, leaving home, going to a comfy castle for ten months, making friends, and learning magic. No one ever cared about the Voldemort shit
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:34:34 PM No.211680617
>>211680252
holy newfag hagrid
Hagrid was out in the forbidden forest in the dead of night, he couldn't sleep for Fang had been plagued with a bad cold and was snoring abnormally loud, even for him.
Hagrid swaggered over to his favorite thinking stump, he had lost his virginity on this very stump to a local centaur all those years ago, a small smile curled on his face as he started drawing circles in the dirt with a large branch.
"I could totally fit this up my ass" he thought to himself, wondering briefly about all of the various juicy branches he had left strewn around the forest floor. He was grateful to Dumbledore who had told the students not to venture into his vast outdoor playground under the guise of it being "dangerous". Hagrid chuckled, what a man Dumbledore, he had never seen such a scrawny man with such large and lanky nipples. He sighed.
"Looks like it's just you and me tonight, branchy." he muttered as he reached to undo his buttons. It was time for Hagrid to perform the darkest of muggle magics, Recto Locomoto was a spell only Hagrid knew, its magic different from normal spells. Only a half-giant with a heart of gold could enjoy the brown-town jousting without any lasting damage. His muggle tunnel calloused and fortified by years of "love" and "self-care".
holy newfag hagrid
Hagrid was out in the forbidden forest in the dead of night, he couldn't sleep for Fang had been plagued with a bad cold and was snoring abnormally loud, even for him.
Hagrid swaggered over to his favorite thinking stump, he had lost his virginity on this very stump to a local centaur all those years ago, a small smile curled on his face as he started drawing circles in the dirt with a large branch.
"I could totally fit this up my ass" he thought to himself, wondering briefly about all of the various juicy branches he had left strewn around the forest floor. He was grateful to Dumbledore who had told the students not to venture into his vast outdoor playground under the guise of it being "dangerous". Hagrid chuckled, what a man Dumbledore, he had never seen such a scrawny man with such large and lanky nipples. He sighed.
"Looks like it's just you and me tonight, branchy." he muttered as he reached to undo his buttons. It was time for Hagrid to perform the darkest of muggle magics, Recto Locomoto was a spell only Hagrid knew, its magic different from normal spells. Only a half-giant with a heart of gold could enjoy the brown-town jousting without any lasting damage. His muggle tunnel calloused and fortified by years of "love" and "self-care".
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:45:48 PM No.211680833
>>211678081 (OP)
cuz that shit was kino. first two movies are pure comfy soul. damn it was so based being in kindergarten and buying philospher's stone at the book fair then going on a class trip to see the movie a few years when it released. b-b-b-based. Love that memory.
cuz that shit was kino. first two movies are pure comfy soul. damn it was so based being in kindergarten and buying philospher's stone at the book fair then going on a class trip to see the movie a few years when it released. b-b-b-based. Love that memory.