Ok. I'll be the one to say it.

#1

Harry Potter sucks. I just sat through the first film and it’s awful. 2 1/2 hours of my life now gone and not a moment of them enjoyed. It’s as bad as The Predator and I mean that, but as bad in different ways. Where The Predator failed to be just good, or make any kind of sense, have well developed characters etc, Potter made sense, had developed characters kinda of, with it being just the first film. However, none of it was actually “good.” I won’t criticize the children acting (they’re not ever going to be all that good. They’re kids, without the years required to perfect the craft) but the costumes, the entire Wizarding world, the concept of the magic school, Quidditch (if that’s how it’s spelled), the whole shebang… awful. So boring it made me wish I was watching The Phantom Menace. I mean it. At no point was I entertained.

I don’t begrudge Ms. Rowling her success, she earned it, certainly. A lot of people love what she’s created… but a lot of people love Justin Bieber too and he super sucks. So what does that say? Just that people like sucky things. And Harry Potter is a very sucky IP. But I do wish I’d been around to invest in it. I’d shovel that shit at the masses and ride that cash cow all the way to the bank, you betcha! So cheers to one of the worst, yet most successful fantasy IPs I’ve ever had the misfortune to come across. It should’ve been called “Harry Potter…hey, at least it ain’t Twilight!”

1 star out of 5 for originality.

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#2

What did you not enjoy about the world? Just curious. I see a lot of people say the story is bad but the world is interesting.

#3

HOW FUCKING DARE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION YOU PIECE OF SHIT! FUCK YOU!

Eh it’s not for everyone, I enjoyed the film series myself but I get why people wouldn’t like it.

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#4

Thank god you didn’t criticize the score, or Kass would have had to ban me again. Williams’ score for the first three films, and POA especially, is some of the greatest film music ever written.

I can respect your opinion, but what you mention about the costumes and set design (or, world, as you put it), I have to strongly disagree. The sheer amount of thought, care and process to bring an entire world conceived in JK’s mind that she wrote in her books, to actual reality, is incredible to fathom. I mean this isn’t Gotham City, which is really just New York, you can copy/paste anything from there and call it Gotham. Its something completely unique to that world. Criticize the story and its apparent inability to entertain all you like, but at least give credit to the production crew for the hard work and dedication to bringing Harry’s Wonderous World to life.

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#5

^^^^ This

No matter the film, John Williams always delivers and then some. I can confidently say that many popular films would not be nearly so if Williams did not do his thing. He is my favorite composer, easily.
Example, Star Wars sequels sucked, but the score was fucking amazing, and every Star Wars fan I know will agree no matter the movie, the score by Williams is awesome at the least.

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#6

The score was just OK. His weakest work by far, but when you’re scoring a terrible thing, the music sometimes reflects that. He’s still the best ever, but when youre given a turd sundae to work with, sometimes the best you can do is put a cherry on it.

#7

See bro, this is why you’re the coolest dude here lol. Huge SW fan, and you are deeply into film scores and especially Williams. I was huge, huge huge huge into him growing up, I wanted to be a composer because of him. I bought CDs, was on the jwfan forums, downloaded bootleg complete score dvd rips of Episode III (the entire final duel sequence, from “you will try” to “I loved you”, is probably his best SW work ever in terms of weaving motifs together and keeping emotional quality)…I idolized the man. And I agree, the Sequel films were noooot that great at all, but the music was undeniably the best part.

#8

My goodness, where do I start? Ok, so Harry’s family stinks, I get it. Basically the fat German kid in Willy Wonka and Veruca Salt had a baby named Dudley and they hate Harry. Where is this one lone island with one building that they can go to “on holiday?”

Why do they have to take a TRAIN to the magic school?!? A place full of boundless ability and they have to take the least efficient form of modern transportation to it?!? They already walk through a wall to get there! You’re gonna tell me there’s not a griffin or giant magic carpet they could fly on and be there in 15 minutes?!?!? Poppycock!

Why does he have to GO TO THE BANK TO BUY A WAND?!? There’s a magic bank! Why do wizards need money at all?

Why doesn’t he make his own wand (or better yet, make a friggin staff like an ACTUAL wizard!) out of a branch of ironwood or something? Lame.

How is Hagrid not in some dungeon or at least exiled for being the worst employee of all time, spilling dangerous secrets to children?!?

Quidditch is an awful idea. What if the other team, Slitherin, is up 160 -0 and Harry get the gold ball, does Slitherin still lose? I love that they take time out of wizard lessons to play this totally unnecessary game. You’d think becoming a witch or wizard would be all-encompassing, given how important it is to master that power and learn responsibility!

Why do the stairs move and take you to areas that could kill you?!? Why, when the jerk stairs take them to the deadly place, do they run from a little cat instead of just leaving and explaining that the stairs moved and then just wait for them to move back, or go get a broom and fly directly to their areas?!?

Why do wizards fly on brooms? That’s reserved for witches (And yes, I remember that Merlin used a wand and broom in the Disney Sword in the Stone film. Doesn’t make it ok.) And a male witch is called a warlock, damn it.

Why isn’t the sorcerers stone in a magical chest that only Dumassdore or whatever knows the spell to? Why does ANYONE ELSE even know about it, if it’s so dangerous?

If people know that Voldemort is skulking around the forest, killing sacred unicorns, but is in a weakened state, why not organize a hunting party, run him down and kill him? Or at least round up the unicorns and house them on-campus grounds, starving Voldemort to death?

If Slitherin is full of assholes, why not disband the entire team, cast a spell severing all those students from their abilities and expell them, since they’re nothing but trouble?!?

Why are witches good? Throughout history, they have been evil characters, except for the one in the Wizard of Oz.

Why do they leave the school for summer break?!?!? You’d think being a wizard/witch would be a full-time gig.

Why would they celebrate CHRISTMAS in a place diametrically opposed to everything that holiday represents??? Halloween I get, but damn…

Why is everyone falling over themselves to be nice to Harry (except the blonde, gelmet kid) like he cured cancer? He hasn’t done anything in his entire life to be admired for yet!

Why does no one learn a lesson in the end?!? I.e. at the end, Slitherin wins the points bit, but then rip-off Gandalf just decides that Harry’s team wins… because!
A better lesson would’ve been, yes, Slitherin won the game, but more important was the prevention of the evil villain returning. Sometimes in life, doing the right thing means making sacrifices. In this case, the sacrifice would be just losing the points game. Big whoop. But no! Everyone has to wipe Harry’s ass and everyone has to feel good about everything. Yay.

What purpose does Hufflepuff serve at all?!? If they’re the team of dumbasses, wouldn’t that be a massive liability to the rest of the school and ya know, entire world?!?!?! Who wants stupid wizards around?!?!?

Like I said, the world itself is an insult.

And like I said, Ms. Rowling spent years of her life creating this entire thing. It just stinks is all. George R R Martin did the same, just worse, with lots of incest and r*&#.

It’s just bad all the way around.

#9

I was honestly replying to each section of this trying to counter and explain every little nitpick but I give up. I can’t tell if this is trolling or not, and if not…jesus. Sounds like you’re complaining about every little thing just to complain, the majority of which is answered in the movie or answered in later ones. Like…no wonder you dislike it, you couldn’t grasp the concept of any of it to begin with. My pity is with you.

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#10

I thought as much. My points are unassailable. An impenetrable fortress of logic and wisdom.

#11

The magic-desire mirror was good though. Very nicely done. And note, I picked on no ones performance. I felt that all performers gave it everything they had.

#12

Read Berserk

#13

The Manga or the Keanu Reeves comic?

#14

The manga ofc

#15

No. I do not like Manga or Anime. I gave them both several tries. Just not for me. The only Manga I’ve kept were the Godzilla comics.

#16

Tragic

#17

So I’ve heard. Now, the monster art was very very good. But the people! The people look just ridiculous! The eyes! The mouths! The hair-dos! My goodness… I will never understand the appeal. Lord knows I’ve tried. Anime is worse though. By far

#18

Are you talking about Berserk specifically having bad art?

#19

Cus Berserk is not drawn like the majority of other anime/manga. So it doesn’t make sense if you’re using typical anime design to criticize Miura’s character design. Because none of those even apply to Berserk. No crazy hair, no weird mouths, none of that is a consistent actual character design. The only reasons you said you don’t like anime/manga is the designs of the people, and Berserk is renowned for its great art & story. So none of the gripes you have even apply

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#20

How would I know that, not having read it? I have only my past experiences with Manga and anime to go off of. But I’ll check out a few pages and see for myself.