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Re: Harry Potter or Twilight? -
November 21st 2009, 03:51 AM
Harry Potter. I was 11 when the first book came out so I've grown up with that series and always looked forward to the newest book or movie.
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November 21st 2009, 01:25 PM
No comparison. Harry Potter has morals and messages. Rowling created a unique world- Meyer took vampires and warewolves and dumbed them down for Tweens.
They're on completely different levels of literature. "Why isn't bull-riding (Beef NASCAR as I call it) the American sport to end all sports? It's an epic battle of the wills between a man and an angry cheeseburger; and if that doesn't typify our awesome civilization, I don't know what does." |
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November 21st 2009, 04:23 PM
Twilight. Harry Potter bores me..
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November 21st 2009, 04:57 PM
Harry Potter has a meaning behind it. Meyer's books are just meant to entertain teen girls (and certain guys...). They're not even well written.
Harry Potter is being taught in schools, for goodness' sake! They're so far above and beyond Twilight, it's not even fair to ask them to be compared. That's like comparing something like Eragon to The Lord of the Rings 
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November 21st 2009, 09:24 PM
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It had plot turns that actually made sense and the main female character (Hermione) is like the opposite of Bella. Think about it, Hermione's smart and put grades before guys. Bella was completely infatuated with a psycho. Which one would you like to relate to more? |
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November 22nd 2009, 12:33 AM
"Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn."
Thank you Stephen King. I'd be inclined to disagree with some though, that the difference between Harry Potter and Twilight is that Harry Potter has messages. Twilight does have messages, just anti-feminist ones you would never want someone absorbing. Not around so much now that school's started "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." Marcus Aurelius |
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November 22nd 2009, 05:18 PM
Twilight is completely overrated. I read the first book; hated it. Saw the first movie; hated it. Hearing about New Moon and hating it. Hating everyone's obsessions over something that isn't as revolutionary as everyone's making it out to be... wow. Plus, the book was written terribly. Don't know about the other three but if the first one is I can bet you the other three are as well.
Harry Potter's pretty good. In comparison to Twilight, Harry Potter is the bible (if I was religious). "We all become important when we realize our goal should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole." Alright, no need to fight cause everybodys different and theres nothin you can do about it and just because I dont look like you or act like you it doesnt make me any better or worse |
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November 23rd 2009, 05:05 AM
Twilight!!
I've seen some of the Harry Potter movies, but to be honest, they bore me. I love the love story of Twilight.  ~*Edward Cullen: Bringing sexy back since 1901*~ ~ One day, the right person will come into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else ~ |
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November 23rd 2009, 05:47 AM
POTTER!!!! I'm not a fan of Twilight at all ...
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November 23rd 2009, 05:53 AM
Anything or Twilight? -> Anything
Seriously though, Harry Potter is great on its own merits, and doesn't need to be compared to Twilight to make it look good. The atoms that make up you and me were born in the hearts of suns many times greater than ours and in time our atoms will return once again to reside amongst the stars. Life is but an idle dalliance of the cosmos, frail, and soon forgotten. We have been set adrift in an ocean whose tides we are only beginning to comprehend, and with that maturity has come the realization that we are, at least for now, alone. In that loneliness, it falls to us to shine as brightly as the stars from which we came.
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November 23rd 2009, 06:36 AM
Harry Potter. There is just no comparison.
Twilight was very well written, if you look at it from a marketing perspective. Basically, any girl can relate to Bella because she is an empty, personality-less slate. The singular draw of the book is reading it to imagine being with Edward or Jacob. Ummm... Get a real life and a real boyfriend? And Harry Potter? A classic book. Fun to read and well-written. Just such a cool story with interesting twists and turns. The movies are great too. ~Cody
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November 23rd 2009, 07:56 AM
Harry Potter for sure. I can't stand Twilight.
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November 23rd 2009, 08:39 AM
Harry Potter definately!
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November 23rd 2009, 10:53 AM
Harry Potter for the reading: I like to be absorbed in the middle of the adventures. Twilight for the characters. Honestly; which one would you chose: Harry Potter or Edward/Emmett/Carlisle/Jasper/Jacob? Hermione or Rosalie/Alice/Esme/Bella?
I love Twilight as well for the bad characters. I mean, Sneap and Voldi suck, they die. James dies as well, but he's pretty and Aro still lives. Volturi rules! |
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November 25th 2009, 01:47 AM
*sigh* Honestly, the only reason why most people hate Twilight is because of all the attention it's getting now and the annoying fan girls following after it. Just because the movie sucked doesn't mean you should hate on the books. I think the first three books were really good, but the fourth one pretty much sucked. Yeah, the writing isn't anything grand, but who cares? All books don't have to be, sometimes it's nice to read something that isn't shoving morals or messages down your throat, just something nice to entertain when you need an escape.
My pick is still for Harry Potter though, just because it is something so different and original. I love Rowling's style of writing and how she's able to paint such a clear picture of everything and make you feel like you're actually living it. "If we make it through, And I can save you With this heart I know, I will carry us home." |
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November 25th 2009, 02:05 AM
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. Then she took one of the most mysterious and badass of legendary monsters, the werewolf and did the same... It's pathetic.
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November 25th 2009, 03:14 AM
i love them both
i think (books) Harry Potter was better written but twilight has better story (hard to explain). movies are meh, always different to the books aw they are influenced by the directors context it's the beauty of confession eviL.evoL  |
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November 25th 2009, 07:56 AM
Harry Potter FTW, although I do agree that they are on completely different levels. Harry Potter is a book anyone to any age can read (and was written WAY better!) and Twilight is really for the tweens and is quite unimaginative.
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November 25th 2009, 09:48 AM
Both.
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November 26th 2009, 02:16 AM
Hmmm...Harry Potter definately. Twilight was okay at first but then came the fangirls.....-shudder-
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November 26th 2009, 05:46 PM
well I really dont like either very much but i think id have to go with Twilight just cause Jacob Black is Hott! =]
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