Harry Potter vs Twilight vs Chronicles of Narnia

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Hey!

Lately on Facebook loads of my friends have been getting into the argument that Harry Potter is better than Twilight and that Chronicle of Narnia beats them both. I have no idea how Chronicles of Narnia falls into play, but it did. I'm asking your main opinion on this one because it really is a hard choice. Me personally, I like Harry Potter over all of them.

Allow me to express why I do not favor Twilight at all and Harry Potter more.

Twilight:Twilight is a great sensation to people and they really love them because of the action and what not. But here's my thing on Twilight. The plots of the movie have always seemed to just go to fast, except for the first Twilight. New Moon had a very horrible plot because it was rushed, the movie came out just a few months after the first Twilight. It also got rated a 5.2/10.0 stars according to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com). Not to mention the whole time people were worried about Jacob and Edward shirtless the whole time. Now this one that recently came out, Eclipse, did horrible in ratings 3.6/10.0 from IMDB as well. Yikes! I will say that the books were fairly well but the movies just never seemed to be as good. The plots are rushed and the movies fall to portray the purpose in detail.

Harry Potter:Now I'll be fair between the two ratings. Harry Potter just like Twilight has many faults. For instance, Hermonie was always meant to be a smart clever girl but in the movies she seems to be a bit more on the bad side now. Ron, well Ron is just weird at times. :L But I could go on for ages. Harry Potter got rated 7.2/10.0 (Sorcerer's Stone), 7.2/10.0 (Chamber of Secrets), 7.7/10.0(Prisoner of Azkaban), 7.6/10.0(Goblet of Fire), 7.4/10.0(Order of the Phoenix), 7.3/10.0(Half-Blood-Prince. Now notice how they all seem to have the same ratings...hmmmm? It's always been a question to me how they do, If they are so amazing shouldn't they get better? The series to me is great and wonderful except for one thing, how the series started out completely. It didn't seem like a good way to start out a series, maybe if they would have started with Harry a bit older it would be better.

I'll stop there because I love Harry Potter more so I'll let you judge. So what do you think?? Harry Potter or Twilight or Chronicles of Narnia?

Do the Poll! :D

[Fez]

Harry Potter is fun, if a little over-angsty now.
Twilight is Twilight.
Chronicles of Narnia I can't stand one bit.

+1 Harry Potter.

[Samantha.]

Harry Potter all the way :)
Other two are rubbish!

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why is there any competition
harry potter is in a league of it's own, liked by a variety of people not just 13 year old girls

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Very true. Potter has had way more time to become popular. But Twilight is liked by loads of people not just girls who go crazy. My mum likes them O.O


why is there any competition
harry potter is in a league of it's own, liked by a variety of people not just 13 year old girls

[Fez]

Very true. Potter has had way more time to become popular. But Twilight is liked by loads of people not just girls who go crazy. My mum likes them O.O

I hate to label or generalise, because it's offensive sometimes, but the only people who watch Twilight are.

A) Mothers who want to see naked teenagers
B) Tweens
C) Gays
D) Paedophiles

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ROFL! xD No it's quite alright. Because it's basically true for the most part. I must agree


I hate to label or generalise, because it's offensive sometimes, but the only people who watch Twilight are.

A) Mothers who want to see naked teenagers
B) Tweens
C) Gays
D) Paedophiles

[FlyingJesus]

Harry Potter just like Twilight has many faults. For instance, Hermonie was always meant to be a smart clever girl but in the movies she seems to be a bit more on the bad side now.

If you read the books she does get that way.. you do know the Harry Potter films follow the books, right?

[Fez]

ROFL! xD No it's quite alright. Because it's basically true for the most part. I must agree

I just realised that perhaps A and D are the same.

YA MAM'S A PEDO

I kid.

[Axel]

Harry Potter is way better than the other two.

[Volumise]

I like all, but Harry Potter is a way better movie.

[Nikki]

I do like twilight, but I've grown up with the Harry potter books and films.

[Volumise]

I've grown up with the Harry potter books and films.

ohyes and this.
also harry potter has such better storylines

[Moh]

Why is Twilight in the list? Twilight is aimed at an older audience, plus it's a bit of a romance.

Harry Potter & Narnia are both fantasy-adventure films, so they're the only ones you can compare.

Harry Potter has more releases (films) and a bigger budget.

I did quite enjoy Narnia, but not in the way I enjoyed Harry Potter. My vote goes to Harry Potter :)

[FlyingJesus]

Twilight is aimed at an older audience

Is it? I thought it was only 13 year old girls who went to see it :S

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harry potter

[samsaBEAR]

Chronicles of Narnia are good books, but the films don't do them justice imo.
I enjoyed reading the Twilight books, and the films are ok, bar the horrendous acting. Nothing can beat Harry Potter though. I grew up with that little *******

[W00TZEH]

1. A Better Universe

Like George Lucas, J.K. Rowling is so great at creating worlds that it more than makes up for whatever flaws her writing suffers from. Think about all the wonderful things we know about Rowling's wizarding world: where they shop, what they eat, what kind of prejudices their society has. Consider all the side characters she stacks the stories with: Neville Longbottom, Arthur Weasley, even Lee Jordan, the Quidditch announcer. We know them.
By contrast, what do we know about the world of Twilight? Three things: Good vampires don't bite people. Vampires and werewolves don't like each other. Vampires like baseball. That is all.



2. Better Acting

Let us examine the state of both franchises' werewolves. The werewolf in Twilight is played by human action figure Taylor Lautner. He is undoubtedly a nice boy, but no one would disagree with the assertion that he is more famous for his workout regimen than anything he's done onscreen.
The werewolf in Harry Potter is played by acclaimed British thespian David Thewlis. Have you even seen Thewlis' gripping performance in Mike Leigh's Naked, Twi-hards? No, of course, you haven't.


3. Better Villains

It might not be fair to compare Harry Potter and Twilight on this issue; after all, Lord Voldemort is one of the greatest villains in recent pop-culture history. (He made it into the Final Four in Techland's super-scientific March Madness villains bracket (http://techland.com/2010/03/29/monster-madness-the-elite-eight/).) Voldemort is a genocidal dictator who scares people so much, they won't even say his name. He wants immortality and will do anything (even drink unicorn blood!) to get it. He killed Harry's parents -- and tried to kill Harry -- when our hero was just a defenseless baby. Shoot, just writing this is making NewsFeed glad he's not real.
But even without being compared to Voldemort, the bad guys in Twilight are weak. A villain played by Cam Gigandet (what is this, The O.C.?), Michael Sheen (oh no, it's Tony Blair!) or Bryce Dallas Howard (come off it, I saw Lady in the Water) just isn't scary enough for me. You could make the case that Bella's inevitable aging is the real villain of Twilight, but come on! This isn't Star Trek -- invisible, intangible villains aren't going to cut it.


4. Healthier Attitudes Toward Sex

Twilight is basically a supernatural version of The Secret Life of the American Teenager: everyone talks about sex all the time, and how bad and horrible and awful and wonderful it would be. In Harry Potter, no one talks about sex at all. Having been weaned on Jane Austen adaptations, NewsFeed much prefers stuffy British repression over American teenage wangst.


5. It's Lasted Longer

The members of NewsFeed's generation have grown up with Harry Potter. We got Sorcerer's Stone from the library in elementary school, waited in line for Order of the Phoenix in high school and dressed up for the Goblet of Fire movie with our freshman dorm in college. The years-long gap between films and movies filled us with anticipation. Each new release -- as numerous (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992017,00.html) trend (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005057,00.html) pieces (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083935,00.html) show -- is an event.
Twilight is much more ephemeral. The books have been out only since 2005 (which, if you're counting, is when the second-to-last Potter book was released). The films, rushed into production in case the trend should dissipate, are even worse: the first movie came out barely a year and a half ago. There's no waiting around, but there's also no growing old with the characters. Twilight is undoubtedly a commercial enterprise -- more than $1 billion internationally for just the first two films -- but it's simply not a lasting cultural one.





Yeah, that sums it up really.

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Wootzeh said it all. Number 5 is so true. Jack120, Harry Potter actually has lots of romance involved if you ask me. It may not seem like it, but it does. Especially in Half-Blood-Prince. Plus Twlight draws in my girl teens than anything.

[Inseriousity.]

Harry Potter, no contest. It has everything tbh. Action, Romance, Comedy. :D
The only reason I'd go and see the new Twilight film is to see the new Harry Potter trailer on the big screen.. but I'm not going cos I can just watch it on my little computer screen.

As for Narnia, not read the book but the film (first one, not seen the other one) kept me entertained at least.

[LoveToStack]

I would have put His Dark Materials in there with the other three because even though the film was terrible, the books were amazing. Can't say they were better than Harry potter, and having not read the Chronicles of Narnia books I can't comment on them, but IMO it's one of the only series I've read to compete with Harry Potter. Twilight is garbage and the comments about it being aimed at a more mature audience made me laugh - adults want to read about Bella Swan, teen angst personified? No.

[samsaBEAR]

We got Sorcerer's Stone from the library in elementary school, waited in line for Order of the Phoenix in high school and dressed up for the Goblet of Fire movie with our freshman dorm in college.
Lol, book order fail. GOF came out before OOTP



I would have put His Dark Materials in there with the other three because even though the film was terrible, the books were amazing. Can't say they were better than Harry potter, and having not read the Chronicles of Narnia books I can't comment on them, but IMO it's one of the only series I've read to compete with Harry Potter. Twilight is garbage and the comments about it being aimed at a more mature audience made me laugh - adults want to read about Bella Swan, teen angst personified? No.
Agreed 100%. His Dark Materials will always be one of my most favourite book series.

[Neil]

I don't really like any of them to be honest but at least Harry Potter was worth reading and watching while Twilight is just a pathetic waste of paper that could be used to produce books that aren't for little girls that have just started their periods.