What was the last movie you've seen?

[Mozgus]

Seriously, as a male, what exactly do you enjoy from Harry Potter?

I liked the series, and there's no way the movies measure up to the books. The world within the story is what most interests me, like how magic works and how wizards hide in plain sight of ordinary people. The much fuller stories in the books are also very interesting, the stories usually build up well and in general the climaxes are very satisfying (ironically the one I liked least was the final one in Deathly Hallows). Personally, I think that Harry Potter is a good read, but a mediocre movie series.

I listened to the first two as audiobooks and still hated them. Yes I listened to the UK versions (Stephen Fry) as everyone recommended over the USA versions (Jim Dale).

[Dylan]

I listened to the first two as audiobooks and still hated them. Yes I listened to the UK versions (Stephen Fry) as everyone recommended over the USA versions (Jim Dale).

Hm, must just not be your thing.

[Mozgus]

I listened to the first two as audiobooks and still hated them. Yes I listened to the UK versions (Stephen Fry) as everyone recommended over the USA versions (Jim Dale).

Hm, must just not be your thing.

I never accept that conclusion. There's always reasons.

[Dylan]

I never accept that conclusion. There's always reasons.

I mentioned a few things I like about them earlier, but tastes vary. A large fanbase and multibillion dollar franchise doesn't crop up just anytime though.

[Mozgus]

I never accept that conclusion. There's always reasons.

I mentioned a few things I like about them earlier, but tastes vary. A large fanbase and multibillion dollar franchise doesn't crop up just anytime though.

Actually they do. The sheeple always need something new to obsess over, and every 2-3 months, something always seems to pop up, and stick around until depleted. Until someone can actually explain the fascination, I can only lob HP in with other nonsense like Twilight, Halo, GTA, COD4, High School Musical, Jonas Bros, etc

[vash23n]

I never accept that conclusion. There's always reasons.

I mentioned a few things I like about them earlier, but tastes vary. A large fanbase and multibillion dollar franchise doesn't crop up just anytime though.

I like Harry Potter as well, don't know why. I don't like them nearly as much as Hobbit/Lord of the Rings or Narnia Chronicles or Dune series - these are what I grew up on. I guess I just appreciate the Harry Potter books as a modern attempt at creating a universe like CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien and Frank Herbert did. Are they AS good? Of course not. I don't think people are as clever as they used to be when it comes to writing. I feel the Harry Potter series is as close to creating a universe that goes beyond the series as there is this decade.

I also like Stephen King's Dark Tower series - I hate King otherwise - and Kevin Anderson's Saga of Seven Sun series when it comes to this decade stuff.

[Reverend]

I was dissapointed to see the new Harry Potter movie is only PG. I was under the impression they just kept getting darker and more violent. I haven't seen any of them but was ready to see the final movie, in all its NC-17 glory.

4chan certainly has enough NC-17 interpretations of it.

Personally, I could never get into all this Harry Potter crap. I seriously don't understand how grown men can get so into it. It's not that it's childish. It's that it's mind-numbing overall, and the only appeal it has to women is that they all get crushes on pale weak little boys like Harry. It's not like women have ever had any interest in all this oldtime fantasy stuff.

Seriously, as a male, what exactly do you enjoy from Harry Potter?

It's all nostalgia for me. I read the books as a kid and loved it. Now watch the movies and although they are far from amazing, it's nostalgic none the less. The books were entertaining then, but now feel very silly.

Although, I love overly quirk characters too much for my own good, and Luna Lovegood fits that category very well.

[Dylan]

Afro Samurai - Resurrection.

Not bad, but doesn't measure up to the series.

[Ack]

I just watched Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin. If you've ever seen Payback, this is the predecessor. Lee Marvin plays a character with no first name, Walker, who is shot and left for dead in Alcatraz by his best friend after they pull a job to steal $93,000.00 to save his friend from a mafia group known as the Organization. His friend, Mal, takes the money and Walker's wife. So when Walker makes it back to civilization and heals up, he strikes a deal with a man interested in the Organization so he can get his revenge. And Walker's good at it too. Marvin does a phenomenal job as the angry hood, and there's some amazing sound work in this film. Even complete silence is used well, especially when juxtaposed with gunfire. It's an awesome movie.

[REPO Man]

Seriously, as a male, what exactly do you enjoy from Harry Potter?

An intriguing world worth escaping to. And magic.

Actually, a more valid answer would be too hard to come up with.