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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Am I the only one who thinks that Harry Potter is not good storytelling at all? I watched most of the first movie, and one of the halves of the last movie. It seemed to me that the object was to teach kids that if you get into a jam, babbling incoherently at it will get you out.
It was also creepy, from my perspective, that the girl from the first movie seemed to have slept with the other main characters. Did they know that the actress would turn into a supermodel? What if she grew up as a homely slug? Is that not creepy, or was it made ok in the intervening movies somehow?
And I'm a little curious as how the author, Rowling, didn't get sued by Raymond Feist for basically lifting the story completely from Magician:Apprentice and Magician:Master.
I've tried to like Harry Potter, but I just can't get around the fact that there are so many fantasy series out there with much more depth, and rationality. I can't even sit through a movie as an entrance point, because I end up yelling at the screen like it's a BOA game.
Am I alone here?
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I'm a little confused. You watched most of the first Harry Potter movie, then one of the last ones, cast weird (incorrect) assumptions on the story that spans 7 novels and call it bad storytelling?
You're welcome to judge something how you want, but its tough to criticize a story you didnt actually indulge in.