by Jaffer » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:04 pm
Speaking from a purely cinematic point of view, I cannot see the fuss about Potter. The best thing is its cast- great newcomers, and an outstanding selection of veterens. But it very much benefits from the ''emporers new clothes'' phenominon. Other then having the benefit of being based on JK Rowlings excellent writing, no one I have asked can name why the movies are good. They ''just are''. (the presence of Ralph Finness, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane etc etc means nothing to most young people)
Conversly, twilight seems to suffer from a kind of ''too cool for school'' disease. For example, I know people who have not seen a second of it, yet despise it. I know people who know not a thing about Rob Pattinson, yet loathe him with a passion purely for having the audacity to play Edward Cullen. In an age where juvinile fare such as Transformers 3 is considered ''cool'' by young males, a movie with such heart-on-its-sleeve emotions such as Twilight, whereby characters actually converse with one another, and talk about love, invariably get dismissed as ''gay''. (Maybe this is just in Australia, i'm not sure) Needless to say, I much prefer the Twilight movies (1st and 3rd) I prefer the more identifiable human story as opposed to the fantasy based Potter series, despite both being school based. The Potter movies also came across as ''dumbed down'' so to speak. I remember how challenging the books were as a child, but the movies seemed comparativly facile. Also, the Twilight saga benefits from quite stunning cinematography which, once again, goes under-rated.
All that being said, the Harry Potter books are wonderful!
Speaking from a purely cinematic point of view, I cannot see the fuss about Potter. The best thing is its cast- great newcomers, and an outstanding selection of veterens. But it very much benefits from the ''emporers new clothes'' phenominon. Other then having the benefit of being based on JK Rowlings excellent writing, no one I have asked can name why the movies are good. They ''just are''. (the presence of Ralph Finness, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane etc etc means nothing to most young people)
Conversly, twilight seems to suffer from a kind of ''too cool for school'' disease. For example, I know people who have not seen a second of it, yet despise it. I know people who know not a thing about Rob Pattinson, yet loathe him with a passion purely for having the audacity to play Edward Cullen. In an age where juvinile fare such as Transformers 3 is considered ''cool'' by young males, a movie with such heart-on-its-sleeve emotions such as Twilight, whereby characters actually converse with one another, and talk about love, invariably get dismissed as ''gay''. (Maybe this is just in Australia, i'm not sure) Needless to say, I much prefer the Twilight movies (1st and 3rd) I prefer the more identifiable human story as opposed to the fantasy based Potter series, despite both being school based. The Potter movies also came across as ''dumbed down'' so to speak. I remember how challenging the books were as a child, but the movies seemed comparativly facile. Also, the Twilight saga benefits from quite stunning cinematography which, once again, goes under-rated.
All that being said, the Harry Potter books are wonderful!
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