Check in if you haven't seen any Harry Potter movies or read any of the books

[LynneSin]

I realize these are suppose to be really good books and well done movies but - just not for me.

Who else is with me?

[HopeHoops]

1. Almost. I saw the first movie and REALLY hoped it was a case of "the book was better".

It just wasn't all that impressive, and it certainly didn't live up to the hype.

[Chan790]

25. Same.

The only good thing to come out of HP is Emma Watson is really cute. Beyond that...meh.

1 movie, 1 book...and I knew I was done.

[Frank Cannon]

39. Same here.

I have never understood the whole Harry Potter thing.

[kentauros]

2. I've seen the movies (other than the most recent one)

but I've never read any of the books. Not that I wouldn't like them, I know I would. I'm just waiting until I'm done writing my own books before I do that :)

[RSillsbee]

3. Harry Potter just never interested me

Never saw any movies never read any of the books

[RebelOne]

4. Same here. Never had the desire to read the books or see the movies. n/t

[ohiosmith]

5. Me!

:hi:

[LanternWaste]

6. That would be me.

That would be me. Although I certainly won't criticize the books or films in any way, I have less than zero inclination to read or see one... :shrug:

[Withywindle]

40. Even though your username suggests you're a Narnia fan?

I loved the Narnia books when I was little, but when I reread them as an adult, I found the story and characters and world setting still awesome--but the Christian allegory was too heavy-handed, and the sexism and racism completely UGH-making. Greater awareness ruined pretty much all the books for me except maybe 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader,' and that only because I love ships.


For me, the Harry Potter series has a whole lot of everything I loved about the Narnia books as a kid, with nothing of the shit that made me feel betrayed later--probably because I read them first as an adult, so I was never culturally clueless enough to be sucked in by manipulative allegory. I've known all along what the themes were really about...and even knowing that, it was still an amazing, beautiful, powerful ride I wouldn't trade for anything.

I'm a 42-year-old woman who bawled her eyes out when she first read 'Deathly Hallows' when the book came out, and did so again at the movie last week. Because that emotional payoff was EARNED, and JK Rowling never manipulated her child readers as crudely as C S Lewis did.

[Withywindle]

41. Blah blah yadda yadda

I've read all the Narnia series and the HP series, multiple times, and I think the latter is superior in terms of complexity and emotional depth.

[Iggo]

7. I saw a big chunk of the wizard olympics one...

...when all the kids were over. It was oh so very bad.

But other than that, my only interest in this whole phenomenop was that the books really got the kids interested in reading. They loved it. For me, it's just a kid's story.

[Tikki]

8. I haven't nor have I Twilighted in any way.

Tikki

[Raffi Ella]

15. Ditto.

I have absolutely no interest in these two movies/books whatsoever.

[NightWatcher]

9. Nope, none, never (and a side note)

Have you ever noticed how many people like to give a book importance based on how many pages it has? This is not just a Harry Potter thing. (Ayn Rand, the Bible, etc?)

quantity matters more than quality?

[tabbycat31]

10. never read any of the books

I've seen a few of the movies, but never really got into them (I did it more because friends wanted to see the movies).

Don't have any desire to read the books, fantasy is just not the genre for me.

[Little Star]

11. Never have, never will because....

I do not like science fiction, period! I'm just not into it!

But I am happy others enjoy it as long as I don't have to read it or watch it.

No Potter for me!

[av8rdave]

12. Haven't read the books or seen the movies

Hats off to Rowling for writing stories that so captured the imaginations of many, but it's just not my genre.

[LNM]

13. I tried to read the first book

I just couldn't get into it. Not my cup of tea.

[hamsterjill]

14. I've never seen nor read any of it.

Just haven't had the time. I figure I'll catch up when I'm 84 and can finally retire and draw my social security!

[kimi]

16. Harry Who???

No, haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. I understand that they're very popular, but the genre just never interested me.

[mainstreetonce]

17. part

I saw part of the first movie and read part of the first book. It didn't interest me and I don't think the book is well written. The author got dang lucky by having her book hit in the right place at the right time.

[blueamy66]

18. Don't care to read the books or see the movies

nt

[Deep13]

19. I think I saw part of the first movie.

Not really my thing.

[kwassa]

20. I was shocked to learn that the new movie was number 8.

I thought there were maybe 3 films. I saw the first on cable long after it came out.

[begin_within]

21. Not seen or read any of it.

And I feel like I must be missing out on something really great, because they are so popular. But that still doesn't motivate me to get one of the books. Maybe someday I'll sit down and try watching the movies, but I'm in no hurry...

[TheCentepedeShoes]

22. Never read any of the books

and fell asleep watching the first of the movies on HBO
Fantasy is not my big thing, but, uh...

I am getting hooked on the Game of Thrones book

[WinkyDink]

23. Here!

[applegrove]

24. I am. I'm not into fantasy. People tell me they are great fun but I say "meh!".

[JohnnyLib2]

26. Yo--and the grandkids are horrified.

I've promised to watch #1 with them. Someday.

[RZM]

27. Never read the books and have only seen bits and pieces of the first movie n/t

[LeFleur1]

28. Nope. Neither

I've been made to feel guilty, though.

[TuxedoKat]

29. I started reading the first book

It was pretty good, only got about 50 or so pages into it, then got distracted by something else and never went back to it. There's so many other things to read though, it's not at the top of my list to finish.

[Skittles]

30. I tried reading one, because a coworker insisted

I found it very ridiculous

[eShirl]

31. A friend's description, trying to get me interested in it, drove me away from it.

Bumbledorf? Ruggles? Please.

[Skittles]

32. EXACTLY!!!

RIDICULOUS!

[Kat45]

33. I haven't.

And I'm pretty much unfamiliar with the story, characters, etc.

[21st Century FDR]

34. Never remotely interested in the series.

No problem with anybody who wants to see it, just doesn't do anything for me.

[Orrex]

35. I have almost no interest in the series, even as a fan of the fantasy genre

In part, I'm driven away by the disclaimer--found in nearly every discussion of the series--that "it's really not a kids' story really!"

[pokerfan]

36. Nope

I appreciate what Rowling has done for literacy but fantasy (outside of Tolkien) just isn't a genre I find even remotely interesting.

[grasswire]

37. have no inkling to do so. n/t

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. No. People shouldnt make things up.

It's not right. :*

[sarge43]

42. Well, I tried

Saw the first movie and started to read the book, but neither caught my interest.

[CBGLuthier]

43. I have seen a few minutes of the first movie.

The only fantasy books I ever really enjoyed at all were written by the late great Roger Zelazny who tended to ground his stories with a healthy dose of realism.

I will probably watch the movies. I may even read the books someday. At least it seems to be free of all that fairy tale golly gee crap that made Tolkien unbearable.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. yeah, me too --

yawn.

[Pool Hall Ace]

45. Read one book, saw one movie

but not really into it.

However, like others, I don't knock those who do enjoy it. :hi:

[1gobluedem]

46. That would be me

I don't like fantasy. I watched half of a movie with my girls and couldn't figure out what the heck was going on. They love HP, though, and I'm not going to discourage it; it gets them to read. Me? No thanks.

[Incitatus]

47. I think I saw about half of the first movie, never read any of the books. nt