Harry Potter & the Rise of my Anger

i don't get this harry potter phenomena, especially among adults. let me preface this by saying: i don't like fantasy books/movies. star wars & lord of the rings are my limits. i tried watching the first harry potter movie & wanted to stab a pen into my eye. the fact grown ups stand in line for hours, even days, to buy these books astounds me. what's more astounding is the people lining up for these books aren't your typical dorks. it's average people: housewives, soccer moms, college students. i just saw on the news they're putting tracking devices on delivery trucks to make sure they go on their correct route!! are you f'in kidding me? it's a goddamn book. and on the other side, you have the nut cases who won't let their kids watch because it might start them on the path of sacrificing goats & piercing their genitals. this might be the biggest cultural phenomena of the last 20 years, and yet, i'd rather watch 24 hour loops of infomercials. 

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One of a Kind
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Well in a way i agree with you, but in a way i don't. The security and all that mess is uncalled for, but i have grown to like the series of movies about Harry Potter. It's no different from Friday the 13th, of Halloween movies that come out. Those movies are full of sex, drugs, and violence. The harry potter movies/books are of fantasy and entertainment.
Mr. Etiquette
The size of audience Harry Potter draws makes him Mr. Etiquette's only real competition, so Mr. Etiquette appreciates you exposing Harry Potter for the fraud that he is.
Matt
give me the leprechaun series of movies any day. now that's good cinema
Humpelsheepskin
I was actually surprised with this series and how much it sucks. I was raised along with two brothers who were without a doubt the biggest dorks ever known. They have always loved the Dungeons and dragons shit, sci-fi books and movies, as well as the action figures that went along with them. And I'm sure that one, if not both 'literally' humped the computer screen a few times cuz they felt so attached to its glowing warmth and unconditional love for them. Could be wrong about that one. Doubt it. Anyway, I was forced to watch the movies with them and actually kind of enjoyed some of them. (Star Wars, Trek movies, LOTR) My little one thoroughly enjoys the books and movies and waits with baited breath for the releases so I've taken him to the movies. So far they have all been pretty much the same in every way with the exception of the girl looking less and less like prison time. (one of the boys I'm sure for Mr. Etiquette. take your pick) Truly amazing what that talentless woman is worth. And there's supposed to be another movie or two yet to come I believe. Christ! And now I am officially as retarded as my older brother for wasting that much time on Harry Nutter. Bad review or not. Shoot me now. Next thing you know I'll be humping my external modem to the sounds of Styx cranked in the background, literally.
Mr. Etiquette
I don't understand why movies need to be so long. I actually enjoy the Harry Potter films, but took my younger brother to see a couple of them in the theaters and had to leave halfway through, and come back and watch the rest. That is way too long to sit through a movie unless it ends with someone burying his face in a mountain of blow and yelling "Say hello to my little friend!"

By the way, several seasons ago SNL had a sketch with Lindsay Lohan as the girl from Harry Potter, who came back to school and the teachers were all obsessed with her. Funny, and brings a tear to your eye about what could have been. Although Humpelsheepskin would still probably prefer the nude play Harry Potter did.
Humpelsheepskin
Once again Mr. E. is the first to person to inform me of such things. I now know there is a nude harry potter play! I will certainly have to visit his website soon to get his review of it! I'm sure I won't find one on any other web site, and he always does such colorful raves about this genre. Truly an acquired taste I'm sure, Mr. E. Well, for the rest of us anyway. I do agree with your complaint of movies being too long at times. Don't mind if I'm at home watching them, but those little seats in theaters get the pins and needles going in the ass region pretty quickly for those of us over a certain height.

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