Lord of the rings vs harry potter.

I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you 1.) Harry potter has "stolen" many parts of the Lotr story, For example: The main character watches helplessly as his elderly beaded mentor falls hundreds of feet after an encounter with an enemy (Draco/orks) until a more powerful and feared foe (Snape/Durin's Bane) appears and kills the bearded wizard. The main characters best friend is forced to leave the group because of an object (Locket/Ring) only to appear later to save the main characters life and destroy the object. A good amount of the last Harry potter book is about a group of friends who are traveling the country side looking for a way to destroy a piece of jewellery before it controls their emotions and destroys their relationship. Both stories have object that assure that the dark lord remains alive but at the cost of part of his life force. Those objects can control the wearers, plus one of the horcrux's is even a ring. In both stories the dark lord is defeated and loses a object of power (Harry as a horcrux/the one ring) and remains in a weakened state until becoming a threat years later In both the hobbit and Harry potter the characters must go underground to find a great amount of gold guarded by a dragon to find a certain object of value. A good book would have a more original story 2.) The Lotr film series won more academy awards than the Harry Potter film series. Harry potter has never had the best makeup, had the best original score, had the best visual effect, had the best Cinematography, had the best sound editing, had the best art direction, had the best costume design, had the best director, had the best film editing, was the best picture, had the best original song, had the best adapted screenplay and had the best sound mixing that year for any of its films while the Lotr series has won all of them. The Oscar awards are one of the most prestigious awards that a film can receive [1][2][3][4] 3.) The Harry potter film series has differences between some of the movies. For example, the actor who plays Dumbledore gets replaced between the second and third movies (RIP: Richard Harris). The new Dumbledore is more "Angry" and less calm and loopy and silly than the original. Plus the look of professor Flitwick changes. If you take into account the different cgi directing styles and overall fell of the movies you will find that this can be an issue Rebuttals: 1.) Even though the lord of the rings was divided into three volumes it was one novel[5]. The three volumes are sold together in one book here[6]. Also the article in the link listed it as one book. You argue that the lord of the rings was 60 years earlier. I would say that the lord of the rings would be less popular if it had made films about it as soon as it was released. Because the films where released in the late 70s early 2000s and in the 2010s the books enjoyed resurgences in popularity. The Harry potter series might have enjoyed this resurgence if they had waited a little while after the series had ended to start making the movies. 7.7 billion dollars* 2.) Even if a character has more depth than another, I think that it is irrelevant if the character isn't original. The character similarities: The hero A young person who one day discovers that is is his duty do destroy an object with the dark lord's life force in it, He sees things sometimes involving the dark lord (when Harry sees into Voldemort mind or when Frodo puts on the ring) and he is forced to stand by as he watches the Sage get killed. Harry is an imitation of on Frodo and isn't very original. The best friend A Red headed boy who eats a lot, can be mistrust people at times, has far less money than the hero ,travels the countryside with the hero, leaves the hero because of a object of power and returns to destroy it and you even admit that Ron is "Sam-like" in the first three books. Ron is an imitation of on Sam and isn't very original. The sage advice An old(old) bearded wizard who gives the main characters advice and a certain times abandons them and who's death involves falling a long distance. Plus you see the Sage differently after he dies and he continues to help the hero. Dumbledore is an imitation of on Gandalf and isn't very original. The Villain A dark lord who is defeated and left in a weakened state for a good part of the series. Also he poor his life force into object(s) of power that need to be destroyed before he can die. He also has a large number of followers that he "Created" Voldemort is an imitation of on Sauron and isn't very original. Your argument about Snape shall not included in this debate as the title was "The Villain"(Singular) not "The Villains"(plural) Support Characters There are to many support characters to compare so here is a quick one A pair of similar looking young people who are constantly getting into trouble and who assist the hero and are related to the best friend (by species in Lotr) Fred and George are imitations of Marry and Pippen and aren't very original. 3. Isn't it strange (sarcasm) how the themes of good vs. evil, bravery, friendship and loyalty, misleading appearances, trust, sacrifice and good and evil not being purely black and white are also in lord of the rings. Also the first movie isn't very dark and not all of the movies are rated pg. 13. 5. The lord of the rings does not require you to read one book to read the other (although it does help clarify) and can also stand alone. Your argument of Lotr being boring is an opinion Not a fact. Plus focusing on details better puts you into the character. Thank you Good night -Max 1[http://en.wikipedia.org...] 2[http://en.wikipedia.org...(film_series)] 3[http://en.wikipedia.org...] 4[http://en.wikipedia.org...] 5[http://en.wikipedia.org...] 6[http://www.amazon.com...]