[HPFGU-Movie] HP vs. LotR - Choose ONE and only ONE

[Malia Kawaguchi]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, luminary_extraordinaire wrote:

> Too many of you simply refuse to compare the two movies.  So I have 
> to come up with a situation in which you have to make a choice.
> 
> For those who have seen both movies, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's 
> Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, answer 
> the following very difficult question.  Let say a friend of yours, 
> who hasn't seen either movie, come to you and ask for your 
> recommendation for movies.  She only wants to see a movie, only ONE 
> movie, and it has to be good.  What kind of person she is doesn't 
> matter. What kind of mood she has doesn't matter.  You can't convince 
> her to see both movies.  Her only request if for you to recommend the 
> better movie.
> 
> Which one would you recommend?
> 
> Now you will have to make a choice.  Harry Potter or the Lord of the 
> Rings.  Only one movie.  That's all she will see.  Pick one.

Depends entirely on the friend.  What kind of person it is _has_ to 
matter, as it is the only important data.  Since you posit a female 
friend, and my closest friend is a "dark-and-bitter-like-my-coffee," 
depresso-espresso, stories must have deep meanings type person, I would 
definitely recommend LOTR.
Now if your hypothetical had been male, my closest male friend is a 
happy-go-lucky guy who wants entertainment from his entertainment, and I 
would, and in fact, have, strongly recommended Harry to him.

There, I have escaped your trap.  Haahaahaahaa.

-Malia
p.s. For what it's worth, in my view Fellowship is the better movie, Harry 
is more enjoyable.  It doesn't get clearer than that in my head.