OT: Twilight (was Re: Twilight vs. HP)

[bgrugin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "VimesLady" <VimesLady at ...> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen the movie - I'm taking my 12-year-old goddaughter to see
> it later this week. But I've read the first two books, and I can say
> that the audiences for Harry Potter and Twilight are totally different.
> Lots of boys are/were very much into Harry Potter, which is, after all,
> more or less from the viewpoint of a boy. Twilight is first person from
> the view of a girl who spends many, many pages talking about her deep,
> overwhelming love and pain. I have a hard time imagining any boy who
> wouldn't stop reading after a while. You either get caught up in the
> true love thing or you get bored.
> 
> 

MusicalBetsy here:
This is really true.  Twilight is much more a love story, whereas HP
is more action/mystery-oriented.  In fact, I get bored reading the
Twilight series unless it's a big "loving" moment.  And with HP, I got
bored with the romance parts, because JKR just doesn't write love
stories well at all.  But I do like the Twilight series for the
romance, and I enjoyed the movie...but it will never beat Harry Potter
to me!!  I've always preferred action and mystery books.  But I also
think that Stephenie Meyer has a better grasp on what makes vampires
work, compared to JKR and how magic works (jinxes/hexes vs. dark
magic, anyone?).