[HPFGU-Movie] OT: Twilight (was Re: Twilight vs. HP)

[Charlotte Roberts]

"Dark Magic" refers to anything pertaining to the Dark Arts, aka. magic 
provided by one's "enemies," or evil witch or wizard.

Jinxes/hexes is applicable to the dark or non-dark arts, and refers to any 
spell that causes something to go awry (I think... I don't have any of the 
books with me).

At least that's the best explanation I can give here...maybe someone else 
could add more detail.

Charlotte


>From: "bgrugin" <bgrugin at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] OT: Twilight (was Re: Twilight vs. HP)
>Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:57:17 -0000
>
>--- 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?).
>
>