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• 1 LOTR // May 12, 2009 at 8:29 pm

  Wha– ?!?!
  ARE YOU SERIOUS???
  How could you even compare the two?!?!
  The Lord of the Rings Movies are 92174239874983274% (and more) better then harry potter!
  THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES ARE AMAZING.

• 2 HP triumphs! // Jun 20, 2009 at 3:43 pm

  It’s not about the movies! It’s the books! The movies could never portray all that the books bring to life in your innermost fantasies of your mind! And, although I have not yet finished reading Lord of the Rings, I am willing to bet that Harry Potter is much more exciting and engaging than Lord of the Rings. The craze over these stories has little to do with cinema and everything to do with novels! However, I will say I love Lord of the Rings, but Harry Potter will never be overshadowed in my mind. HP FOREVER!!!

• 3 HPHPHPHPHP // Sep 26, 2009 at 12:26 am

  Obviously, its the HP books that make it fascinating! LOTr suks! Although the movies of HP suk more than LOTr, HP books are defeinitely better than the LOTr books! HP rawks! ROAR! EXPELLIARMUS!

• 4 kevin // Nov 8, 2009 at 3:21 pm

  Uhm , ya maybe if your a tween you would consider HP better than LOTR. HP is frankly a kids book. Everything in it is watered down drivel. The whole concept of Muggles vs the magic world is just contrived and difficult, and really makes the whole story line stupid. Ok, so ya, there is a magic world that the “muggle” world has no clue about… and these people with power don’t bother taking over the muddle world? Or making human their slaves? or making humanity a better place? seriously, it doesn’t make any sense.

• 5 JASON_LOTR BETTER THAN HP!!!!!!! // Nov 28, 2009 at 2:59 am

  OH YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

  A message for this stupid HPHPHPHPH :

  I think you haven’t read yet The Lord of the Rings. Please finish first the books that you are criticizing before saying that its sucks!

  For me, they are both great works of imagination but The Lord of the Rings could not be compare to Harry Potter! It is far more better aaaaandddd GREATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 6 Tomas Peverell // Dec 6, 2009 at 1:47 pm

  Now lets see,kids.

  Boy-who-lived versus the Lord of the Rings:

  Whinny kid who is crying throwout the series about his parents being dead,kid who can’t stand up for him self ’till he’s like seventeen,but others do it instead of him,and a lot else versus the greatest and noblest hobbit of all time,who confronted the greatest dark maia of all time despite the fact that he lost Gandalf long time ago.Even though he’s parents died very early and he has one of the most annoying cousins of all time he doesn’t even mention it,unlike Harry.

  Winner:Frodo Baggins

  Other Characters:

  Noble companions:
  Ronald Billius Weasley versus Samwise Gamgee
  Ron is also a winny bitch,living in his best friend’s shadow,jealous(Goblet of Fire,Deathly Hallows),poor and extremly stupid versus the brave,noble,wise(samWISE),companion Samwise The Brave

  winner:Sam

  Sirius Black versus Aragorn,son of Arathorn

  Now,despite the fact that he needs to act like a parent and guardian,he shows completely different behaviour and rushes to danger trying to convince Harry to do the same thing,Sirius acts very inappropriate for his age.Aragorn,Strider,Elessar,Dunedain,the ranger of the North,the King of the South,the keeper of the Narsil/Anduril,the slayer of orcs and beasts,Gandalf’s companion,proud and wise Aragorn is supreme character here.

  winner:Aragorn

  Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore versus Gandalf the Gray/the White/Mithrandir

  Many fans call this a close call.They’re two of my favourite characters,but I’ll have to be objective:

  Albus,equiped with his Elder’s Wand and 140 years of knowlege versus a descendent of Angels(Valas)a Maia himself,equiped with centuries of knowlege and a mighty staff,servant of the Secret Fire,Balrog-killer Mithrandir.

  It’s clear:Gandalf

  And now the villains

  Tom Riddle/Lord Voldy versus Gorthaur/Sauron

  There’s no need for explanation.All who read HP books and The Sillmarilion know who’s the supreme

  winner:Sauron

  Now the outcome:
  LORD OF THE RINGS RULES!!!

• 7 hp 4 eva!!! // Dec 23, 2009 at 11:12 pm

  how can you compare lotr to hp? really? hp rocks! obviously some ppl here havent read the hp books cus its not about muggles vs. wizards…its about defeating the dark lord…besides i have read both and lotr is just soooo boring i mean its so predictable!!! hp on the other hand has a magical world that is full of adventure, danger and magic spells! besides if you think hp is a kids book then you need to read the book cus there is nothing childish about it, see ya later lotr looooooserrrss!! haha

• 8 anonymous // Jan 13, 2010 at 9:44 am

  LORD OF THE RINGS IS PREDICTABLE? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR F***ING MIND?
  It is far better written than HP. Much more mature, much more thought provoking…Harry Potter is for little kids who don’t have the IQ to handle a serious book. You probably will never be able to read War and Peace or Les Miserables or Mill on the Floss either if you can’t even handle LotR. Enough said.
  YOU are calling LOTR fans LOSERS? LotR fans have the intelligence to handle a long, detailed book, which you HP fans obviously cannot.
  So you can just push off and go read your little childish book about flying broomsticks in a corner. Get back when you can handle more mature content.

• 9 anon // Jan 31, 2010 at 5:58 pm

  I think that to even have this discussion is stupid.
  I also think those two series are directed at two different audiences and having read both series I think I can say that 11-17 year olds would appreciate the HP series and more mature and definitely patient adults would enjoy the LotR series. I loved both. But face it HP lovers, Tolkien is the superior writer and anyone who says otherwise should get some sense bitch slapped into them.

  zing

• 10 archie // Feb 3, 2010 at 3:13 pm

  The only problem when addressing such problem and provoking comparison is that people always pick a side and become a real fanboi. Where’s the objective viewing and discussing.
  Tomas Peverell, in his comment, was trying to compare, but you can clearly see whose fanboi community he belongs to.

  One other thing is, that people tend to think about Harry Potter as kids book. And keep in mind that those people probably didn’t read after first 2-3 books of the whole series, which become more mature and darker with each additional book.
  It kinda bother me and also insults the Geek community when it’s considered OK to talk about LotR, but immature and childish when people have serious discussion about HP world, character analysis or plot/story.

  I really enjoyed both, but can’t decide for only one. As I said, it’s hard to decide when you can’t held a non biased discussion with other people.

• 11 Jasper! // Feb 11, 2010 at 6:21 am

  HARRY POTTER

  HP is better than LOTR. The story is just sooo unpredictable and new conflicts are presented in every book. We can’t deny the fact that JK Rowling writes in a way that will never bore you.

  When you read HP, you can really feel the atmosphere… It just like watching a 3d movie… You can’t stop thinking of it… It’s addicting. I can still remember how i reacted when I first read HP. I was so obsessed with it that my classmates thought i was mad. I only started reading it early this year (i was only a movie fan before) but i felt like i lived with it…

• 12 Kia // Feb 28, 2010 at 4:44 am

  You must keep in mind the fact that Harry Potter just came out in 1997. Lord of the Rings has been around since 1953. The very fact that it still has such dedicated fans says a lot. We’ll see if HP survives the test of time.
  For me, Lord of the Rings wins all.

• 13 Edward // Mar 7, 2010 at 1:17 am

  As much as I like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings takes the cake. I mean, some of the stuff in Harry Potter was even INSPIRED by LOTR. Harry Potter just doesn’t have the ancient powers and history as Tolkien’s works, no questions asked. The ancient powers of darkness would’ve corrupted Harry Potter’s world before even Voldemort could blink. Arguable yes, but not without good reason as it took great magics to finally end darkness in Middle-earth forever. Magics Harry Potter could never conjour up.

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