Harry Potter Vs. Twilight Article: 7 Undeniable Facts as to Why HP beats Twilight

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7 Undeniable Facts as to Why HP beats Twilight

posted by zar_far11

Harry Potter beats Twilight. Of course. But I really don't like it when HP fans use opinion-ated "facts" when saying WHY Harry Potter is the better movie series. So, I, who am a major Potterhead, put together 7 true, solid, hard, and undeniable facts about certain aspects of the two movie series to prove why Harry Potter is the ultimate series.
**I will only be discussing the movies**

1) Soundtrack

Listen to this wonderful and memorable theme song. As you may have guessed, the theme song belogs to Harry Potter : link

Now listen to this: link
It's pretty, but it doesn't find a special place in your heart like HP's does. (BTW, this isn't one of my 7 facts, but finding just this lilnk took me about 30 min. Doesn't that prove that the majority of audiences prefer HP better, since I found the HP theme song in about... let's see... 2 seconds?)

2) Casting

Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange.
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall.
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint as Ronald Weasley
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black

The actors mentioned above are all in Harry Potter, and are all one of the top 30 actors in THE WORLD. Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson, and Jacob Black, who are three most important actors in the Twilight movie series. are wayyyy off the list. The actors in Twilight... well, let's just say that the acting is a bit stale.

3) Visual Effects
Please, people, have you SEEN the visual effects in HP?
HP's visual effects: link
Harry Potter's visual effects are wonderful; filled with action, realistic details, and fantastic elements that Twilight could never achieve.
Twilight's visual effects: They are SO bad, I couldn't even find a link on YouTube. Sure, there were thousands of videos titled "Worst Visual Effects in Twilight" but not a single one complimenting Twilight's visual effects.

4) Storyline

Harry Potter's plot is about a wizard who goes through may dramatic and unforgettable (not necessarily in a good way) adventures, which all lead up to the point where he finds out that he must be the one to kill the Darkest wizard of all time.

Twilight's plot is about a girl who has split feeling about who she loves. She tries not to get killed. Then she has a kid with one of those guys. Then they try not to get killed again. The end.

But I have to say, both are very original, but Harry Potter's storyline is much more timeless and appeals to a wider range of audience.

5) Awards/Nominations

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone:
OSCAR NOMINATIONS-
--Best Art Direction
--Best Costume Design
--Best Music Original Score
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban:
OSCAR NOMINATIONS-
--Best Music Original Score
--Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire:
OSCAR NOMINATIONS-
--Best Art Direction
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince:
OSCAR NOMINATIONS-
--Best Cinematography
7 TOTAL NOMINATIONS

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and the Breaking Dawn movies have so far not been nominated for any Academy Awards.

6) Pacing
I feel like Twilight spits out new movies every other day. I mean, give the audience time to build up anticipation, and just slow down a bit, like Harry Potter did.
These are Harry Potter's release dates:
November 16, 2001
November 15, 2002
June 4, 2004
November 18, 2005
July 11, 2007
July 15, 2009
November 19, 2010
July 15, 2011
These are Twilight's release dates:
November 21, 2008
November 20, 2009
June 30, 2010
November 18, 2011
November 16, 2012

See what I mean?

7) Critical Acclaim

These are what critics say about the two movie series...
TWILIGHT
50% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
5.7 out of 10- IMDb
2.5 stars- Roger Ebert
NEW MOON
27% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
4.6 out of 10- IMDb
1 star- Roger Ebert
ECLIPSE
54% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
4.7 out of 10- IMDb
2 stars- Roger Ebert
BREAKING DAWN P1
24% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
4.8 out of 10- IMDb
2.5 stars- Roger Ebert
BREAKING DAWN P2
48% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
5.8 out of 10- IMDb
2.5 stars- Roger Ebert

As you can see, the critics don't think too highly for the Twilight series. However, for the Harry Potter series...
SORCERER'S STONE
78% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.2 out of 10- IMDb
4 stars- Roger Ebert
CHAMBER OF SECRETS
82% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.2 out of 10- IMDb
4 stars- Roger Ebert
PRISONER OF AZKABAN
89% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.7 out of 10- IMDb
3.5 stars- Roger Ebert
GOBLET OF FIRE
77% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7. 4 out of 10- IMDb
3.5 stars- Roger Ebert
ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
77% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.4 out of 10- IMDb
3.5 stars- Roger Ebert
HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
83% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.3 out of 10- IMDb
3 stars- Roger Ebert
DEATHLY HALLOWS P1
79% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
7.6 out of 10- IMDb
3 stars- Roger Ebert
DEATHLY HALLOWS P2
96% Fresh- Rotten Tomatoes
8.1 out of 10- IMDb
3.5 stars- Roger Ebert
See? Even though Twilight is popular amongst its fans, the pros are not so impressed. I mean HP 7 P2 even got a rare 96% and a rare 8.1 rating!! That's amazing.

In Conclusion. Many Twilighters argue that Twilight has had a bigger box office sucess, but that's not true. The least ticket-selling HP movie (#3) earned more money than the best selling Twilight movie (#4part2). Besides, numbers aren't everything. They don't make the film better. It just proves that Twilight has more fan girls. Which also doesn't improve the film's overall quality. Some argue that RobPattz is hotter than Daniel Radcliffe. Well, first of all, that has nothing to do with the MOVIE, and second, him being attractive doesn't help the film either. Please feel free to leave your opinions in the comments below, but please no hating comments. It's mean, hurtful, and silly. Thanks for reading.

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cassie-1-2-3 1. Um what? All this shows me is that you're very bad at YouTube. That song, or whatever you linked, has nothing to do with the Twilight soundtracks. It's just some techno thing with Twilight pictures. It's not even a remix of a Song from any of the scores or soundtracks. 2. You mean that imaginary list you just made up in your head? Honestly, I doubt any of those actors would make it anywhere near an actual accredited "Top 30 Actors in the World" list. 3. Some would agree with you, some would not. That is not an undeniable fact. 4. See #3 5. That's not really proof of anything other than that Harry Potter has been nominated for Academy Awards. 6. I don't see what you mean, actually. I think they made a mistake in Harry Potter by allowing their actors to age quicker than their characters. Especially since they weren't fully grown like the Twilight actors. It would have looked better if they were filmed more seamlessly, but it's no big deal and I get than they need breaks every once in a while. 7. You're going to use Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB to measure critics acclaim? Good luck with that.

bri-marie 1. Um, did you read the description of the video? The person who posted the Twilight song? Yeah... he flat out says it's "my rendition of the Twilight theme song." Rendition doesn't mean "actually in the movie." But, either way, the fact that you like the Harry Potter music better than Twilight is an opinion, not a "undeniable fact." 2. I don't know where you got that list from, but there is no "top 30 actors" list (except for fan made ones on the AMC and IMdB websites. There's a "top grossing actors" list, where [i]some[/i] of the actors you made make an appearance. But, a) the information you give is faulty, because not all those actors you listed are top 30 grossing actors and b) that doesn't mean anything except Harry Potter starts make a lot of money. That doesn't mean they're better actors. Which, by the way, is also an opinion, not an "undeniable fact." 3. Also opinion. Also, the fact that there aren't any youtube videos about Twilight's good effects means, literally, nothing. 4. Opinion. 5. Lots of good movies haven't won awards. Lots of crappy movies have won awards. This point really doesn't mean much of anything. 6. LOTR and PotC released movies right after another as well (except for the break between the 3rd LOTR movie, and The Hobbit.. But, since the Hobbit's three movies are being released right after one another...) I guess this means that those series' are bad? By your logic, anyway. Again, this point really doesn't mean much of anything. Especially when the movies are based off books, so the pacing of when they're released is irrelevant. 5.Much like number five, this really doesn't mean much of anything. Lots of good movies have gotten horrible critics (Roger Ebert pretty much bashed Thor and admitted he found it so boring that he fell asleep). Lots of good movies have gotten good reviews. Shockingly enough, a person's opinion on a movie doesn't mean very much of anything when comparing it to a person's opinion on a completely different movie.

zar_far11 Um, excuse me, didn't I already say I don't care for arguments?

bri-marie You said "no hate comments.' Pointing out flaws in your argument aren't "hate comments." If you only want to talk to people who agree with everything you say, you probably shouldn't post on a public internet forum made up of people who aren't always going to agree with you.

Rayne_Erode18 First of all, Twilight is a degrading movie/book series that nobody except pathetic girls like to read. Unlike Harry Potter, Twilight is stuck in the same damn setting, whereas in Harry Potter, they travel to different places. On another note, all the characters in Twilight are Mary Sues. Mary Sues are BAD. I repeat. Mary Sues are BAD. See Mary-Sue. A female fanfiction character who is so perfect as to be annoying. The male equivlalent is the Marty-Stu. Often abbreviated to "Sue". A Mary Sue character is usually written by a beginning author. Often, the Mary Sue is a self-insert with a few "improvements" (ex. better body, more popular, etc). The Mary Sue character is almost always beautiful, smart, etc... In short, she is the "perfect" girl. The Mary Sue usually falls in love with the author's favorite character(s) and winds up upstaging all of the other characters in the book/series/universe. There are several main types of Mary Sue: Victim!Sues: The Victim!Sue is your whiny, wimpy, pathetic female character who can't seem to do much of anything except cry and get herself into trouble that the romantic interest of the fic has to rescue her from. Warrior!Sues: The Warrior!Sue is usually loud, obnoxious and (of course) an amazing warrior. She'll usually have some tragic past that led her to become a warrior, and she'll upstage all of the Canonical characters with her mad Sueish powerz. Mage!Sue: Similar to the Warrior!Sue, the Mage!Sue has amazing stregnth in magic, or has a magical power that nobody else has. She'll usually wind up upstaging all of the magical charac... more... buy mary sue mugs & shirts by nscangal Jul 29, 2005 share this add a video 2. Mary Sue 385 up, 53 down The most common type of Mary Sue is a character based an the author's idealization of themself. Furthermore, because the author is imagining a preferred version of themself, and because faults are overlooked in favor of optimization, a Mary Sue tends to have only superficial resemblance to the author, sharing similar likes/dislikes and a similar spirituality (when applicable), but objectifying things such as worldview and relationships. This type of Mary Sue is more common simply because it's easier to write and is more appealing to the author. This Mary Sue is found in fanfics and original fiction alike. Yes, Mary Sues abound even in professional writing. So you see, Twilight is an insufferable series that shouldn't even have the right to exist. Without furtherado, i suggest that you leave this poor girl alone and get on with your lives. I'm sure she has better things to do than listen to your pathetic attempts to defend Twilight. Thank you for your time.

zar_far11 <3 you.

alexisn10 1. The Twilight scores are pretty well done and the actual soundtracks are awesome. Besides, Twilight shares composers with Harry Potter and even Lord of the Rings (Eclipse guy did all LOTR films and the Hobbit and French New Moon guy did Harry Potter 7/8) 2. Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Gary Oldman, and Ralph Fiennes are all fine actors nevertheless. Them being on this list makes sense. But Dan, Emma, and Rupert. I mean, they're good actors to me but considering that it's a list of only 30 of the greatest actors of all time I'm sure they would put Daniel Day Lewis, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, and Meryl Streep before them. 3. I agree 4. I agree 5. You forgot Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2's nominations :( I say the same thing for Lord of the Rings, an Oscar doesn't make the film any better. I used to think otherwise but it's true. The Avengers didn't win anything this year yet it's still one of the (in my opinion at least, the best was Django) best films of 2012. Same goes for The Hobbit. Hunger Games was also seen as one of the best films of 2012 and it wasn't even nominated for anything. 6. That doesn't really make the films better... 7. All a critic's opinion (I used to think otherwise). There were a handful of critics that called Harry Potter mediocre and a handful that called them genius. There were a ton of critics that even called genius films mediocre.

cassie-1-2-3 I don't feel degraded by reading anything and Mary Sues aren't bad, in my opinion, if they do indeed exist. <3 for me.

zanhar1 I think you're article is well written compared to some of the others on this spot.

zar_far11 Thx

zanhar1 No problem

Witchnivi Totally true....

GinnyRonFred I do think Harry Potter is better but you are not really helping this conflict! Sorry! But you article is well written so good job for the effort!

tsmith120 If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion: When you have a heading that says you have seven undeniable reasons as to why Harry Potter beats Twilight, maybe make sure they are actually undeniable.

fandomforever Um, I agree that harry potter is billions of times better than the crap they call twilight, but I mean these aren't undeniable facts.

Points to Address - Letter to Smeyer

posted by DracoLuver

Hello everyone!

I'm planning on writing a letter to Stephenie Meyer regarding the Twilight series. I wanted to address all the points many people do not like in the series. The letter is going to be friendly and straight-forward. I wanted to hear what everyone would want me to include. These are a few of the topics I am going to be including:

- Anti-feminism
- Abusive relationship
- Unhealthy obsession
- Lust does not equal love
- Bella is horribly rude to her friends (not valued friendships)

These are just a few. Please add anything and if there is something specific you'd like me to add.

I'll be working on this letter and posting on Sunday on Fanpop, so I can add anything else and have your approval and then I will send it to her.
I understand that Seth probably won't let it get to her, but it's worth a shot and I will post his reply (assuming he does reply.)

Thank you! :)

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Twilight vs. Harry Potter

posted by Kassaremidylynn

I wrote this a while ago for my English class. We had to write about something we felt strongly about, and I feel very strongly about this, so...

Many people think that I would be an avid Twilight lover and a hater of the Harry Potter books after their first impression. What they see may seem to point to that: I’m a fifteen year old girl who devours books, is a self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, loves all things vampire related, and I wear a ton of black. In reality, this couldn’t be far from the truth. It is actually the complete opposite. I absolutely despise anything Twilight related...

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Meyer Arrested: a fanfiction

posted by GemonkDruid

A/N: I just thought it would be an interesting subject, you know? And before you do anything, just to let you know, I FAIL at characterisation. So don't go all batshit on me if I get Hermione or anyone else wrong, 'kay?

Today, on the 17th of October, the court session for the famous "Meyer Case" was initiated. Stephenie Meyer, founder of Twilight, inc., the billion-dollar advertising company, was arrested on several charges, including: allegations of fraud charged by worldwide companies Feminism, inc., 3D pwns 2D, and Literature n Books; the murder of various brain cells; abuse and rape of thesarus,...

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harryginny vs edwardbella

posted by emilykuru

Fanfiction:

edward-bella vs harry-ginny

Edward and bella go to a railway station during one rainy day in london. They meet harry and ginny there,

( bella is not changed into a vampire yet )

Edward: bella love, close your eyes please!

Bella: why edward?

(thinks to himself)

Edward : just yesterday I had promised her that she was the prettiest one I have ever seen, but here here is ginny who looks so pretty.
And bella should better stay away from harry, or she will ditch me like jake..

( meanwhile harry is using legilimence when edward is busy thinking )

Harry: well, why am I going to eye a crackpot...

bri-marie's Anti-Twilight Story

posted by bri-marie

There once was this girl named Bri, who had a best friend (for this article, we'll call her Z). Bri and Z had identical taste in books. So, when Z gave Bri Twilight for Christmas and told her how “great” it was and kept going on and on. She tried to convince Bri that it was better than Harry Potter (the book Bri had been obsessed with since she was nine) but Bri didn't believe that at all. Still, if Z liked it, then Bri knew she would like it. She had no hesitation when she cracked the binding. She was hooked.

Now, this was before Twilight grew to be psychotically massive, so when Bri came...

Harry Potter compared to Twilight

posted by She_wolf

It's pretty obvious from just my username that I am a 'Twilighter',but I will try not to be biast in this article. So, lets compare the two...

Which made more money?

♥ The movie 'Twilight' made $69,637,740 in the USA and £2,508,422 in the UK, in its opening weekend. 'Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone/philosphers stone' made $90,294,621 in the USA and £16,335,627 in the UK, in its opening weekend.

♥ 'New Moon' in its opening weekend made $142,839,137 in the USA and £11,683,158 in the UK, whereas 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets' made $88,357,488 in the USA and £18,871,829 in...

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The World Should Wake Up From the Tyrant Government of "Twilight"

posted by ryomaidol

I have researched the following and well, I am not really surprised about the results. But I still ask some questions.

Why is Twilight more "popular" when HP sold more than 400 million while Twilight only sold 53 million? Also, Twilight is just 45% in the tomato meter while HP is 83% in the tomato meter? Third, Twilight sold about $191,449,475 while HP sold about $283,879,025? Another is Twilight is never shown in Kid's almanacs (the World and Time yearly almanacs) while HP is seen may times over. Twilight fans, don't you see, HP is better even of you turn the world upside down or inside out!...

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Twilight

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (sorcerer's) Stone: Iran

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Source: education.wisc.edu

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Hogwarts will always welcome you home

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Hilarious Twilight Defenses.

posted by LilRavenclaw95

These are the weirdest, saddest Twilight defenses on the planet. *NOTE: I have nothing against reasonable Twilight fans, but ones like this? *facepalm*

Tiwlite deost scuk jew bichezz!!!!!1!!” twilite iz da beste buck i hav evar red in mi lief!!!! so wat if inot have red so maney bks in my lief!! i actualey hav ay lieff and bukks hapen to b four peeple wizout eny frends!!!!!!!1111 sou dant juzt PRUVVEZ hou gud twilit iz!!!!!!!!! adn anuzer ding i am sexteen not twelve adn i reeli LUVE TWAILITE wish usst PRUVVEZ it iz four mature, enteliggent peepolnot like hary poter dat is juzt four lusers...

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Kristen Stewart at Mulberry Fashion Show

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Breaking Dawn Premiere - London

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Author photo shoots

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Harry Potter

posted by one_a_kind4ever

Harry Potter vs. Twilight has always been an argument. I believe that Harry Potter is obviously the upper hand in my opinion. Both stories are both interesting and entertaining but the problem is deciding if one is better.

Harry Potter was written with an amazing storyline and many people have followed it for many years and even dress up for the premiers. In the eyes of danger Harry and his friends risk their lives to save their world from falling apart. The story takes seven books to tell their story. Each book is filled with adventure and a new lesson that Harry learns. Fans of the series...

One Hundred and Twenty Seven Minus One Hundred and Twenty Six Hours

posted by ThirdPhoenix

It was the time between the fourth and fifth Harry Potter books and right after Bella leaves Jacob for Edward in the Twilight series when IT happened.
James, the evilest of the evil, had no money. He knew his antagonist part required him to have money. He needed money. There was only one thing to do....
He stepped into the swirling nothingness, and seconds later turned up in a gloomy, slimy hallway. "Are you here, Lord Voldemort?"
The dark shape slid out of the shadow. "More money, James?" He said cooly. "We may both be the antagonists of our books, but you do owe me...."
"OWE YOU WHAT!?"...

Harry vs Edward

posted by june13

We all been asking since this culb stared who would win the fight Harry Potter or Edward Cullen. First it mattereds if Harry has is wand wish it would come avange of him in a way and if Edward had Bella or not she would come a distracing to him lets start.
Harry has is wand and Edward does not have Bella. But Edward can read his man but since he does not know what the spells do it will not help at all and Edward has got speed that will help him out alot becouse he can get a way from the spell so they both got disavanges and avanges so it just may be a tie

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AstridGoof8219's Anti-Twilight Story.

posted by AstridGoof8219

There once was a young adult woman named Astrid. One day in Spring 2008, her good friend, Rhonda visited her. She told Astrid about this book series called Twilight, Rhonda said that she read the books and that they were really good. Astrid then went to Borders and bought the three books. When she got home, she opened up the first book and started to read away. Astrid then decided that she liked it too. A day later, she read New Moon, only this time, Astrid didn't like it as much as Twilight. Wishing to continue reading after the slight disliking, she read Eclipse hoping it would be better...

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letters from hp to twi

posted by luv_warriorcatz

lets say that bella and hermione were off friends (really off). Hermione is at hogwarts where she is happy and bella is at forks with her vamp buddies where she is happy. And they know each other's secrets. One day, Hermione wrote bella a letter.

Dear Bella Swan,

I have heard about your acts in Forks and how your boyfriend, edward broke up with you. I feel really sorry for you. Then you found him again in Volterra, Italy and you started going out with him again. My opinion might not matter in this but I feel as if I should tell you about this. I am afraid that you might be a little bit obssessive....

Twilight Monopoly

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