Tuesday, July 14, 2009

JK Rowling and the Half Milked Franchise

Obviously,I am no fan of Miss Rowling's novel about the boy wizard who sports a ridiculous scar shaped like a lightning on his forehead.Daniel Radcliffe's horrible 'acting' in the movies did not help change my mind either.I don't know about you but I've always felt that Miss Rowling is not a very good storyteller,at least after the movie rights to her line of books were sold.Since then,her characters have lost their magic and being made to resemble more like their counterparts on the big screen.In the first three books,I've never imagined Hermione to look like Emma Watson or Harry Potter like Daniel.When the first cast list was released,I found myself laughing and predicted a flop.Well,I have been proven wrong but my judgement remains the same.The Harry Potter line is one of the worst movie franchises to ever grace the cinema and television.Don't get me wrong,I love fantasy and I love Brit movies even more.But when Miss Rowling made her first million off Harry Potter,I felt that she released her books just to keep raking the money in.After all,it does not matter how terrible the writing is as she's got an established fanbase,ready to strike down naysayers on fan websites,forums and blogs(for another example,look at Twilight).I must admit that I did read her last Harry Potter book,though it was due to my mother having bought it at Giant and insisting I read or else I'll say goodbye to my allowance.I've already had my doubts that it would be the final book,and the poorly written epilogue seemed like it was copied and pasted from some fan fic site.Sure enough,she announced sometime after that she will write more books based along the Potter universe.What,Harry Potter's Kids and the Umpteenth Resurrection of the Dark Lord?Harry Potter True Hogwarts Story:I Was Dumbledore's Gay Lover?In conclusion,you definitely won't see me lining up to watch The Half Blood Prince after it premieres in local cineplexes.Heck,I didn't even watch Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix.But what's sure is that it will break box office records around the world.And you can bet Miss Rowling is not gonna stop milking her cash cow.Oh no.She's not done yet.

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