These are two (2) great fiction movies. i love them both
LORD OF THE RINGS is a very long story with three parts namely;
Fellowship of the ring - part 1
The two towers          - part 2
The return of the King- part 3
the complete story ends in part three (3), where the hobbits, Gandalf, men and elves succeed in saving the world (middle earth) from SAURON's destruction

HARRY POTTER is also an interesting tale of a young wizard (harry) and his adventures at Hogwarts - school of witchcraft and wizardry
so far iv seen only three parts namely
Harry Potter and the Socerrer's Stone - part 1
Harry potter and the Chamber of secrets - part 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - part 3

so far iv watched all the movies listed above and i just don't know which one i prefer so fellas letz hear your opinion

haven't seen lord of da rings cuz i don't like such movies but i just downloaded it, meanwhile, harry porter, i just watched da last one cuz i was forced 2 watch it 4 a school assignmnet and it was nice so i wanna download harry porter den watch da 2 movies and den make ma comments, loo, although am likely 2 like harry porter beta, lol

Hell yeah, LOTR is the best anyday. The both just dont compare at all. LOTR is better made, more interesting, invigorating than Harry Potter series.

Come to think of it, the LOTR is listed among the 10 greatest movies of all time by yahoo movies.

LOTR is the bomb!

Have seen the two movies. They are both Adventrous but i would prefer harry porter because the end is yet to come. Voldamont is Back and who knows if its going to take anada 13 years to complete that film. Its intresting, its great and its full of suspence, You just cannot guess what happens before it does! You forget to Mention Harry porter and the Goblet of Fire!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire? is that the part 4?
i'll really like to watch it
i don't miss the Harry Potter series

I personally think Harry Potter is more Hilarious itz got some things to make you laugh, like anytime[b] RON[/b] and HERMIONE argue itz always funny
The unending Battle Between HARRY and[b] MALFOY[/b].

Its the Part 4, thats where Voldamount returned as full human

Oh my God Voldermort back? in human form? HARRY IS DEAD
When i get back i'll make sure i watch it
lemme ask u Asiwaju Is it true Professor Dumbledore was killed?
_{pls don't say yes}

well all lovers of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings get ready coz when next i post i'll ask some questions on both movies.

Professor Dumbledore is alive and well in all the Harry Potter movies.

No comparison. Harry Potter is fun to watch and entertaining. The books are well writen and a worthwhile read, but both the films and the books do not compare to LOTR.
LOTR is an epic in the grand classical tradition, the phantasy world of LOTR is so convincing and full of details (Tolkien actually [i]invented [/i]several languages for Middle Earth) that it would be like comparing the latest Winnie The Pooh childrens book to Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

They r both great in their own amazing ways but I will go for lords of the rings because its no kiddy stuff. No joke here. I dont think harrys power can overcome the power of the ring

I'm a fan of adventure movies, and those two are still in my Top ten movies , and for the actors and actresses in the movies, they were all good in there parts. Can't forget both FRODO and HARRY though.

I voted LOTR but I don't think they compare, Harry potter is mostly aimed at a younger audience whereas LOTR is deeper,

LMAO @ LOTR and Harry Potter appearing in the same sentence. You must not have read 'em cos if you have you'll realise why errbody here been saying it ain't no contest at all. I ain't even gonna bother voting cos this is just lame.

It's like comparing King Sunny Ade with Dele Taiwo. ROF-LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

I would go with harry potter, i dont seem to understand Lord of the Rings

both books and movie are deeply entertaining but like nferyn said, you can't compare both 'cos LOTR is a classic in every definition of that word. Harry Potter on the other hand. . . *shrugs*

Lord of the rings, of course.

c'mon guys! harry porter is a cute little interesting children's movie dat's all,but LOTR is a real classic,in a every sense of the word.no room for comparison,infact doing that will be movie heresy.

lord of da ring

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? LOTR is WAY better than HP. I mean, come on! Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortenson, Elija Woods! WOOT! LOTR all the way.

i will die for lord of d rings any time any day,dat is wat they call film.c if ujwant me to act all the scenes just holla me,i go act am for u,do u know my favourite character? U must know, Action boi Legolas. AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. Pls take me 2 the asylum.

badman88 dis is for u,d reason u dont understand the film is because u may have been in a noisy environment or ur mind was not just there.ow can u say u dont understand LOTR? Haba dont talk like dat
well if u want me to explain the whole story i will do dat for u.i know parts one to three by heart, infact its like when i go home na to rewatch the film.im just obsessed wit the film, i can go on and on.somebody tell me to shut up because i just wont stop.now badmann look at the part one, ma mama say make i shut up but she cant stop me from craseing?shey that english correct so?somebody stop me.

and do u giys know who is in the picture. viggo mortensson(aragon), liv tyler (arwen) and elijah woods(frodo)  nice one.

LOTR all the way.

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and do u giys know who is in the picture. viggo mortensson(aragon), liv tyler (arwen) and elijah woods(frodo) nice one.

Who doesn't know who's in the picture. What a question.

@nferyn

I agree that LOTR is in a class of its own, what with it being an 80-year old classic that spawned an entire subgenre of popular literature and single-handedly created a template from which a billion other incredbly rich tapestries were wrought, but we shouldn't detract from HP just because it is only a few years old.

HP is a childrens story at heart, but remember, the Hobbit was equally juvenile in its disposition when tolkien wrote it. Its broad appeal comes from Rowlings' incredible talent at 'projecting', what I call the trick writers use to make a circumstance that the reader may not otherwise experience, seem so familiar! HP actually enables us experience what the children at hogwarts experience, regardless of our ages, and the realisation of this is so rich, so enchanting that it is difficult not to get caught up!

I grew up on Narnia, read LOTR while in uni, and was introduced to HP around the time of the second movie. Personally I think all three are amazing and am thrilled that the movie realisations are so complete, so perfect. I can;t wait for the wheel of time and DUNE to get a similar treatment.

So which is better? I'd have to say LOTR- mainly because all 3 movies mainained a high standard. as for HP, the first was lovely, the second was boring, the third was excellent (but slow to pick up) and the fourth was good but rushed and abbreviated compared to the original novel.

How can u compare Lord of the rings with Harry potter. Of course harry potter is better. It has an interestingly unique story u can actually follow through all the series from the philosopher's stone to half blood prince. When u read any of the books, u actually feel u are a part of the story. after i read half blood prince, i actually thot about the possibility of a wizarding world somwhere with hogwarts, harry, hermione,dumbledore and others.I'm not takin anything away from Lord of the rings but Harry potter is better. I've read and watched all the harry potter series available.i've also read and watched all of lord of the rings and i can clearly say that harry potter is far better, and i cant wait for book 7.

nairalanders,, does anyone know how i can get in touch with J.K Rowling herself?? i need to contact her and tell her some stuff for book 7,

reading harry potter was so cool,
but the movie wasn't really up to my imaginations,
lord of the rings wasnt too interesting to read but the movie was spectacular,
this is a hard decision oooo,
but i go give am to lord of the rings!!

As you can see, this thread is about the movies.

It is about the movies but,


its impossible to seperate them from the source material!

much of the appeal of these movies is their extraordinary faithfulness to the original texts. In particular, that is what did it for me vis a vis fellowship of the ring (PJ went crazy with TTT and ROTK afterwards but the fils were awesome so we forgive him)

definitely LORD OF THE RINGS!

this movie is just awesome and you feel Frodo & Sam all the way. Sam is a friend through & through, talk about a friend who believed in & stuck to Frodo all the way even when that nasty smiegel tried all he could to part and kill Frodo Baggins. Elijah Woods really did his role justice

the whole story, costume and of course d cast are just too awesome.
you need to watch the trilogy in one sitting to really enjoy d movie.

Harry Potter is ok but i'm gonna stick to LOTR