ttatog back again with another media related discussion.
november 21 2008 harry potter and the half blood prince hits theaters after number 5 last summer truly rocked the box office.
december 12 2008 twilight, a movie based off of the new hit book series hits theaters targeting roughly the same audience as harry potter.
the question is: who will win? will daniel radcliff lead the largest movie franchise in history to another successful flick? or will the new series twilight truly be the next harry potter?
fans of both series have been eagerly battling each other arguing back and forth with thousands of video blogs and skits. now its time for wajigma perspective.
if you recall in 2005 the book series eragon made a movie. at the time the same rumors were floating around. Eragon the book was an enormous hit and people began to question harry potters monopoly over the young adults book market. but unfortunately it was never meant to be, the movie crashed and was followed by a good but not ground breaking sequel “eldest”.
so im predicting that twilight will experience the same failure. the series has only been out for 2 years and i feel like they are jumping the gun a little bit. there are no truly spectacular actors in this film, robert pattison playing the main character edward cullen. now if you recall this isnt the first time this actor has gone head to head against daniel radcliff, he also played cedric digory in harry potter and the goblet of fire.
i must say that the odds do not look good for twilight but, please prove me wrong keep the discussion going.
ttatog out
GYA here, I agree that they may have jumped the gun, but I feel that the reason Eragon failed as a film was because the book had no original ideas in it, and therefore when it was made a movie, people complained that they were seeing a Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and Earthsea takeoff. The movie didn’t follow the book enough, and it kept everything that was copied from other books (not hard). However, Twilight is an original story, and the question will be will it feel like an original movie. It has potential, but rushed potential.
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