Twilight vs. Harry Potter
versus
tue 8/4/2009
| name | Twilight. | Harry Potter. |
| story of | A girl who falls in love with a vampire. | A good boy wizard fighting an evil old wizard. |
| based on | The Twilight romance and young adult fiction novels. | The Harry Potter fantasy and young adult fiction novels. |
| authored by | Stephenie Meyer. | J. K. Rowling. |
| inspired by | According to Meyer, each book was inspired by the classic novels of Jane Eyre, Jane Austen, Shakespeare and Emily Bronte. | According to Rowling, the idea of Harry Potter just "fell into her head" when she was traveling on a crowded train. |
| book series | The four-book series started in 2005. The final one was released in 2008. | The seven-books series started in 1997. The final one was released in 2007. |
| film series | The second film adaptation of the series, New Moon, will be released at the end of 2009. | The franchise is in its sixth film adaptation, the latest being Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. |
| film slogan | When you can live forever, what do you live for? | Evil must be confronted. |
| the good guy | Edward Cullen. | Harry Potter. |
| the girl | Bella Swan. | Hermione Granger. |
| the good friend | Jacob Black. | Ron Weasley. |
| the villians | James and Victoria. | Voldemort and Draco Malfoy. |
| controversy | Some say it contains anti-feminist and pro-life messages. | Christian groups say the series promotes witchcraft among children. |
| movie cameos | Author Stephanie Meyer appears as a restaurant patron in the first movie, Twilight. | Brit-rockers Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and Ian Brown (The Stone Roses) make brief appearances. |
| from unknown to sex symbol | Robert Pattinson. | Emma Watson. |
| gross revenues | The book series sold over 53 million copies worldwide and is translated into 37 languages. The first film grossed over $382 million worldwide. | The book series sold over 400 million copies worldwide and is translated into 67 languages. The latest film already grossed $641 million worldwide. |
| bet you didn't know | Meyer's husband, Christian, is nicknamed Pancho. | Rowling is the first author to become a billionaire. |
| in the author's words | "I mean, I can't promise that I won't get lonely for the Cullens and come back to them in ten years, but right now I feel really satisfied with where it is." - Stephenie Meyer. | "I cant say I'll never write another book about that world just because I think what do I know, in ten years time I might want to return to it but I think its unlikely". - J.K. Rowling |
| the critics | Writer Stephen King: “[I]n the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books… it’s thrilling… because it’s not overtly sexual." | Writer Stephen King: "Harry Potter will indeed stand time's test and wind up on a shelf where only the best are kept. I think Harry will take his place with Alice, Huck, Frodo and Dorothy and this is one series not just for the decade, but for the ages." |
Shaquille O'Neal
quote of the day
thu 7/23/2009
(image by Keith Allison via flickr)
"Happy birthday, harry potter main charachter dude."
- Shaquille O'Neal wishes Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe a happy birthday via Twitter.
hair today, gone tomorrow
daily dos
mon 7/20/2009
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince earned $396.7 million worldwide over a 5-day span this weekend, breaking the record previously held by Spider-Man 3.
Emma Watson
quote of the day
fri 7/17/2009
"I have a real thing for Mexican directors."
- Emma Watson of the Harry Potter series talks about her experience working with with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón.
la pirateria
daily dos
mon 1/5/2009
Harry Potter, Wolverine and Terminator: Salvation are among Entertainment Weekly's 12 Big Movies Coming In 2009. (via digg)
we're watching
daily dos
fri 3/14/2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that the final Harry Potter book will be split into two movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, scheduled for release in 2010, followed by "Part II" in 2011. (via Vulture)
it ain't easy
daily dos
wed 12/5/2007
Britney Spears, Saddam Hussein, Harry Potter and "recycling" topped Yahoo! web searches in 2007.
duran duranguense
daily dos
mon 7/23/2007
Reggaetonero RKM was briefly hospitalized after being shot in the leg at a nightclub in Puerto Rico.
duran duranguense
daily dos
mon 7/23/2007
According to its publisher, 8.3 million copies of the last Harry Potter book were sold in the U.S. in its first 24 hours of release. By contrast, just over 271 million albums were sold in the U.S. during the first six months of 2007.
se te salió
daily dos
wed 7/18/2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows, the seventh and final installment of the popular novels by J.K. Rowling, has been leaked online days before its release.
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