The One Series to Rule Them All

It's a bit hard to pinpoint just why I like Star Wars more than Star Trek seeing as I've only ever seen two episodes of Star Trek, but those two episodes didn't seem to make too much of an impression on me. The atmosphere of it seems a lot more dialogue-oriented than Star Wars, and less full of action. And beyond that action, I appreciate Star Wars for its level of groundbreaking film technique, but also in its re-imagination of the story of the archetypal hero. At its time, it was a shot in the dark to make a movie such as this, but George Lucas managed to turn it into a huge success against all odds, and that's why it upholds so much more of a legacy than Star Trek.

As for Harry Potter, I, like everyone else in this blog, grew up watching the Harry Potter films, and I'm sure that those others feel that same nostalgic connection to it that I do. It's a fantastic update to the coming-of-age style genre, and the fact that the movies had such high production value gave them leeway to be as creative as they needed to be to bring the magic to life. However, Harry Potter wasn't the only series with high production films being released at that time. J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings was hugely popular, and it's massive fan base made it a box office hit. Honestly, when Lord of the Rings first came out, I had no interest in it whatsoever. Only after all three films had been released on VHS was I able to watch them, and at that point in my life, I really didn't get the movies. But having viewed them again within the past year, I have gained a huge understanding as to why they are so appraised, and I can confidently say that the Lord of the Rings series is the better series, at least in terms of movies. The reason is that with Harry Potter, the first three films are fantastic, but as they moved along in the series, there were some very specific things that I simply had some qualms with. In Lord of the Rings, all three films are very cohesive, so it is difficult to say that I like one film better than any of the others, and thus, I love the entire series of films equally.