DAMNING THE BALLYHOO ON...HARRY POTTER

I travel to Kings Cross every day on the way to work at the moment and for the past year or so I had to walk past that stupid bloody platform 9 and 3/4 or whatever the hell it was called. Every day I went past it there was always some daft tourist doing some stupid pose next to a trolley stuck in the wall.

And why is this ridiculous "tourist attraction" there? Because of everyone's favourite wizard, Harry Potter. That's right, a fictional character in a book. What a load of nonsense.

I am not going to lie here, I have not read any of his books and I have only seen half of one of the films so my view on Harry Potter is based mainly on scepticism. However, the hype and hysteria that meets every release is something that makes me sick in the stomach. As far as I am aware, Harry Potter is a wizard or something, so by reckoning, that would make it a fantasy novel. Now, I don't think I am pushing the boundaries of intelligence here, but I reckon that most people that like this sort of thing are proably children aged between the age of about 5 to say 13. i.e. What makes me a laugh about Harry Potter is the fact that an equal amount of adults appear to be into this stuff which for me is slightly disturbing. I see adults reading this stuff on the train pretty much all the time. Could I really see myself queing up to the early hours to buy the latest Roald Dahl book? I don't think so. If a 40 year old said to me that he was into Harry Potter then the first thing I would do is check the latest paedophile listings (or whatever, you know what I mean). Then again, he may have been referring to the porn remake of Harry Twotter.......but thats a different story entirely

I personally was quite delighted when everyone got soaked at the latest film premiere, as a load of twunts had queued for about 10 hours or so just to get a glimpse of some of the actors. If this was Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise I would understand the hype a little bit better but is it really a good use of time to spend hours queuing to see a few spotty teenagers? Why not just go home and watch an advert for Clearasil instead?

The first film I saw was fairly standard affair, and not particularly interesting or exciting and mediocre at best. The only thing I found funny about it was making an impromptu gag about Harry Potter showing Hermione his magic wand (ahem), but even the novelty of that wore off after a while.



I reckon that most people are only watching this garbage to keep track of Emma Watson's progress, who recently accidentally showed her knick knacks in public (by accident I hasten to add)


The new film is set to again break box office records but its not something that sits comfortably with me and I really don't think that this series should be put anywhere near the top echelons of any worthwhile film chart. Will these films ever be held as close to people's hearts such as the original Star Wars Trilogy? I don't think so. So please, Mr Harry Potter can you please get on your broomstick and fly the f*ck out of here........