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   From: Ian@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk   
      
   "Ignis Fatuus"  wrote in message   
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   >If it's hard fact you're after, I've observed that Star Wars puts me   
   >to sleep, but (12-14 yr old) boys seem to think it's the dog's   
   >bollocks. On the other hand I've enjoyed all of the Potters (although   
   >I think the last two movies in particular were a bit pedestrian and so   
   >badly lit that at times I found it hard to tell what was going on). In   
   >fact I was pleasantly surprised by the first movies, as Columbus is   
   such a hack. We have all the Potters on DVD and now Blu-Ray, and they   
   >get watched fairly regularly... but the secondhand SW box set was seen   
   >once and forgotten. I saw the first and third in the cinema, and I   
   >haven't bothered since.   
      
   >Of course, I'm hardly a cross section of the global population, but I   
   >don't know any adults who discuss their favourite SW movies. On the   
   >other hand, Potter crops up fairly regularly in conversation. And of   
   >course, the movies were all written, produced, and directed by men;   
   >but I don't see that it makes much difference. Your argument on that   
   >score is lopsided, as it contains no factual reference, and omits   
   >girls altogether.   
      
   I think people of my age...that first saw Star Wars when they were   
   8-14...still love them. My sister, who is 7 years older than me so would   
   have been 15-22 when they came out, also loves them. I was utterly obsessed   
   with them when I was a kid and have seen them countless times. Most people I   
   know would happily hold a discussion on their favourite SW films! I thought   
   the prequels were shit though. Could be that I was in my late 20's through   
   to early/mid 30's when they came out or it could just be that they were   
   demonstrably worse than the originals. It's not unusual to find younger   
   people than me that prefer them though.   
      
   I've only ever seen the first HP film and it bored me to buggery. I only   
   know of one other person that's a fan, most people I know haven't seen them   
   ( or if they have have never mentioned them ). I generally think of them as   
   movies that young people like. But, as I haven't seen much of them, I can't   
   really say.   
      
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