> How many people do you know who went to a school like Hogwart's? My total count comes to zero. Just because it's a high school in an alternate universe doesn't mean that Harry Potter films are "high school movies." The major events and crises in Harry Potter films tend to revolve around, you know, magic and monsters and stuff, which is not a major feature in most people's high school careers.

Dude, Goblet of Fire has a major plot thread about Harry and his friends finding dates for a dance. There are cliques and bullies and homework and tests and teen angst.

Being a teenager and being in high school absolutely factor into the Harry Potter stories. They're more about being in school than, say, either Bill and Ted movie (though I agree with you that at least Excellent Adventure should be on the list).

> Explain to me why Sinbad is great and Rocky Horror is terrible, please. Neither of them is exactly what anyone would call "great art," and yet they're both campy and awful and fun to watch. I suspect the reason why you hate Rocky Horror so much is somewhat because its more gratuitous nature offends you personally.

Rocky Horror is way too self-aware. Sinbad works as a bad movie because it seems to be serious.

Stephen