Best. Franchise. Ever.

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INDIVIDUALLY, none of the films are classics in their own right.

However, as a franchise from the first movie to the last, Harry Potter has to be one of the greatest - if not THE greatest - achievements in cinema.

TNP Show's Jason Johnson argues that the films spawned from JK Rowling's books have superior characters to Star Wars, a better story than The Lord Of The Rings, more perfect special effects than The Matrix and has achieved a level of consistency that no other movie series has ever achieved.