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To my surprise, I enjoyed them very much. Early on, they showed signs of horror creeping in, and I found those amusing too. In fact, I wanted to learn more about the story, and so I read the books, which I found quite good as well. I ended up becoming a HP fan against my best intentions. I'm still not reading or watching much else with dragons and such, but both the LOTR films and the HP films stand out to me.
The truth is that thematically, they are not so different from, say, Star Wars, a film series that is often called science fiction when, in fact, it more closely resembles fantasy. Wizards, young boys finding a path in life, dark forces working in the shadows to do evil, magic called magic or magic called The Force, ... it's all the same.
The Potter films have a few really cool London-based scenes, that's for sure. The Millennium Bridge is featured very well in one of the latter films.
I only enjoyed the latest D&D film. I've got nothing good to say about the ones that came before. That Jeremy Irons flick was terrible in my book, and its two cheap sequels were even harder to sit through. These films illustrate why fantasy continues to rarely entertain me. The most recent one, with Chris Pine, has a solid cast, some cool visuals and jokes that actually work, but I'm still not interested in anything D&D beyond that.
The Tolkien stuff only works for me in the original LOTR films, which I consider absolutely amazing. The Hobbit stuff, while not bad, felt drawn out far beyond what was acceptable. The recent anime film didn't get me excited at all, and I have zero interest in the TV series.
I have never had any interest whatsoever in seeing Game Of Thrones either. I understand it's got its fans, and by all means, people show enjoy what they can. I cannot comment on it since I haven't seen a single episode, but it's not exactly on my 'to do' list. ;-)
Although I think that's actually a bit of an issue as I think the films (and books) started off being set in the early-ish 90s; they're technically period films! So the Millennium Bridge shouldn't have been built yet!
Oh yes, I'm only interested in the Chris Pine D&D, none of the rest of it.
Yes, including the Millennium Bridge is an anachronism, considering that the stories are supposed to take place between 1991 and 1998. But it's never been much of an issue for me since there's a lot of neat stuff going on around it. Also, the Potters have a bit of a timeless thing going on. It's not as if they are firmly rooted in the '90s. Most of the time is spent at a school that barely uses any technology from after Medieval Times anyway. ;-)