There is a major distinction between enjoying fantasy and believing it to be true. It’s only a good use of the imagination. Some wonderful fiction writers, artists etc have been atheists ie: Isaac Asimov; conversely, some devoutly Christian authors have been able to imagine wonderfully secular characters and societies, such as Sir Thomas Moore in Utopia.
So, to answer your question, no. I still fully enjoy ALL machinations of the human brain. It’s beautifully complicated and can always create the frameworks for different realities that do and do not purport actual reality. You just have to take it for what it is. ?

Nothing wrong with well written fantasy - even if it does not correspond to reality, it can still be INTERNALLY consistant ... and fiction is, after all, fictional. If it wasn't 'different from normal life' it would be no more entertaining than normal life.

The problem is reading a fictional fantasy book - something like the bible - and convincing yourself that it's not fiction at all.

I don't like ghost movies. I am a huge Harry Potter fan though. I have the books and movies. I own a shirt too.

God I hope not. I’m an author, and the supernatural is my genre. Ghosts, vampires, witches, even shaman. They all make up the stories that I tell. Right now my favorite television show is Supernatural, and I’ve been binging it for weeks now. Bewitched was one of my favorite shows as a kid, and still own all the DVDs—along with Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

I have always loved mythology as well. It has fascinated me how societies and cultures have viewed the world and how they used their mythologies to discuss that part of life that they couldn’t see or understand.

As to Harry Potter, this is more than a book about a wizard... it’s about a boy who relies on his community, who steps up even when it costs him dearly, and who faces his fears and has to deal with the real challenges of living with ‘light’ and ‘darkness’ that do battle inside of our minds. It’s one of the best mythologies of our generation. The magic is only the icing on the cake.

I'd love to live in a magic world haha. It's exactly what I think it's supposed to be: an escape into a world where things are possible that aren't in our mundane world. Plus it's a good setting to explore concepts (morality etc) in a far different environment. So despite not believing in any of it IRL, I love me some fantasy movies.

More of a hard science fiction fan but some fantasy is good too. Read Lord of the Rings long before it became mainstream and also a big HP Lovecraft fan.

I can stomach them, but they sure aren't scary anymore!

I grew up with Harry Potter and Star Wars and love the avengers. I know it is not real.

Growing up, we learned the difference between fiction and reality. Well before 9 years old, in fact. We knew Looney Toons wasn't real. We knew Wile E. Coyote didn't really die after falling off the cliff. We knew that was not real. So - for anyone who does not enjoy well-written fiction because it's not real - well, don't stop the rest of us from enjoying a well-deserved escape. I deal with reality all day long (so does everyone!) - I enjoy Harry Potter, Marvel movies, and a brief respite.

I have no problem is fictitious story. A problem emerges when a seemingly fictitious story is being portrayed as real.

Can't even watch marble comics anymore lol. And last Star wars was a bitter disappointment as well. An I growing too picky or just too old lol?
Ghost Movie as are the worst. Stupid screams supposingly scary moments that make my laugh?.
Good movie for me was Happy death day ?. Funny smart and alive?.

Many of these films require a suspension of belief, require you to "check your brain at the door" to be enjoyed. If the story is well told, Idon't mind, but many of these are so poorly told I cannot stomach them.

I've never been religious, so perhaps I'm exempt from your question but I'm going to answer it anyway. Yes, some of it is crap, but a lot of it is really good. I love Harry Potter. There's so much more to it than magic. Sure, it's not real, but why not take a break from reality once in awhile? It's not like we think it's true or anything. It's just fun, entertainment, an exercise for your imagination. Having an imagination is a wonderful thing.

I still enjoy Epic Fantasy Novels, those written for a more mature audience. The KEY word being Fantasy.

It depends. As with any genre, there are great works and there is crap. I was never a fan of vampire plots and, by extension, find zombie flicks repugnant. The sole exception being Night of the Living Dead. I grew up on and still love the Conan books and John Carter series but the movies have sucked. In a sense, all fiction is fantasy and not even history is completely real.

I was referring to the magic and fantasy as being an example of poor writing. What I mean is that, even though many people think of fantasy as good imagination, I think it's an easy way out -- just think of a new "power" or new creature with new supernatural powers or whatever. Good writing means writing within constraints of reality to make it work. I can still tolerate Sci-Fi, as they usually attempt to work within natural law (e.g. being able to travel faster than light is impossible, but travelling faster than the speed of light is based on a scientific principle, not some kind of fantasy). But when they start getting into disembodied souls or the ability to create something by imagining it or mind over matter, credibility is sacrificed, and my interest starts to wane.

I was a big Star Trek fan, but I now view some of the episodes with disdain because they get into disembodied souls (spirits) or the ability to create something from nothing (e.g. Catharian apple tree) or forces created by just thinking about it (Plato's Stepchildren). I can accept warp drive, transporters, and aliens that look a heckuva lot like dressed-up humans, though.

Any mention of "magic" or "supernatural" in the description of a movie or TV show tells me it's not something I want to see.

I can live with supernatural and magical elements in a good story line, but if those elements are added to save a shitty plot, forget it.

Never really liked them. Except for the original ghostbusters. LOL.

Such moviesw have not inerested me since I was a kid.

Fantasy I love as I know it's fantasy . Anything that tries to make out its based on real life like certain horrors I can't stop laughing at. But things like hell raiser I do like as they are just made up . Hope that makes sense

I know what you mean... Ony if it is overdone though.. Sometimes if that's the main content of the work it bores me to death lol

Even before I got my skeptic card I weened myself off science fiction, the last Jean M. Auel book I didn't even finish because it was so unlikely. Don't read fiction at all anymore. This is what I've been reading lately. [goodreads.com]