this should probably be in the movie discussion area, but oh well...
the stupidest thing i've heard about someone comparing harry potter to lotr, is that my friends little brother, said that lotr stinks... I ask him why, when he hasn't even seen it... He says that they copied off of harry potter, i'm like u are such an idiot, lotr was made like 30 years before harry potter was even thought about, so whatever you do, don't say that a movie stinks if you havent' even seen it...
dobby - gollum
things with evil spirits in it
hero's which are not typical hero's
etc. etc....
__________________ 'But I say to you, king of the Numenoreans, not untill now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, then it is bitter to receive.'
There r more similarities:
The Nazgul nd Dementors
in bk.5 HP, there r Healers working in the hospital, n Healers wuz also in LOTR.
Sauron fell and's fighting to get back 2 power, like Voldemort
There's loads more, i just can't remember right now.