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| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
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| OFFICIAL HPOOTP review thread
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| POSTED Monday , July 09, 2007 07:35:02 PM |
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| REPLIED Wednesday, July 11, 2007 01:23:37 AM |
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| REPLIED Wednesday, July 11, 2007 01:58:42 AM |
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Holy crap... I am blown away. Sure a couple things they tweaked, but the main plot was dang close to the book.
I say the best one yet, and that is just not because it is the latest, it really is the best one yet.
Things tweaked that I noticed right off:
[SPOILER] The whole DA getting caught by Cho Chang with Veritaserum. Harry's eyes glowing green instead of red when Voldemort was possesising him. The centaur thing was shorter. Not explaining Snape and his little hidden message thing at the end. Peck of owls was only one owl, instead of what...five? And the big one, Umbridge having the entire DA write lines on that cursed quill. Oh yeah, and Harry finding out that his father was a big bully by Occlumency lesson instead of the pensieve. And James hair was brown, instead of black. [/SPOILER]
Wow, I am a bit nit picky, but these things I can live with. I especially liked [SPOILER] how they extending the Voldemort possession thing, very emotional and excellent acting by Dan. [/SPOILER]
 OK, I am totally going to bed.
Secret member of CD's D.A. #33
"I must not tell lies."
-OotP
HBP Quotes:
"Yes."
Yes, sir .
"There's no reason to call me 'sir,' Professor."
"Wow-we're identical!"
Fred and George
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| REPLIED Wednesday, July 11, 2007 02:12:51 AM |
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| REPLIED Wednesday, July 11, 2007 03:17:04 AM |
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Since this is a review thread, I am NOT using spoilers, don't read if you don't wanna know.
I personally loved it. But there was one thing I loved MOST out of the whole thing. It was a major change, and one that we all KNOW would have to be approved by JKR to be included. To me it was her saying "Yeah, that'll actually shut some people up!" Killing Sirius with Avada Kedavra and THEN having him fall through the veil. It was like her saying "Yes, he's dead, get over it!" That and when Sirius called Harry "James". Oh and Harry saying "Sorry Professor, I must not tell lies." as she's getting dragged away by Centaurs. But they left out my FAVORITE line from Book 5. Check my sig if you're unsure what. Good movie, everyone should see it.
Harry Potter Addicted, not a stoner.
I just couldn't do it, that pic was making me sick to my stomach. And to all those who kept calling me a racist, never again should you direct a comment in my direction again. You can all go to Hell for all I care.
"Give her hell from us Peeves!"
"He was lying to me! Jesus did I say that? Or just think it?" Duke (Hunter S. Thompson R.I.P) |
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| REPLIED Thursday, July 12, 2007 09:40:19 PM |
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K well i just seen it today, and i wasnt at all impressed. I know some of you will be like " WTF....", so here are my points.
First off, yea i read the book and i see where some of the info was ignored. Im not a super fan of the series but it did grow on me. So first off, i didnt really get into the movie at all, it felt sooo rushed (its ok since the book is like 700 pages or something). The feel to the movie was OK, and basically the only exciting thing in the movie was the end and THATS about it.
Things that made me roll my eyes were:
1. Where was dobby, he basically helps out Harry ALL the time like in Book4 and Book5 and they didnt even show him once since HP2. WTF?
2. WHY did DD's and Voldemorts wands connect?
3. Hagrid's role in this movie was un-needed. The only reason he was put in was to have Grawp (and he basically didnt do anything either) the centaurs could have easily taken out Umbridge.
4. Dudley. Why the hell was he talking like an idiot, he didnt talk like that in the other movies.
5. Movie was short, hostley more FX shot could have been put in.
6. Harry suddely agreed to being a teacher? AND also no article published by Luna's Dad's paper. That was one of the things that made Harry a rebel in that book.
7. The veil. When Sirius dies, it clearly stated in the book that he fell through, and not went in it and then flew up into the veil (honestly was i the only one that was like WTF just happened?)
8. Ron's dad was kinda pissing me off in the movie, he was too "second character" if u know what i mean.
9. Not enough distruction at the ministry. No statues broken, nothing. Only windows which turned into sand.
10. Fight with Voldemort and harry+DD was WAAAYYYYY too short. And also the fight with the Deather eaters was too short. They also didnt show if they apprehended Lucius and other Deatheaters.
11. Where was the whole "Locket" scene?
Overall, im gonna say that this movie was "weaker" than the others. The good things that i liked was:
1. Relationship between Harry and Sirius. Throughout the movie they showed Harry being an out-cast, and when he was with Sirius, u could actually believe that they were family. Honestly a nice touch, and Dan's AND Gary's performances were awsome.
2. They really stressed on the whole Ron-Hermione "thing" that was going on there.Nice.
3. Luna was funny, seriously what the hell is in that girls head LOL.
4. LOVE the feel that they were going for here, making it really dark and creepy.
K so this movie might not be THEE weakest out of all, but this one sure left me unsatisfied. So my score for this movie is gonna be:
7.5-8/10
P.S- Transformers STILL ownes the movies this summer, even if it doesnt have the money to back it up (but the $$$ is still rising!)
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| REPLIED Saturday, July 14, 2007 12:28:09 PM |
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I'm not going to say too much. But I will say this; it was by far the best film of the entire series so far. Some people may say they should have put this or that in it, but to put anything else in it, to put everything in that people would have liked would have made it double the length, I was happy with the length of the film. My only problems, and these are mere niggles compared to some peoples:
1. Luna's dialogue was fragmented, I don't think Luna's that bizarre that she can't follow sentence after sentence, not even Luna in my opinion would speak in such a deliberate fashion, normally speech is fluid, this as I have said was fragmented and so takes away, in my opinion, from her ethereal bizarreness. But thats just my opinion.
2. And second, the actress they got for Mrs. Figg was awful, by far the worst choice yet.
Things I didn't notice first time round:
( I have now seen in twice, once on the day it came out, and then again today, gotta love that film)
When [SPOILER] Moody called tonks Nymphadora, her hair changed from pink to red, that was well placed. [/SPOILER]
But overall a good film, Gary oldman adding more to the magic, Alan rickman with his daft facial characteristics, (in umbridges office towards the end, she asks him what harry means, and of course he doesn't know, and his face adds a level of comedy slightly abnormal for him.)
The special effects, they were cool, and it was nice that Bellatrix Avada kedavra'd sirius, that puts the final nail in sirius's coffin.
but my overall rating for this excellent film has got to be 8.5/9 out of 10, definitely amazing, I wonder, should I go and see it a third time at the cinema...
who knows...
ha ha ha
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| REPLIED Saturday, July 14, 2007 06:53:28 PM |
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^^ But he did know what Harry meant, remember? But he couldn't let Toad-Face know that. Shame they didn't include the part of Kreacher's betrayal and Snape alerting the Order...
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Anyway...the audience makes the movie too. For example, I saw OotP at midnight in IMAX, everyone applauded and shouted at all the right places.
I went to see it a bit later, regular theatre, and all that excited applauding and whistling was totally gone. When [SPOILER] Fudge said, "He's back." [/SPOILER] a lot of people scoffed at that, and at a few other places, but that was it. Quite depressing...
Secret member of CD's D.A. #33
"I must not tell lies."
-OotP
HBP Quotes:
"Yes."
Yes, sir .
"There's no reason to call me 'sir,' Professor."
"Wow-we're identical!"
Fred and George
All was well. |
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Harry Pothead said:
Since this is a review thread, I am NOT using spoilers, don't read if you don't wanna know.
I personally loved it. But there was one thing I loved MOST out of the whole thing. It was a major change, and one that we all KNOW would have to be approved by JKR to be included. To me it was her saying "Yeah, that'll actually shut some people up!" Killing Sirius with Avada Kedavra and THEN having him fall through the veil. It was like her saying "Yes, he's dead, get over it!" That and when Sirius called Harry "James". Oh and Harry saying "Sorry Professor, I must not tell lies." as she's getting dragged away by Centaurs. But they left out my FAVORITE line from Book 5. Check my sig if you're unsure what. Good movie, everyone should see it.
TOTALLY agree on the quote with you there! When I read book 5, I was so upset when I began thinking about the movie, knowing that they had not included Peeves! That line gave me chills in the book! (Yes, lines from books give me chills...bonified and proud dork, here).
Moving on...
Can I even pick a favorite scene? Let me try: [SPOILER] the flight of the OOTP to London, any scene with Luna (the lovely Evana Lynch, the fireworks, the amazing final battle [/SPOILER]. Plus...has anyone checked out Nicholas Hooper's complimentary score? It does a great job, continuining with the magic composer John Williams started us with those many years ago...*sigh* |
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| REPLIED Sunday , August 12, 2007 05:42:53 PM |
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Gosh, how could I have forgotten my praise for Umbridge, Snape and Voldemort?!? First of all, newcomer Emelda Staunton stole the movie. How many of us are seriously considering going as her for Halloween? Show of hands?!? Plus, she gets a great Imperial March-like theme from composer Nicholas Hooper. I cannot WAIT to see her back in movie 7.
"Obviously...", to borrow a direct quote from the man himself, Alan Rickman delivered another tremendous (albeit short) performance as Snape. Let us pray that this man continues to sign on for the final 2 movies, because I believe he has done a tremendous job, and I think we should sign a petition to get him an honorary Oscar! I am sitting on pins and needles to see what he turns out in Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows!
Darth Vader. The Joker. Captain Barbossa. Hannibal Lecter. Some of the greatest villains in all of movie history. I dare say Ray Fienne's portrayal of Voldemort will join their ranks by the time this movie franchise is complete. Considering he had one major scene in OOTP, I felt like he strengthened the movie ten-fold. He was SO amazing...like, makes-you-WANT-to-be-a-De
ath-Eater amazing.
And I, for one, have always applauded Michael Gambon's Dumbledore, although I still do dearly miss Richard Harris, rest in peace. But I feel Gambon has really taken a hold of DD and made it his own. I sometimes forget he replaced Harris! |
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diden't like that but the rest was great everyone's acting was extreamly well done, and I was even happy with hermoine (diden't like the way she acted in GOF)
