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07-11-2007, 10:01 AM
| | |  SnitchSeeker Order of the Phoenix review #2 (spoilers only if you choose them)
Sser cursedkatie and I, along with Raadhika and Diana from our partner site TheSnitch.co.uk, drove up to the front gate of Warner Brothers film studio last week to see an advanced preview of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The guard yelled at us for blocking other cars when we stopped to take a picture of its famous water tower. Ah well, he still let us in and gave us our press passes.  
After check in, our purses were searched and our bodies wanded (for hidden recording equipment). We then entered a private screening room with about 250 others, found seats in the dead center, and watched the film.
Be forewarned, THERE ARE HIDDEN SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW. If you don't want to know anything specific, don't click on the "show" buttons. 
David Yates
For someone who has never directed a huge blockbuster of this type, Harry Potter newbie David Yates took this film in hand and delivered startling images and a dark nightmarish feel as he took us along with Harry on an emotional journey of self-doubt and eventual self-assurance. I have to applaud David Yates as a true “actors” director. The performances of Dan, Emma and Rupert have improved tremendously, although Dan’s, perhaps due to more screen time, was absolutely outstanding. And I’m thrilled that Yates will be returning to direct Half-Blood Prince. 
The beginning
The film starts out with a very depressed Harry, dealing with nightmares over Cedric Diggory’s death, separation anxiety from his friends, taunts from Dudley – what a bully he is in this film – and then, when he loses his temper with his horrid cousin and is seemingly at his lowest point, things get worse. Two dementors swoop down and well, do what dementors do best. 
Luna Lovegood
Everything you’ve heard about Evanna Lynch being perfect for the part of Luna Lovegood is absolutely 100 percent true. She was appropriately “dreamy” throughout the entire film – and played Luna as very wise beyond her years, albeit odd - exactly how Luna should be. Luna is instrumental in pulling Harry out of his funk. You will love her. I promise. 
Severus Snape
The most interesting comment from Snape came during Occlumency lessons when 
Sirius Black
Gary Oldman is back with a vengeance as Sirius Black and put to good use this time with many intense scenes instead of his ridiculously brief cameo appearance in Goblet of Fire. Unfortunately 
Dolores Umbridge
I’ll be blunt. Dolores Umbridge scared the crap out of me. The scene in her office when she caught Harry, tied him up and 
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bellatrix Lestrange – what a nut ... and mean. She's exactly as Jo wrote her. Well done, Helena. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Bella in the next two films. 
CGI
The Thestrals were awesome, just as Jo describes them in the book. The centaurs were amazing, although their scene was way too brief. Hagrid’s giant brother Grawp was quite touching and humorous, albeit 
The kiss
The kiss between Harry and Cho was sweet. Eh, kind of schmaltzy with 
The possession
This scene was truly breathtaking. 
What I loved 
What I didn’t like 
The ending
I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the end of the film.  | |
07-11-2007, 05:39 PM
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07-11-2007, 05:41 PM
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A few spoilers wouldn't hurt me.  I get to see it tomorrow! | |
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07-11-2007, 05:44 PM
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COOL im gonna watch it tommorow cant watch it today man | |
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07-11-2007, 07:37 PM
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I loved it.
The kiss scene was a tiny bit too long.
Helena as Bellatrix was amazing.
Matthew's performance of Neville was great.
Daniel has improved in his acting loads.
The chemistry between Rupert and Emma was amazing and all the references to R/Hr were great.
Also the references to Ginny's powers as to (in brief scenes) Ginny liking Harry. Just notice when you watch the film.
I love the fight between Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Loved the fighting scene.
Loved it when Bellatrix said 'I killed Sirius', Yeah I might sound mean. But the way she said it. She sounded like a nutcake. haha.
I loved Isaacs performance of Lucius once again.
Way to little Draco in my opinion. Hello, the next film he has to have lots of screentime and by the look of this, it'll be a shock for the audience.
Evanna was absolutely amazing. Luna was portrayed great. And I love how they thought about the little things, like her holding the magazine upside down and the nargels.
And little sentences like 'You're just as sane as I am' and 'Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon'. And parts that belonged to that.
I loved it!! | |
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07-11-2007, 07:53 PM
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It was just really awesome | |
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07-11-2007, 08:48 PM
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i thought it was great, but as you said, too brief in the parts where it counted most. | |
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07-11-2007, 09:58 PM
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I really enjoyed it. Helena Bonham Carter was just awesome!! I loved Staunton too, what an evil woman!!! I agree, some of our favorite characters had way too little screen time. I did notice the hints of Ginny/Harry.....did Arthur have a hair implant or something? The movie had an entirely different feel...but then so did the book, so I was delighted for the most part. | |
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07-11-2007, 10:47 PM
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I saw the movie at midnight. I totally agree with the review!
OotP was great, I loved the movie! OotP is my fave HP movie now!
It's difficult to make a movie out of a book with more than 700 pages. That's why the ending is a bit short. The ending could have been better, with Harry trashing things in Dumbledore's office and so on. Alas, no anger in this scene... Maybe the only thing I didn't like about OotP. And I still miss Richard Harris as Dumbledore... But that's another issue.
I hope David Yates will return for DH after filming HBP! He's a great director and fit to direct more than 2 HP movies!  | |
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07-11-2007, 11:07 PM
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I totally, absolutely agree with this review; I just came back from seeing it and was a bit disappointed at parts, but the film was pretty good. | |
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07-12-2007, 12:30 AM
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I think the directors all hate Quidditch. They only showed the beginning of the World Cup, and they didnt show the scene where Harry and George (I think) decked Malfoy and got banned. And they didnt have 'Weasley is our King'!! But the fireworks scene was awesome. I just wish everything could've been fit in. | |
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07-12-2007, 02:49 AM
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I am completely in agreement with your assesment. I just saw the IMAX version and for the most part the special affects were awesome. However, there are so many things that seemed rushed. Your assesment of the ending was strait on and really distracted from the entire film. Still it was entertaining and I would go again but it does and never could compare to the books. | |
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07-12-2007, 02:59 AM
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Jellybean, David Yates has mentioned he's tired of Quidditch and may not even put it in HBP which will be stupid as a lot of the book was about quidditch.
And while yes the ending wasn't the best it was the beginning that was awful to me. All the way until the order was flying Harry to #12 was ghastly. I literly wanted to be sick with Dudley's performance. The beginning is suppose to be the best, get the audience drawn in but it just didn't do that this time. | |
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07-12-2007, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by -jellybean-  I think the directors all hate Quidditch. They only showed the beginning of the World Cup, and they didnt show the scene where Harry and George (I think) decked Malfoy and got banned. And they didnt have 'Weasley is our King'!! But the fireworks scene was awesome. I just wish everything could've been fit in. |
well you have to think about how difficult it must be to shoot quidditch scenes.
besides there was alot more in this movie to be squeezed in
[although i myself would not mind sitting in for a three or four hour HP movie ;3]
but the scene in the beginning when they fly to Grimmauld place was very nicely done, i thought.
although i too would have loved to see Black's mother.
ALSO i loved teenage snape.
especially sitting all emo in the corner XD
him and harry are actually very much alike at times.
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07-12-2007, 04:32 AM
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I really enjoyed this review. I feel that we both agree on a lot of the things that you loved and hated. But I would just like to add that I heard on the television that David wanted to take Kreatcher out of the film, but J.K. Rowling refused, saying that his appearance would be vital come book 7. I was just wondering what are your thoughts on this? | |
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07-12-2007, 07:51 PM
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Yep, I agree with pretty much everything you said. I had tears in my eyes after Sirius's death and the possession scene but Fudge's lines just made me laugh and didn't let me cry *pokes the film-makers*
As for the Cho/Harry scene.. Well... er... I didn't see it 
I'm just sad that the film moved too quickly. It should have been a tiny little bit longer in my opinion but hey, we can't have everything *shruggs* | |
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07-12-2007, 10:29 PM
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Overall I really enjoyed the movie. But, and this is just my own personal opinion, they left out way too much stuff. Now, I know they have to leave out many things or else we'd all be sitting in the movie theatre for a few days, but they left out things of vital importance and I think that if I had never read the books it wouldn't have made that much sense to me. Just my point of view. However, I did love the movie! Bellatrix...she's awsome!! All of them are awsome!! But poor poor Sirius | |
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Great job!! Cool, pic and scan of watertower and pass... haha nice.
I agree, the dementors were really cool!!! Altho I felt the alleyway was the weirdest one I'd ever seen...
I didn't hear the Snape comment... I need to watch the movie again 
Yes I agree, Sirius' death scene was not very good at all. The Lupin/Harry scene just after this made me laugh, because of who I was watching the movie with. She's horrible like that.
Grawp WAS necessary to the story line: because if he wasn't there, then you wouldn't understand what Harry and Hermione were leading Umbridge too when the centaur scene started.
The kiss, umm.. yeah, mistletoe coming from nowhere... the feeling that they both really liked each other wasn't really there. I thought the kiss was weird That whole thing just made me think it was too weird.
The possession scene was funny with who I was sitting with. My friend Emma looked over and whispered, "Harry's really good at writhing" and I couldn't stop laughing. That made others in the theater turn around and look at me like I was a freak... haha.
Loved: Sirius punching Lucius, those kitten plates creeped me out too... haha yeah, the textboks... I didn't notice the CherriOwls tho...  haha. And Hermione's "Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon," comment to Ron.
I also didn't like: Mrs. Figg, she didn't act at all like she should have in the book, no portrait of Sirius' mommy, yes the Marauders penseive scene was far too quick as well. It's like the spell they were best at was Stupefy, which doesn't do a whole lot of good against Death Eaters. and I HATED how they left out everything Quidditch yet again.
Yes, the ending was... not very good, really, and I was looking forward to Harry trashing Dubmbledore's office, he didn't even seem sad about Sirius, either. Not really.
The 3 scenes I had most been looking forward to:
Sirius' death scene.
Umbridge getting carried off by Centaurs.
Twins' escape.
The 3 scenes I was most disappointed in:
Sirius' death scene.
The ending in Dumbledore's office.
The Marauders' scene.
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awesome reaview!! | |
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