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07-10-2007, 11:33 PM
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| Tennant Tennant TennantInspirational Pygmy Puff
Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Join Date: Jun 2003
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Marcella Riddle Graduated | OotP movie: Rate it! Order of the Phoenix is gunna be released over the next couple of days across the globe. Rate the film and write a review here! |
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07-11-2007, 06:44 AM
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| | Flobberworm
Location: Attock,Pakistan Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 17
Hogwarts RPG Name: unsorted | The Order Of The Phoenix Review
:Harry: is back with his fifth year at Hogwarts to find that no one is believing the teenage escaper of Avada Kedavra, that the most feared and dark wizard of all time is back at large, . then there are those in Private Drive, which nearly get Harry expelled, but then a Hearing is decided. There is also a new change, The Order Of The Phoenix (sorry, I am not their Secret-Keeper, I can't tell you where it is). As though this is nothing, The Minister of Magic gets the idea that may be planning to become the Minister of Magic. So he appoints a new Defence Against the Dark Artsteacher, who follows the 'ministry approved' course and doesn't teach them defence and leaving the young wizards and witches unprepared for what is outside. Seeing this Harry decides to take matters into his own hands...Still, to make matters worse, Harry is feeling uneasy, having dreams about locked corridors with dead ends... and worst of all, is not looking at :Harry:! And most of all, + THE KISS!The movie is as exciting as the book. See how Harry copes up with everything from the Hearing to having extra lessons with to detention with Umbridge to visiting Voldemort at nights. this is an "action/romance/adventure/a little horror/and boring to some non-Harry fan 'fools' " movie. So watch OUT |
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07-11-2007, 08:07 AM
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| | Gnome
Location: Alabama Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 93
Hogwarts RPG Name: Darth Pace Graduated | Overall, it was great, but they cut so much out, I wonder if the people who hadn't read it really got all of it...It seemed like there was a lot you might've missed had you not read the books in this one. |
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07-11-2007, 08:30 AM
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| | Imp
Location: Searching for my Edward Cullen!!!!! Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 121
Hogwarts RPG Name: Voldemortia First | It was so awesome!!! The script was amazing. in fact everything was amazing! The quotes were straight from the bookes it was sooooooooo cool. I just got back from the theater! and they had two guys dressed as Bananas! it was Weird!!!!!!!! |
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07-11-2007, 08:38 AM
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| | Horklump
Location: Waiting on Breaking Dawn Join Date: May 2007
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Lillie-Rose | The movie was as close to perfect as anyone in their right mind could ask for. There are always things that can be critiqued but the script was directly from the book and the acting was phanominal. I Loved it . I just came from the theater. I went with sally1. We were freaking out the whole time. Go See It Now if you haven't yet! Also, if you haven't What Is Wrong With You!?!?!!!!??!?!!!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? !?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?! ?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? !?!?!?!?!?!!! |
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07-11-2007, 09:35 AM
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| Snape is my man! Abraxan
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Three Muggle Children Special Ops | It was AMAZING. Best film so far. What were your favorite scenes? I liked the Battle at the DOM best. I just saw it again in IMAX 3D--even better in 3D. |
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07-11-2007, 12:58 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Hogwarts RPG Name: unsorted | ya da film waz aWsome |
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07-11-2007, 01:27 PM
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| | Flobberworm
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Hogwarts RPG Name: unsorted | they cut so much out from the book and rearranged all the events.
still good though!
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07-11-2007, 01:32 PM
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|  Jr. Lord of Arda Erumpent
Location: Melbourne, Australia Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 13,204
| Excellent doesn't quite describe the awesomeness of this movie.
Usually I'm kinda iffy about the movies, but WOW. OotP was SO, so amazing. The last 20 minutes especially so. *sobs*
Seeing the Voldemort VS Dumbledore duel in 3D was just about one of the best HP-experiences ever  |
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07-11-2007, 04:07 PM
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| Aragog's Web Mod LC- Books ModPP2FC/RLFC Sponsor Hippogriff
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Hogwarts RPG Name: (none this semester...) Graduated | For once I thought they made the cuts where nessecary instead of just cutting apart the book to make a new plot. The only thing they NEEDED to leave in that they didn't, in my opinion, was the ending talk between Harry and Dumbledore. Harry breaking things, throwing a tantrum... you barely got to see Harry be upset by Sirius at all.
The rest of the movie was spectacular, though. Excellent effects, and GREAT acting. Umbridge was just as evil as I was hoping for  All the Ron-Hermy tension was just cute, and I loved the look Harry gave Ginny in this movie... sets up their romance for the future. |
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07-11-2007, 05:10 PM
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| | Mooncalf
Location: In A Book....;) Join Date: Mar 2006
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Brooke-Ann Westerfield Second | Yayyyy. I saw it at midnight!! and had to get up 6 hours later for work!!! It was worth it thought. I really thought the movie was great!!! It wasn't as dissapointing as the fouth movie was! I loved Hogwarts but the House of Black wasn't what I had expected, and I thought it would have been funny if they put Sirius' mom in there. Overall I thought it was great, of course the movies are never as good as the books.  . |
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07-11-2007, 05:18 PM
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| French Language Mod Cap'n Waffles Erkling
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 8,283
| I hated pretty much the whole movie. The actors were absolutely fantastic (especially Imelda Staunton, Gary Oldman and Jason Isaacs), but the scenario was rather poor, in my opinion. |
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07-11-2007, 05:32 PM
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| First Mate of the 7 Seas MMFC/RWFC Sponsor Fan Fic Queen Niffler
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Annabelle McClorey First | To be brief, I thought the movie was the best theatrically. I liked it better than PoA and GoF. I didn't think it was canon enough to be as good as the first two.
The adult actors were phenominal, of course. Standouts are Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, who finally got a chance to show who Snape is, and Helena Bonham Carter who is insanity and deranged personified! She was fabulous. Too bad her part was brief. IMELDA STAUNTON and EVANNA LYNCH, I swear, walked out of the book onto the screen. They were spot on perfect. However, despite all the hype, I thought Dan's performance was a little overrated. I do think he's improved immensely, and Emma was better, but I wasn't blown away. I also missed Tonks and Remus...as actual roles, not necessarily their romance foreshadowing. I wanted to see more of them.
It was good. I essentially liked it. I'm glad I went...at midnight, which was fun. (I've never done that before.) But, I was left feeling a little blank. Sirius's death, Snape's Worst Memory, and the Prophecy were done very, very poorly, and I was extremely disappointed in them...and they were all IMPORTANT SCENES! You didn't even see Lily, Harry didn't have time to grieve over Sirius (and the audience really couldn't appreciate that he's dead), and you didn't get the impact of the Prophecy and what it meant...and the connection and all of that. *annoyed*
For my full review/rant  , go HERE, where you can also write down your thoughts! Quote: |
Originally Posted by lightstar1154 All the Ron-Hermy tension was just cute, and I loved the look Harry gave Ginny in this movie... sets up their romance for the future. | R/HR H/G FOREVER!...but where was the H/G look? I know she kind of gave him a look, but in which scene did he give her a look? I can't believe I missed it! *is annoyed*
Shannon 
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07-11-2007, 07:16 PM
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| | Bicorn
Location: Floating on a cloud over ♥Tom Feltons♥ house! Join Date: Sep 2005
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Brittany Lynn Ross Third | I missed alot of things that they didn't put in it but thats to be expected. The movie can never be as good as the book. I thought Grawp was really cute! All in all I thought it was okay. I didn't really like the beginning and the MoM scene wasn't nearly how I'd imagined it but yeah, it was a good show. |
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07-11-2007, 08:27 PM
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| | Mooncalf
Location: Texas Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 520
| it could have been better, but AWESOME!!!!!!!!! |
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07-11-2007, 09:30 PM
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| WWW Mod Sirius & James' Pressie Queen Hermidana Unicorn
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None | The movie was absolutely fantastic! There are no words to explain how terrific it is. OotP is my favorite book in the series so I’m pretty happy that the movie was well made. Yes; a lot things were left out, but it doesn’t matter. Everything that is crucial to the story was left in and it was just all put together very well.
It was just awesome!!! The fighting scenes were incredible and the battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore was phenomenal!! People who haven’t read the book should really consider reading it though…you’d definitely get a better feel and understanding of the story and just how important OotP is to the series. Too if you enjoyed the movie then you’ll most definitely fall in love with the book.
I give Order of the Phoenix two thumbs up! -snogs it- xD |
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07-11-2007, 09:39 PM
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| | Gnome
Location: It depends on where my heart is. Join Date: Jun 2007
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Alex Channley. First | I rated it average. Personally, I think the character's have definately grown up and are a lot better now (meaning The Trio), and overall, the sepcial effects were GREAT! But, they cut out so much, they changed some things, and they didn't do much character building (especially for Snape and Ginny, who play big parts in the next movie). Rickman did a splendid performance, but I didn't like how they portrayed him as so.. well, I guess my mental image is a little different. Imelda Staunton was probably the best actress there, but Helena Bonham Carter was pretty good also. The movie could've been better, but still, it's okay. Good Job Yates! |
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07-11-2007, 09:56 PM
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| | Puffskein
Location: anywhere where Tom Felton is!! Join Date: Jul 2005
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Athania Fifth | I thought it was pretty good. I'm going to go see it again on friday! |
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07-11-2007, 10:50 PM
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| SBFC Activity Officer LPFC President Magical Reader Centaur
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma-Lee Anne VanSickle Fourth Ministry RPG Name:
Aricca J. Silverstone Magical Creatures | I gave it a rating of "good" because it was, but it could have been better. I think this is my favorite one tho, much more true to the book than GoF, especially. The twins' escape and Umbridge's ride with the centaurs were my favorites, those scenes were played very well, I thought, and were pretty hilarious to watch, as well. The alleyway scene with Mrs. Figg was weird, that was the oddest alleyway I've ever seen, and since, at the hearing, they didn't say she was a squib, anyone not totally familiar with the book could have forgotten that and wondered why she didn't just do something about the dementors instead of making Harry do it.
I do think that Sirius's death scene was rather touching, however if the sound had been used, to actually hear Harry screaming, I feel it might have been better, and the veil was just downright disappointing. It was supposed to be a curtain, and Sirius arch backwards into it and just disappear, only seeing shadows behind it, not this funky mist stuff that it was... He just sort of became one with the wall and faded away, a very disappointing death to me. I wasn't very happy or as emotional as I thought I'd be during this time, instead I spent most of that time wondering what kind of a curtain acted like that.
Grimmauld Place, and The Black Family tree, was amazing, tho yes they did leave out Sirius' mother, not like I'm especially heartbroken not to see the wretched woman screeching, but it would have been good to help set the mood of the movie as well. It would have helped explain Sirius' urge to get out of the house and see Harry off, besides being locked up all the time.
Umbridge and her violent pink outfits disgust me, sickened me. They started out just fine, sort of, being a light baby pink all over, but each time you see her she's a more and more violent shade of pink, and at one point was even wearing a fuzzy coat. Staunton plays a wonderfully wicked Umbridge that you have to just love to hate. She definitely got her comeuppance with the centaurs later on. I think they did great work on her.
The Room of Requirement was off, wayyy off, they only walked up to it and it showed the door, when they are supposed to walk by it 3 times and it be across from a tapestry. But I suppose to shortcut their way through the "snitch" scene and all, they had to do it how they did. Even tho, the mirrored walls were really cool to see the spells being shot like that. I LOVED seeing everyone's patronuses. However the Harry/Cho kiss scene was VERY awkward, in my eyes, as they were talking about her dead boyfriend and then proceeded to kiss, right in frolnt of Cedric's picture, which was taped on the board they were in front of. That is, to me, a bit uncaring, as it is supposed to be only a year after Cedric dies. Struck me as odd, it did.
Overall tho, I did like the movie alot, and seeing Tonks in action is great, all the characters have developed a bit more since GoF, even if it was just in their acting. Luna is great, Evanna fits the character wonderfully, she just makes it all a more positive feeling and just the perfect Luna. Great movie, tho some parts are twisted, others are missing, but then again you can't possibly fit everything in a book into the movie. |
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07-12-2007, 02:23 AM
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| Hogwarts Dance Captain Plimpy
Location: Dancing with Ronald at Michigan campus of Hogwarts Join Date: Feb 2005
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Jenna Reetz Second | The movie was just amazing to me. I voted it as excellent. I already saw it twice! Midnight last night and then again today. This movie had a really great impact on me and made me realize why I love Harry Potter soo much. It really made me think about life in general, as weird as it sounds. Any movie that can impact me as much as this one did is truly remarkable. |
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07-12-2007, 02:36 AM
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| | Nogtail
Location: Malfoy Manor Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 328
Hogwarts RPG Name: Allie None | I thought it was excellent overall..yes there was lots of cutting out but at least the main points were in there...i loved how you could tell ron was beginning to get a thing for hermione the way he talked with her! anyways the last scenes were the best with the battles...i cried when sirius died! |
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07-12-2007, 03:01 AM
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| Holey George Darling Draco Pygmy Puff
Location: melbourne Join Date: Feb 2007
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexis Ducky Boge Second Ministry RPG Name:
Aaron Rogers Magical Law Enforcement | there were loads of things i loved about the movie but i left feeling dissapointed, alot of the things i was looking forward too werent there or just wasnt done how i imanged them. |
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07-12-2007, 04:08 AM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 82
Hogwarts RPG Name: Chase Asphodel First | I enjoyed the movie and liked it.
Although the cutting of the Two-Way-Mirror and the scene with Sirius and the veil annoyed me very much. I wasn't pleased with what they DID cut considering this movie was shorter than the Goblet and it seemed more like short snippets of chapters rather than the fleshing out of the story.
The prophecy and Harry's fear of becoming Voldie was glanced at. Having only Harry's fear mentioned once to Sirius (and seemed random since there wasn't much build up to it) and then the possession at the end (which I loved to bits, as it was filmed really well, but didn't make sense with again, no build up or seeming any reason to it). With the prophecy being the big 'twist' at the end it seemed kind of silly since first of all, they didn't say the entire prophecy and there wasn't the huge deal or explanation to Dumbledore having known this for a long time, his reasons for not telling Harry (which would have built in his care and love for Harry) and even the throw in of Neville which had been recieved so hugely from us readers!
Characters such as Tonks and Bella were great to see but they weren't mentioned much. There was LOADS and loads of extra students which was great to see, but it was sadly very Trio-based. Silly to have so many extras, but no thought to interact with characters other than the Trio.
Not too happy with the Cho kissing scene (where was the awkwardness???) or the replacement as her being the Sneak (although a handy way of writing her out I suppose). I felt the Snape Memory was done terribly since it didn't seem to be of any use.
Enjoyed Kreacher. Loved Luna to absolute pieces. I did get teary at the use of the flashbacks - namely with Harry and Sirius hugging after the veil scene. I was VERY happy with the change to how they communicated with the fireplace. In fact, a lot of the detailing such as the Death Eater masks, how they moved, the head in the fireplace, Umbridge's Cutting Quills, the Twins' fireworks and such were very well done and better represented in this film than the previous ones.
I did love the creepy feeling this movie had. But I do think it could've been really confusing to those not reading the books. To me it felt like it didn't capture any of what the book was suppose to be getting at, but I still did like it and will probably see it again and again.  |
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