I must not tell lies.

[wolfsavard]

Well I have to say that Order Of The Phoenix is one of the most visually stunning movies I have ever seen. Of all the Harry Potter movies thus far, hands down, this one is the most cinematically impressive. Now as for the rest of it,

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[athena2483]

I agree with most of what you said, especially about all the really important stuff they left out and could totally have put in. However, I didn't really feel connected to like any of the characters the way I did when I read the book - like you said above, they weren't exactly themselves - so I didn't even really care when Sirius died. They just left too much out of the relationship and I didn't like Sirius in the movie, can't really explain why but he just wasn't what I imagined. I was so pissed when he died thinking *that's not how it happened.* I remember reading the book not even realizing he had died since he just fell through the veil - Bellatrix didn't use the avada kedavra curse! (That would have made the book more clear I think... but that's not how it happened so come on.)

I love Cho. She is cute and Asian and hey can't fight veritaserum, give her a break. :)

Ginny looks like an old lady (maybe it was just the lighting) and she kinda freaks me out a little.

Loved loved loved the fight scenes at the end. They did an amazing job - the Ministry of Magic hallway and department of mysteries looked the way I had imagined. But what happened to like the giant brain thing that some of them get stuck in? Maybe I am not remembering correctly but could have sworn there was something else.

Did you hear about the girl who plays Luna? She is apparently a HUGE HP fan and when she heard they were casting for Luna she was like, that's me, I have to have this part, and the casting directors were blown away at her audition. Must have been like the greatest moment ever when she got the part! She was perfect. "I like pudding..."

Overall liked the movie but they could have made it so much better.

[wolfsavard]

The movie just did not feel like Harry Potter at all which I think is what made me sad. I definitely thought his death wasn't done right and the killing curse made me so mad. Like WHY would you do that!? But I loved Sirius in the movie. I think that he was way less angsty than he is in the books, but I just love him so much that I didn't mind them casting him in a less moody light.

I love Cho. She is cute and Asian and hey can't fight veritaserum, give her a break. :)
I hated Cho before she was a snitch.

Ginny looks like an old lady (maybe it was just the lighting) and she kinda freaks me out a little.
Yes, Ginny gets in bad lighting sometimes. I love her thoguh.

Loved loved loved the fight scenes at the end.
The fight scene was a amazing, but I wish we'd seen more of the Department of Mysteries. Yeah, there are a few more rooms they go into before the one with the prophecies.

Did you hear about the girl who plays Luna?
Haha yes, I did. She made raddish earrings for her audition.

Overall liked the movie but they could have made it so much better.
Exactly.