Comments | wolfsavard: I must not tell lies.

wolfsavard

I must not tell lies.

Jul 11, 2007 13:21

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, ( that's another story... )

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flinkkamingo3 July 12 2007, 05:13:14 UTC

I had a whole comment here and LJ ATE it. Stupid LJ. Basically, I agreed with a lot of your points up there. Mostlly how stupid it was that they didn't say anything about Percy or make Ron and Hermione prefects and that they left out a lot of stuff that wouldn't have been much trouble getting in. Although I think that when Harry first gets to Grimmauld Place and sees Kreecher in the hallway, you can hear Mrs. Black murmuring. They should have had her scream, though. And the sorting hat's song is very important. Don't know why they left that out.

I hate Cho too. I'm glad I'm not alone in that. And Ron and Hermione definitely got along too well.

Also, your icon is AWESOME.

wolfsavard July 12 2007, 14:11:45 UTC

Gah, I hate when LJ does that! I was expecting them to leave the whole Percy thing out, I don't know why, but they didn't much touch on any of the growing dissonance in the last movie, so maybe that's why. Yeah, I have a feeling they filmed a scene with the picture screaming and it wound up on the editing room floor. Because if you NEVER show anything but a covered up murmuring painting it doesn't really make any kind of sense to anyone who hasn't read the books. Just, a little bit in this movie would've gone such a long way. *sigh*

Thanks! :) untold_verity made it. The twins definitely pwned in the movie.

athena2483 July 12 2007, 13:37:53 UTC

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 ( ... )

wolfsavard July 12 2007, 14:06:44 UTC

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 ( ... )

fortunateizzi July 13 2007, 02:38:47 UTC

I agree with all your points! Although it's interesting because I didn't have most of them until I read this, hehe. I think the thing is... I read the book twice, but the last time was like 3 years ago. So I really didn't remember all the details, so I wasn't comparing it to the book that much while I was watching. Mainly, I was just sad there weren't more Remus/Sirius moments and that Harry didn't seem all that sad about Sirius dying. But now that you bring up some of the other differences, I agree with you. Oh, but of course, I did also notice the lack of Remus in the beginning, and like you, wondered why it was so hard to have him come to get Harry. BUT then I was like... well, maybe that's better because it means he didn't want to leave Sirius! lol, I'm silly.