Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (film)

[ErinIsBadNews]

I really liked it, but I was disappointed. I was very angry with Sirius' death. I mean she just casually said "Avada Kedavra" and he just kind of fell. I don't fell it did him justice by any means. It was such an important part of the story and I didn't feel like they portrayed it well. My boyfriend, who loves HP but refuses to read the books because he thinks JKR is long winded. The only book he's read was Prisoner of Azkaban and it was on cd. lol. He came out of that movie full of questions. There was a little boy next to me who kept asking his Dad questions. "Dad, where'd he go? Dad is he dead?" I think it is becoming harder to follow the movies if you haven't read the books.

[flirt5721]

I haven't read any of the books but I liked the movie. I even went to the midnight showing for it. First time for any movie. Although a lot of my friends tell me that there is a lot of stuff missing.

[polarpi]

Add another moviegoer who was a little disappointed. I understand that for editing purposes, everything from the book is not going to be able to fit into a 2hr 18 min movie...but at least (as others have said) get the major points covered (and not "re-written" - what's with Cho being the one who "outed" the DA???)

That said, I'll still buy the movie, and I'm getting ready for the book to come out by re-reading HBP over the next week and a half.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by polarpi

...but at least (as others have said) get the major points covered (and not "re-written" - what's with Cho being the one who "outed" the DA???)

My guess at the reason: It prevents the need to introduce an additional character and provides a reason for Harry and Cho not to end up together without going into the additional Valentine's Day scenes and the like.

[xo_kathy]

I haven't seen the movie and am not a huge fan or anything, but I just wanted to share a little something.

Poor Emma Watson showed her panties to all of America last night on Letterman. He little dress was up pretty high when she sat down (why don't stylists ever think about this when women go on talk shows) and she made the fatal mistake of switching the way her legs were crossed. At least she was wearing panties, though...

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by xo_kathy

Poor Emma Watson showed her panties to all of America last night on Letterman.

I saw when she switched her legs (I saw them move and looked down to see what she was doing) and I didn't see her panties at all.

I LOVED IT!!!! I saw it on IMAX, but I think I should've seen in on a regular screen first; it was irritating to keep cocking my head to see the other side of the screen. I also have quite a headache because of all the scenes where things were spinning. But other than that, it did annoy me how much stuff was missing, but I loved what was there, too. The special effects were awesome and one of my favorite parts was the end when Harry is possessed. Voldy not being able to stay in Harry's body definitely deviated from what we all know the real reason is, but I thought Daniel did an excellent job being possessed, it was very convincing (though he never goaded DD into trying to kill him like he was supposed to).

[xo_kathy]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I saw when she switched her legs (I saw them move and looked down to see what she was doing) and I didn't see her panties at all.

Well I saw a big white triangle glare out from under the gray dress - don't know what else it could have been...Maybe you didn't notice b/c you weren't looking in that area? (And yes, I realize that means I was looking right at her crotch, but I swear I'm not a pedophile - it was just the right timing!!!! )