Saturday, 14 July 2007

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

  I went to see Harry Potter last night with my brother. Half the audience was people from work with their families, so it made me feel like I actually knew people. Even if those people are strange oldish men.

  Anyways, my thoughts. Basically, they're what everyone has been saying.

  Luna was perfect! Seriously, they couldn't have found a better person to play that role. I love that she skipped everywhere.

  And the thestrals looked just as I imagined too.

  The bit in the Hall of Prophecies was also just as I imagined it. Bellatrix Lestange, Lucius Malfoy, and the other Death Eaters were terrifying and arrogant, just as they should be, but they were also likeable looking villians.

  And Umbridge was great. Deliciously evil.

  I agree that the Weasley boys are all highly attractive. Were I the type to have crushes on movie personas, I could very easily have a crush on Fred/George. Mrs Weasley, however, remains my favorite Weasley in the movies. In the books, it's Ginny, though.

  I still miss the old Dumbledore, from the first movie. The current one has the all-knowing part down, but his jolly benevolence is missing.

  I didn't like how they made Cho the snitch that ratted out Dumbledore's Army, even if she did do it under the influence of Veriteserum.

  I like Tonks, the little we saw of her. We didn't see here enough, but I suppose in a film of a book of this length, they had to cut some parts out.

  I missed the Quidditch games as well. There had better be lots of Quidditch in the next movie.

  The older they get, the wose of an actress Emma Watson becomes. It was acceptable in the first couple movies, but now she has a much larger, more dramatic part to play, and she isn't doing it very well. It's disappointing. She's so pretty, but so bland in her acting.

  With a new director. the movie had a very different feel from the others, but it fit. It was darker, but it's a darker story. It was beautifully done, very artistic, but not detracting from the story as some wonderfully artistic movies can be. All in all, it was a success. Well worth it. I can't wait for the book to come out next week.

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