At the Movies: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by Avid Reader on August 23, 2007

in Avid Musings

harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix_bigposter.jpgI finally saw the 5th Harry Pot­ter movie. I waited longer to see it this time because I despise crowds at the the­atre. The late com­ers who-step-on-your– feet-and-kick-your-chair and– chatter-in-your-ear kind of crowd. I set­tled in to watch and no I didn’t read the book ahead of time. After 45 min­utes I started to get bored and after an hour I think I fell asleep.  This was the weak­est Harry Pot­ter movie for me. I loved the third one, Harry Pot­ter and the Pris­oner of Azk­a­ban and that remains my favorite. I think Ralph Fiennes is type­cast as Lord Volde­mort for life. That nose. Ugh. The movie did have a kick ass end­ing that perked me right back up again. In fact, that was my favorite part of the movie.  Also, Jason Isaacs is still swoon wor­thy with very lit­tle screen time. The per­for­mances were pre­dictable. Ron and Hermione gave more of the same per­for­mances with no range.  And I really, truly think Ms. Umbridge got off lucky at the end. Peace.

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Avid Reader August 29, 2007 at 12:10 pm

@Angela, See, I thought Movie 4 was alright and movie 5 was just alright. I’m start­ing to think that not all of her books make for good adap­tions to film. I may skip the rest and just read the books. If they are ever adapted to film that is. I’m pretty they will be.
@ReneeW, I’d rec­om­mend you wait for the DVD. It was a yawn fest. Truly.

@Shelly, bless. I thought I was the only one.

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Angela August 28, 2007 at 4:15 pm

None of the movies have engaged me because IMO, none of them have cap­tured the emo­tional inten­sity of the books. Movie 5 was scores bet­ter than Movie 4 (twitch), but still didn’t con­vince me that the movies were any­thing other than just another Pot­ter­ma­nia gathering.

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RenéeW August 28, 2007 at 2:34 pm

I’m very behind on this series and hap­pen to be read­ing this book right now. It’s hold­ing my inter­est most of the time but there are some slow spots. It’s over 800 pages. I think Rowl­ing could have cut out about 1/4 of it. It’s too damn heavy to read in bed (hurts my legs after a while). After I’m done I want to go see the movie but it doesn’t sound too good. *sigh* Maybe I’ll wait for the DVD.

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Shelly @ Bewitched August 28, 2007 at 3:39 am

This movie was pretty darned bor­ing and when it wasn’t bor­ing I found Umbridge annoy­ing. Def­i­nitely the weak­est HP movie to date.

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Avid Reader August 25, 2007 at 7:53 pm

Oh, I despised her! Awful, awful woman.

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Tilly Greene August 24, 2007 at 5:10 am

You know what, even though I know its Ralph Fiennes, I don’t see him because of that awful nose! And Umbridge, ooo, she really is a fab­u­lous character…a great one to loathe :-)

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