Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[jmood88]

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I really enjoyed the movie. It could be because I haven't read the book in two years or so...but it's also because I have no expectations of the movie being as good as the book. I can't remember one movie that was as good as the book, so I completely, intentionally, forgot the book.

The final battle may have been one of the most powerful twenty-five minutes in a movie I can remember. Granted, it could be because I'm a Harry Potter fan and a nerd at heart...but damn.


Transformers and this movie have saved the summer movie scene after S3 and POTC3 didn't live up to my expectations.

The fighting scene was great and it actually looked cool, especially when Sirius was fighting. I wasn't expecting them to have the last scene as good as the book and I was surprised by how good it was.

[RockinDaMike]

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The fighting scene was great and it actually looked cool, especially when Sirius was fighting. I wasn't expecting them to have the last scene as good as the book and I was surprised by how good it was.

That scene was really amaizng in IMAX 3d. Also the sound was unbelieveable, it was like a earthquake in the theater during the battle scenes

[skitch]

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That scene was really amaizng in IMAX 3d. Also the sound was unbelieveable, it was like a earthquake in the theater during the battle scenes

I also saw the movie in IMAX 3D. Very impressive last thirty minutes.

[AuburnAlumni]

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Saw it today. Very good flick. These movies just get darker and darker.

The battle scene is awesome. Some "teary" moments as well.

[Beantown]

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The battle scene is awesome. Some "teary" moments as well.

If steroid-freak AA can say there were some "teary" moments, I can agree with that.

There was one part that wasn't "teary" because it was sad, but because it was so cheesy that it felt motivational. When Harry was teaching everyone and they were all getting good...during his motivational speech.

[Scottdau]

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What AA is on Steroids I am shocked! Just kidding AA, I am scared of you! Also, yeah I am going to see this movie pretty soon. I like these kinds of movies. So it will be good to me no matter what.

[dkgojackets]

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I just hope they make sure to get the Horcrux quest and end battle scene of book six right and don't leave out the conversations between Dumbledore/Malfoy and Harry/Snape.

Oh yeah less than five days until Deathly Hallows....

[JohnnytheSkin]

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I saw the movie last night and came away immensely disappointed. The last 30 minutes were great, as was the casting of Luna and Umbridge.

I just thought it moved way to fast, gave no context for the events in the movie nor was there any real plot development. I don't see how the longest book was made into the shortest movie.

Hopefully the DVD has an hour or so of deleted scenes!

[choadler]

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I saw the movie last night and came away immensely disappointed. The last 30 minutes were great, as was the casting of Luna and Umbridge.

I just thought it moved way to fast, gave no context for the events in the movie nor was there any real plot development. I don't see how the longest book was made into the shortest movie.

Hopefully the DVD has an hour or so of deleted scenes!

I agree. There is no reason that movie shouldn't have been 2:40 to 2:45. With that said, I still enjoyed it.

[caseyd]

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Watching these movies and seeing how much gets cut out makes me appreciate the Lord of the Rings movies even more. We just rewatched FoTR and TTT yesterday and they are really outstanding, and they're not even my favorites. To me, RoTK is the best in the series. Of course, the Harry Potter movies could obviously do more with 3-3.5 hours.

[jmood88]

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Watching these movies and seeing how much gets cut out makes me appreciate the Lord of the Rings movies even more. We just rewatched FoTR and TTT yesterday and they are really outstanding, and they're not even my favorites. To me, RoTK is the best in the series. Of course, the Harry Potter movies could obviously do more with 3-3.5 hours.

I don't get why they make the movies so short. Like with Lord of The Rings, no one had a problem sitting through 3+ hours(well I did but I didn't like the movies and I never read the books). It just doesn't make sense to me to cut so much from the books just to keep the movies under 3 hours.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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I don't get why they make the movies so short. Like with Lord of The Rings, no one had a problem sitting through 3+ hours(well I did but I didn't like the movies and I never read the books). It just doesn't make sense to me to cut so much from the books just to keep the movies under 3 hours.

Not to mention the inverse relationship...shortest books = longest movies and vice versa!

I get that Warner Bros. wants the kids to come, but the movies are still PG-13 (like LOTR) and as such WB is admitting the series has a wider audience. I agree with some of the cuts like a lot of the Quidditch, S.P.E.W., and a lot of expositionary dialogue...but other cuts are mindboggling.

[caseyd]

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Just watched RoTK again last night. What an awesome movie and Sean Astin's performance was outstanding. If they would give the Potter movies the same treatment they could be great.

[marshallfever]

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I was expecting Harry Potter to be the best sequel of the year beating out F4, Spidey 3 and Pirates 3.......however it wasnt up to par with what i was expecting.

The story started good but never really progressed that much. And the olny action came at the last 20 mins of the movie. I would put Goblet of Fire and Prisoner of Azkaban above this one. However with that being said i really liked the darker tone in the last movies

1. Goblet of Fire
2. Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Order of the Phoenix
4 + 5 (interchangeable) Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets