Anyone going to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the OOTP???

Here in the Eastern US we have less than 10 hours to go.

Sadly, I will not make the midnight showing to night, but plan on going tomorrow night!

I`m off to see it tonight as it just started screening down under today. It will be only the second Potter film I have actually gone to the movie to see even though I`ve read all the books. Once I`ve seen it I will re-read the sixth book so the story is completly fresh in my mind before the final book comes out, as its only 10 days away.

^There's an idea, Aztec I was planning to see the film tonight also, and re-reading book six might be a good idea...... I've been short on reading material lately. Thanks for the idea

Completely unfair, its not out here until tomorrow.

Yeah I'm seeing this in a few hours, only cause my mate begged me. I'm not a fan of the movies, but I love the books. Can't wait until next Sat

Hopefully going to go see it tonight... I have just finished re-reading book 6 (for the third time) ... and have also been re-reading book 5 again... I really can't wait until next Saturday either!!!

Just got back an hour ago... it was pretty good, definitely some changes from the book but meh that really doesn't bother me much, though the whole Cho being the snitch instead of Marietta was a bit unexpected . Since I read this book 2 years ago, I've been adament that Sirius didn't actually die - least not by the curse. In the book he's hit (seemingly) by a red spell, not the green Avada Kedavra, though in the movie he was. Anyone else notice however that he was already within the veil when Bellatrix threw the curse? as I recall, the scene was shot from his shoulder up and from behind, so it was difficult to assertain whether he was hit, or the veil blocked it, because the behind shot clearly showed the veil in front of him. Plus Avada Kedavra kills instantly - Sirius still had time to look and smile at Harry before he was carried off into the veil. Plus Luna added at the end that the things we lose tend to find a way back to us, just not in a way we expect. Any thoughts from those who have read the book and then watched the movie that may have had the same thoughts? I'm possibly just delusional because Sirius has always been my fav character, but I did find that suspicious. Next Sat is too far away.

Overall, a disappointing movie, I thought. It wasn't bad. But it just seemed so brief. All the other Potter films have been 2 1/2 or even 3 hours long, this one clocked in at just over 2 hours, and the lack of detail showed. Especially for a book with 700+ pages, that was just a little unsettling. There was nowhere near enough characterisation for any of the major players, except Harry, and perhaps Dolores Umbridge. With so little emphasis on anyone else, one could have sworn they should rename this movie "Harry Potter vs Umbridge. Voldemort didn't even receive much treatment in this film, except as a plot device, and Bellatrix only gets the briefest of mentions. No other death eater gets a mention, and none of the Order of the Phoenix members are ever shown in any great detail, which was sad because the actors they chose were most impressive looking, and it just left me feeling empty that I didn't get to know any of them better. It would have been good to see more of Luna Lovegood - her characterisation was shoddy. The first two times you see her, she's set up as being a little unhinged and crazy - which she is in the book. However, after those first two times, she seems to lose that aura of craziness and just becomes another member of the gang. Bringing in her father's tabloid would have been a good way to counterbalance all the ministry propaganda

On that same topic, a recurring motif throughout the movie was the Daily Prophet headlines. The director seemed to use these headlines as ways to cut down the movie length. By showing key plot elements as a one-line headline, there was no need to devote five minutes to seeing the action ourselves - a lazy, if at times effective, technique

Many of the visual ideas were reused, not just from this film but from other films. I got tired of seeing all the kids walking in a clump, with Harry centre front, Hermione to the left and Ron to the right, with all the other kids straggling behind. While it did set up where the power lay in the scene, it was a little repetetive after seeing this over and over

On the positives, the mood was dark and sinister, and definitely shows the evolution of the Potter series from a child's story in Year 1 to a teenage-driven aspect here. Because of the Potter-centric view of the director, we did get to see a lot more of his character and a look into his private life. The focus was taken largely away from his Muggle life at Privet Drive, which was a plus because we've seen how the Dursley's treat him in all the other films. The effects were often spectacular (see the scene where Fred and George tear up Umbridge's classroom, for example). It was very satisfying to see Umbridge get carried away by the Centaurs after everything that she did. Despite everything else, she was a very clever bad-guy character and the Director did very well with her.

Overall, I'd give this movie a 7.5/10. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. I get the feeling that the small-screen might help iron out the deficiencies and lend focus to the movie's strengths. Hire it on DVD when it comes out, it will probably jump a point on my scale.

All the best,

~ Paranoid Android

I am seeing it tomorrow.

Do you know how tempting it is to read this and not to highlight any of the spoliers?

Self restraint in the extreme.

I wouldn't worry, if you've read the book then there are no spoilers, just some people pointing out inconstancies.


I just got back from it. I liked it, a lot was missed out.... and I mean a lot. I think it could have done with another 20 minutes just to flesh out the Order a bit more, because there was very little of them. I think its probably my favourite. I certainly liked the battle at the end, very flashy, showed what real wizards can do as opposed to all the students simple spells.

^I generally agree with everyone's criticisms and praise. While it was an enjoyable two hours, it certainly suffered from being too short. Transformers was 5-10 minutes longers and essentially had no story. This movie should have been at least 2 1/2 hours long considering how large the book is. Its jumping from points in the story that were quite far apart and skipping of much of the story was quite annoying but if you hadn`t read the book, it really wouldn`t affect you.

Only 7 sleeps to go down under before the final book comes out. I have to work but as I work within a shopping mall I can easily take my break and go off in search of a copy.

i liked the movie,and i one of those people that never read the books because i thought they were kid books,,,but after talking to a few peope i know they corrected me quickly...

now to get ready fot ootp i had a harry potter festival at work,,we were slow so i was able to watch all 4 movies ,,,the 1st four seemed to go together they had a certain flow they made you feel like you were going back to see a friend each time...this time it didnt feel that way,,i didnt feel like it fits in well with the other four at all..louna reminded me waaay to much of the silly blond girl from the scary movies,and date movie,,,i keep waiting for prop gags to happend when she was on screen..

and i couldnt help but believe the director was a huge friend of star wars and pink floyd the wall,,,just some of the scence seemed like they were pulled right out of those 2 movies.......espically when valdamore is standing over harry trying to get hime to kill one of the deatheaters haha bring him to the dark side..

over all it was a good movie the wizard battles scenes were cool,,but it just didnt feel like the other ones,,not just because of the dark nature,,,,,,they just didnt have the feeling that something bad was happending to people you cared about..wich was what the movie was going for..

Just saw it yesterday. From all the harry potter movies this was the one which left me dissapointed. The first 1 hour was really boring. The film was very fast phased and as someone already said there what a lack of details and charactarazation. The wizards fight was the only thing which caught my enthuasism. In my opinion the Goblet of Fire was the best one till now. We will see what the director will bring us with the Half-Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows

I've never been a Harry Potter fan... probably because I've been reading fantasy type novels for 30 years or more and I have a higher expectation. I wasn't too crazy about the first two movies either.

That being said... my daughter did go to see the new movie yesterday... she IS a big fan of Harry Potter, and she actually thought the movie was better than the book it was based on. She's a pretty tough critic too... so that's saying something.

I saw this movie with a friend(who never read the books) and he was disapointed because the trailer is somewhat misleading. The trailer makes it seem like there was going to be like this big epic battle or war...and the movie really didn't deliver on that.

With quotes like these in the trailer...
"The storms coming Harry, just like last time.", "If Voldemort is building an army then I want to fight.", "The rebellion begins."
...you expect a little more.

Maybe its because we saw too many 'epic' style movies lately(300, Pirates, Transformers, etc.)

is harry so angsty and angry in the book?

I havent read the books but i have enjoyed some aspects of the movie

but this time i couldnt feel for harry at all there was just no oomph or substance to him just anger and i left the cinema angry and some what smitten with radcliffs nice new muscles

yes, actually he spends more time sulking in the book than he does in the movie. To be fare, its fairly accurate of the angst feelings most teenagers have at that age because of hormones, but in Harry's case the world really is out to get him. Half way through the book there is a particularly annoying chapter where he locks himself in his room at headquarters over Xmas whinging about how nobody understands him... typical teenager really.

To be fair in the book he has more on his plate; Umbridge is even more of a b*tch in that than the movie, Snape is out to get him in class, the entire school is whispering behind his back moreso than in the movie, Ron and Hermonie as Prefects and he feels left out etc etc

I tend to forget that the characters are so young because the actors look way over the age of fifteen.

I don't know how old the actors are but Ron's brothers(who are sopose to be like 17) look like their 30.

Well i went to see harry potter this weekend. I wasnt impressed at all starts of slow, and has about five minutes of action. i havent read any of the books but ive seen all the movies and there is 2 more to go blah. I enjoyed the first 2 very much but after that its like im obligated to see something new and im compelled to see the others which i dont think is fair but i go anyway (i dont understand) its not fair that they make hundreds of millions of dollars because of addiction without satisfaction.

Yeah, Harry's even worse in the book. Talon pretty much sums it up in her post, though there's also the fact that Harry is channelling Voldemort. I dunno if it was clear to people who haven't read the book, I thought the movie made it clear, but basically his scar connects him to Voldemort who realizes that he can actually get into Harry's head (as we see with the 'false' scene planted in there at the end). Harry unknowingly is feeling Voldemort's frustration at being unable to get his hands on the prophecy, which also attributes to his angry moments, such as when he yells at Dumbledore to look at him. In the book Harry confesses that he had an urge to attack Dumbledore at that moment. Basically Harry is supposed to come off as a typical angst-ridden teen, feeling (rightly so) that the world is against him, but he's also channelling Voldemort's anger, which makes him a little crazy-like

whats that got to do with anything? but yes i know what you mean.

Hmm are you sure this is the right category for this? Maybe should be under OT?

if you know what i mean then i dont understand your question. if im paying for service then i expect satisfaction to some extent. im simply trying to see if any others feel this way. it is my own opinion! Garth brooks famous country singer believes that he should recieve proceeds from second hand cd sales. i believe if i only like one song that is all i shouldpay for. example 10 songs for twenty dollars i should only pay two dollars they can keep the other nine. I give hollywood thousands of dollars each year and im entitled to good service. I am a loyal fan of the entertainment industry.

I'm almost positive Harry Potter doesn't belong under the ghost section ... probably under the Tv, Media and book section. ... that's probably why Liz asked her question.

People need to use their common sense ...

This has nothing to DO with this part of the forum! at least check the category BEFORE posting threads!

I think liz means that what does it have to do with Ghost, Hauntings and Paranormal events. I don't think your argument holds any ground. Its up to you if you want to spend your money on a movie which has a chance of not been very good. With the music cd situation, think of it as spending 20$ for a really good song. I realize the musician only gets a small percentage of the original profit but by paying less means less money for the musician. Plus if it worries you that much just download the songs


With Harry Potter I heard the books are pretty good so maybe you will get better satisfaction out of them >_<

so when i read a thread and decide to post new topic what do i do find the appropriate category then post new topic! is that common sense. or is it more logical to have a category selection when you post a new topic. which is more appropriate in a matter of common sense. Please enlighten me with your intellect. lol

if you hadn't notice, this is Unexplained mysteries site. and if you've been pondering that much and actually use commonsense as you said you did, you've seen this category where this thread is more appropriate.



you just contradict yourself there in the midst of beng too emotional.

still doesnt answer my question read it slowly. when i was a kid we didnt have computers. i use two fingers to type and am unable to comprehend the fifty buttons on the screen.

doesn't take a genius to actually thought of scrolling down the page with them categories first, would it?

Things look overwhelming for the best of us. Took me a little while to fathom out all of the places of this site and took me some time to read the fifty buttons too. Just something we all have to do and yeah, that can suck but they are the rules

Actually I'm a he. My avatar contains two lesbian anime characters (Konoka/Setsuna from Negima) because of my beleif that hot lesbians are awesome, rather than a reference to my gender.

im confused! what does (to actually thought) mean? do you mean think? My question is :when i read a thread and decide to post a new topic. how do i put it in the right category. Do i back track to the main page and pick the category, or is there another way so i do not have to back track. I was never never under the impression that i was in control of the category choice. Is this clear enough to understand or do you want to insult me?

instead of posting this thread in GHOST & HAUNTINGS section, you should have posted in BOOK & MEDIA SECTION.
don't worry, moderators will just move the thread to appropriate section. if they ask you why did you post it here just say that you got confused.

Well if you've made it this far in the forums, you can scroll down and click the title that most appropriately fits what you are thinking ... for example, you're topic about movies would probably be a good fit under media, as a movie is a type of media. If you can post in this forum, you can post in another one too.

If you're in this forum, and your topic is pointless to this subject, go to back on your browser, in the top left corner, and go back until you hit the main forum page. Then click your topic. If you can't do that .... well I dunno, guess you're gonna get a lot of people telling you that your posts are pointless and I'm sure you have a lot of good things to say, as everyone does. So in the future just do that and you should be fine.

Cheers,

Gene

Well... I saw Harry Potter yesterday... and have to say the "Purist" came out in me. I was a bit disappointed... they left out so much!!

I am wondering if parts that were left out of the movie will be pivital parts in book 7, making it difficult to bring back in to movie 6 & 7.

It was entertaining enough, but I agree that the first hour was slow and the fight scene not as exciting as I thought it would be.

But of course I am much more excited about Saturday... and the release of the final book. I am actually thinking about taking next Monday off work to sit at home alone to read it un-interrupted.

I'm gonna be original and say this doesn't belong in the Paranormal thread... joking I'm sure you're aware of that by now.

I'm a huge fan of the HP books, but I don't like the movies at all. Obviously the movies cannot fit every aspect of a book into 2 hours, and therefore the movies are less satisfying than the books. It will make money because fans of the books will see the movie out of obligation. And most people who have read the books would know that this movie is less action packed, but that's expected because the Order of The Phoenix book is the least action-packed of them all... but they can't exactly skip a HP book-to-movie because of that. As previously mentioned, if you wanna know the HP story then get the books, don't rely on the movies to give you what you need because they're not that great, they only have time to follow a specific plotline, and the books have many more.

Last evening I saw the movie and was blown away. It was far and beyond the best of the all the movies. If, however you haven't read the book I could see how you might be lost. There was only so much material the movie can cover in 2 hours, and the book is about 600 pages. I really encourage you to read the book and it will explain quite a bit of the "non-action" scenes you didn't seem to grasp.

Could someone else point out that this is in the wrong section, I don't feel enough people have said it.

Thanks in advance.

i wasn't insulting. -_-"

I was refering to, it's weird that you can pick out this category with a fixed mind to post this topic and actually get as far to posting here, but doesn't actually scroll down and saw the "movie, tv" category in the first forum page. it's like closing a game of close you eyes and click and hope for the best. you can use the back button if you're not sure.

oh well, mods will move this thread anyway.

I've read all the books (so far) and have seen all the movies. I just saw HP and the OOTP last night, and I wasn't disappointed. Actually, it was much better that I thought it would be.

Of course, as in every movie, they leave out a lot. They have to in order to condense the film into a normal viewing time.

However, I think they got the essence of the book, and I was NEVER bored. I was very impressed with the level of acting--Daniel Radcliffe is coming along extremely well in that department. I didn't think he portrayed the character's level of angst to an extreme degree--it was on par, and maybe a bit held back, than what is described in the book. I mean, can you blame him? Everyone he loves dies, he thinks he just helped to murder Cedric, Lord V is trying to invade his thoughts, Dumbledore is ignoring him, Prof. Umbridge is torturing him with her fancy quill, and no one believes him that LV is back. I'd call those adequate reasons to be a tad angry.

Yes, I was pretty satisfied. I think I'll like it even more after I see it a couple of times on DVD.

Eh--they still look like kids to me.

On the original premise of the posting, I actually liked the movie. In my opinion it was about number 4 out of the 5 that have been released so far. It was a solid good, but not quite great. Not everyone is going to have the same opinion, though, and I tend to agree with an earlier poster that when it comes to movies, the responsibility is on the viewer and not on the entertainment industry. As long as it makes money, they will follow the same formula over and over. If you don't want to take a risk and see it, then nobody is holding a gun to your head.

Just as a side note, isn't it funny how that almost incoherant posting that is placed in the wrong forum will often bring more responses than if it were in the right place and well written?

I loved all the books and loved all the movies.

I'm with you--I'd give it a 4 out of a 5. It was much better than I thought it would be, considering some of the posters' opinions on other threads.

So, I'm pretty happy with it. Can't wait for Deathly Hallows.

what i do is browse the new posts threads which is inmy profile, i barely ever see the main page. it seems there are several different topics. when im done with the thread i either post or move on. sometimes i have the urge to post new topic which is at the bottom of the thread. to me post new topic is something new, hence under the assumption the mods put it in the right category. i was unaware that i had to go to the main page choose a category then post new topic. a lack of knowledge often doesnt mean alack of common sense. i think i get it now.lol

I felt like crying after reading that.

I'm still trying to figure out what this post means.

Now that the post that was posted in the "Wrong" section has been merged with mine (which btw was posted in the correct section )... I feel like my thread has been tainted!!!!

haha I am so sorry! I hate when I do that. I think it was more the fact that I only know one guy who reads the HP books and lots of girls, so it was just an assumption. Let me correct my original post with 'Talon pretty much sums it up in his post'

And for any fans of the book, Deathly Hallows has actually leaked online. I found a copy and it's genuine (it's every page of the novel photographed), however I'd rather read in hard copy than online, so I'm waiting. Here's the link to the news article - I won't link the book's site cause I don't wanna get in trouble, but it's easy to find.