Order of the Phoenix

[erilyn]

I saw OOTP first thing this morning with iibnf and no-lj R. Which was made more challenging by Greater Union a) not opening the box office in time, and in fact they made the by-then-reasonably-sized queue go buy tickets at the candy bar instead, and b) the lights not being dimmed in the cinema once the film actually started, and didn't go off until about twenty minutes in (I think a patron found the switches or something).

But it was a pretty kid-free screening (not too many people overall, though one chattering pair), and we had yum cha afterwards, then iibnf and I went to hassle tapedeck at work. After attempting to get her fired, we went back to iibnf's place where we watched Goblet of Fire until her power went out, and I left thinking it was a good two hours later than it actually was (gotta get my watch fixed), leaving the dvd at her place (since, no power).

I like it better than the book. They left out a lot of the stuff from the book that annoyed me (like the mirror that Sirius gave to Harry, and the constant grinding misery of Sirius's life at Grimmauld Place (what, killing him off wasn't enough?)), and a lot of the stuff that they left out that annoyed people by it's absence I didn't notice, since I don't think I've ever re-read the book. I would have liked Neville's connection to the prophecy kept in, perhaps ahead of Kreacher since that subplot (which annoyed me, so yay to absence) went nowhere.

I thought Umbridge was suitably heinous and creepy. The magical fights were visually cool.

Sirius and Lupin continued to give me a married vibe, especially that shot (which got shown again and again) of Harry running to hug Sirius, and Lupin's standing next to him. Harry Has Two Uncles, indeed.

Luna was fucking awesome, and Ginny kicks ass. Her reducto spell is actually a Weapon of Mass Destruction.

Single creepiest moment in the movie: Snape "appearing" in the Potter family portrait. ARGH, CREEPY UNCLE SEVERUS!!!

I think I put this ahead of Goblet of Fire in terms of the movies, I'd need to rewatch PoA to decide which one I like more.

I don't know if I've ever re-read OOTP or HBP, so I'm going to aim to do that before Saturday.

Tis sad that this is the closest thing I have to a HP icon.

Comments

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I think Harry needs a bit more hair, to balance his neck out. That could just be me though.

A happy medium, maybe? I just really didn't like the big shaggy mop. But then I am a hair-nazi, when it comes to boys, anyway. Long = bad.

I'm not that particular about the canon ships, I just want it to be written well whoever it is.

It's all about the canon, for me. I wouldn't touch the fic with a bargepole. But yeah, well-written helps.