Comments on: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

By: Em

Em — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:07:52 +0000

I loooove the books! My fav is the 7th, the 5 movies r awesome!!!!!!! Any book will of course be better than the movie it inspires.

By: suzero

suzero — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:47:16 +0000

Hmmm… it wasn’t the worst Harry Potter film by any means, but I wouldn’t call it ‘good” either. I thought Daniel Radcliffe did alright, but Hermione was terrible. She kept pausing before saying things, which put the whole tempo out of whack. I couldn’t quite tell if that was her bad acting or whether it was due to the bad editing.

The editing was so odd. There were tiny scenes here and there that could and should have been left out. For example, when Harry walks into the dining hall and sheepishly asks Ron and Hermione if he can join them. For starters it was very strange of him to ask like that, as if they barely knew eachother or had just had a huge argument (which they hadn’t). Consequently they just look at him until we hear the sounds of Professors McGonnagal and Umbridge arguing on the staircase.

It must take a pretty bad director to get Gary Oldman to perform below par, but he didn’t particularly shine in this film. Alan Rickman was excellent again as Snape, as was Imelda Staunton as Umbridge.

All in all, some scattered excellent performances, but overall not very good.

And yes Paco, the books are DEFINITELY better than the films (although I prefer the first half of the series to the last half).

By: paco

paco — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:09:11 +0000

Boy, did this suck…

It was too long and missed suspense. I hope the books are better (they have to be).

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:38:22 +0000

I read this 800 page book in two days–by far my favorite Harry Potter book! I’m a little worried about the film adaptation.

By: Mariken

Mariken — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:13 +0000

What a Kick-ass review Arjan! I am now looking even more forward to seeing this than I allready was!