Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix
Just came back from watching the 5th Harry Potter movie with the other medicine pple at Suntec Eng Wah cinema.. So many med pple turned up in support of charity! =)
Verdict on movie? Plain bad.
For a person who's followed the book and movie series, this movie (probably like all other previous ones) didn't do much justice to the book. First of all, standing at 135 minutes, the movie is a tad short and very fast paced - which probably should prepare you for what's coming up in the next 2 hours (or rather what's missing in the next 2 hours).
Sketchy plot. Lack of action. Think that about sums up the worst portions of the movie.
The storyline here is so thin, it could barely hold any of the characters up, especially if you had not read the book previously. Titled "Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix", the "Order of the Phoenix" was barely mentioned at all in the movie! Throughout the whole movie, the concept behind the Order, not to mention the cause or its members, was barely mentioned at all - the movie might as well been renamed "Harry Potter & His Prophecy". -_-"
Speaking of which, even that title doesn't do justice - for throughout almost 3/4 of the movie, the word "prophecy" didn't even make its debut. The audience (at least those not in the know), were left wondering what Lord Voldemort "wanted to lay his hands on" - probably some lousy crystal ball that Harry was hallucinating up in his dreams. -_-"
Which reminds me, my favourite character in the Order, Nymphodora Tonks, had all of 7 seconds of screen time. -_-" 5 seconds during transporting Harry from home to HQ, 1 second at a dinner table, and 1 second near the final battle when she "wisped" into the Ministry of Magic. Ditto to Lupin.
One of my favourite characters this time round must be Luna Lovegood. She makes her important screen debut pretty early on, and is quite an interesting character. Go catch her.. Hee..
And the actress playing Dolores Umbridge certainly lived up to her role - her character was looking pretty in pink, and so uber bitchy, it made you want to reach into the screen and throttle her.. =P
Oh yes, the action - or rather lack thereof.
In this aspect, I found it similar to the first book and movie - the action was predominantly in the final part where they went to find the stone, but the movie promptly sliced it into half; here, the maze of rooms in the MOM Dept of Mysteries was sliced and diced till it seemed like a stroll in a deserted Takashimaya shopping centre. Granted the animation in the battle between Dumbledore & Voldemort was one of the better scenes, it was barely enough to save this sinking movie.
Urgh. Rather disappointed with the movie.
Still, some of the scenes worth catching:
1) Watch out for Kingsley's line when Dumbledore disappears out of Hogwarts with Fawkes..
2) George & Fred's fantastic exit from Hogwarts..
3) Battle btw Dumbledore & Voldemort..
4) Luna Lovegood
5) Erm, Dolores Umbridge? =P Should catch her tassle with Minerva McGonagall on the steps of Hogwarts..
Looking forward to the final book's release on the 21st July.. =P
Verdict on movie? Plain bad.
For a person who's followed the book and movie series, this movie (probably like all other previous ones) didn't do much justice to the book. First of all, standing at 135 minutes, the movie is a tad short and very fast paced - which probably should prepare you for what's coming up in the next 2 hours (or rather what's missing in the next 2 hours).
Sketchy plot. Lack of action. Think that about sums up the worst portions of the movie.
The storyline here is so thin, it could barely hold any of the characters up, especially if you had not read the book previously. Titled "Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix", the "Order of the Phoenix" was barely mentioned at all in the movie! Throughout the whole movie, the concept behind the Order, not to mention the cause or its members, was barely mentioned at all - the movie might as well been renamed "Harry Potter & His Prophecy". -_-"
Speaking of which, even that title doesn't do justice - for throughout almost 3/4 of the movie, the word "prophecy" didn't even make its debut. The audience (at least those not in the know), were left wondering what Lord Voldemort "wanted to lay his hands on" - probably some lousy crystal ball that Harry was hallucinating up in his dreams. -_-"
Which reminds me, my favourite character in the Order, Nymphodora Tonks, had all of 7 seconds of screen time. -_-" 5 seconds during transporting Harry from home to HQ, 1 second at a dinner table, and 1 second near the final battle when she "wisped" into the Ministry of Magic. Ditto to Lupin.
One of my favourite characters this time round must be Luna Lovegood. She makes her important screen debut pretty early on, and is quite an interesting character. Go catch her.. Hee..
And the actress playing Dolores Umbridge certainly lived up to her role - her character was looking pretty in pink, and so uber bitchy, it made you want to reach into the screen and throttle her.. =P
Oh yes, the action - or rather lack thereof.
In this aspect, I found it similar to the first book and movie - the action was predominantly in the final part where they went to find the stone, but the movie promptly sliced it into half; here, the maze of rooms in the MOM Dept of Mysteries was sliced and diced till it seemed like a stroll in a deserted Takashimaya shopping centre. Granted the animation in the battle between Dumbledore & Voldemort was one of the better scenes, it was barely enough to save this sinking movie.
Urgh. Rather disappointed with the movie.
Still, some of the scenes worth catching:
1) Watch out for Kingsley's line when Dumbledore disappears out of Hogwarts with Fawkes..
2) George & Fred's fantastic exit from Hogwarts..
3) Battle btw Dumbledore & Voldemort..
4) Luna Lovegood
5) Erm, Dolores Umbridge? =P Should catch her tassle with Minerva McGonagall on the steps of Hogwarts..
Looking forward to the final book's release on the 21st July.. =P
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