I LOVED IT.
however, if you have read the book and plan to see the movie I am going to warn you, compared to the book the movie was utterly
WRONG. practically everything was changed. xD I mean, it was more different than wrong, but there were some things that really were
just wrong. SO, if you are going to see this and read the book, be prepared for:
1. far too much emphasis on umbridge's control over the school. she was given power over the school in the movie that she never had during the book.
2. far too little emphasis on Harry's complete isolation from the wizarding world.
3. gangsta dudley. I KID YOU NOT.
4. a
severe lack of ANGRY!HARRY.
5. a very different graup and different reactions towards him.
6. an omission of many scenes in the department of mysteries.
7. a bizarre disappearance of all things related to quidditch. QUIDDITCH? D8 WHAT'S THAT AGAIN? THERE WAS A HUGE PORTION OF THE BOOK ABOUT IT? REALLY? I DIDN'T REALIZE!
8. NO DUMBLEDORE TEARS. ;~;
9. a scene between Harry and Sirius that just PISSED ME OFF. IT NEVER HAPPENED IN THE BOOK. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO
DO THAT?! THERE'S NO NEED FOR HARRY TO GET SMACKED IN THE FACE BY THAT.
10. too little Draco. T-T
11. many scenes that make you think either, "WHAT THE FUCK? THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN THE BOOK!" or, "HEY! THEY TOOK OUT THAT SCENE!"
12. weird Harry night terrors. "OMG! IT'S VOLDEMORT! WHAT'S HE DOING IN THAT SUIT!? HEY, WHY'S HE IN MY CLOTHING?! ...WAIT A MINUTE! WHY IS HE MY REFLECTION? ...oh wait, you say I'm
dreaming? oh..."
13. WAAAAAAAY too much emphasis on umbridge.
14. a scene of snape's past that is waaaaaaay too short to make me happy.
15. a great lack of "OMG, HARRY ANGRY! OM, HARRY DESTROY OFFICE!"
16. too little with dumbledore.
17. none of umbridge's utter detest of half-breeds until waaaaay too late.
18. a very different feel entirely.
19. an uncle vernon that is NOT screaming. YES, I AM SERIOUS.
20. slutty bellatrix. WTF? I DON'T
WANT TO SEE YOUR FUCKING BOOBS!
21. missing characters. WAIT, WHO?!
22. totally unnecessary scenes that DEFINITELY could have been replaced by something
relevant.23. a disappointingly small amount of weasley twins mischief.
24. LACK OF FUCKING MAD HARRY.
25. magic that never actually
happened and missing magic that actually
did happen.
26. a creepy mrs. figgs. I mean, WTF? SHE'S SUPPOSED TO FUCKING PANICKED AND FURIOUS.
27. total butchering of the beginning. honestly though, it might be a perfectly fine beginning but the beginning of the fifth book is my
favorite and since they drastically changed it, I'm quite upset.
28. SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON UMBRIDGE, IT'S FUCKING RIDICULOUS! I MEAN, COME ONE. TAKE THOSE FUCKING THINGS OF THE WALL! YOU NEVER HAD SOME MANY DECREES IN THE BOOK!
29. very little emphasis on the OWLS.
30. too little focus on the actual order of the phoenix.
31. a mansion that looks suspiciously like an apartment and a dark, foggy, frightening road that looks very similar to a normal road.
32. things that don't really make much sense if you didn't read the book.
33. a very different dumbledore.
34. the lack of something two of the main characters are quite proud of. OMG, RON AND HERMIONE ARE-oh... really? damn, that's a shame. --;
35. no dates.
36. no interviews.
37. little classes.
38. too little inside look of Harry's emotion.
39. too much UNDERSTANDING!HARRY.
40. out of character relatives.
41. moments of total LAME-ness.
42. too long scenes between voldemort and Harry.
43. punishments that never happened. THAT ONLY HAPPENED TO HARRY, DAMMIT.
44. little tonks.
45. both too much emphasis on centaurs and too little since someone is missing.
46. lastly (at least that I can think of right now xD), there as a severe lack of the RAW EMOTION that's in the book. so often in the book, entire scenes just feel like utter PANIC. other scenes, there's so much ANGER it's scary. then, there are tons of moments were Harry just has a completely body numbing sense of DESPERATION and ANGUISH, and in the beginning, complete ISOLATION. these emotions that one feels all too frequently throughout the book just aren't portrayed well enough in the movie, if at all. seriously, in the book, Harry is THROWING DESKS.
however, despite all these things I still fucking
LOVED IT. I know with all those cons, you think I wouldn't have liked it. but that's just all the cons if you see it only as something based of a book.
as a movie, it was AMAZING. as a movie based off a book, it failed. ^^; BUT. even though it's totally different, I FRIGGING ADORED IT. IT WAS SOOOOOO GOOD. when you're watching it, just think of it as only a movie. trust me, it's worth the money.
and Dan did awesomely! 8D oh, and if anyone didn't know, Daniel, Emma and Rupert of all signed on for the last 2 movies! ^----------^
BUT EVERYONE, GO OUT AND SEE HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. IT FRIGGIN' PWNED. sadly, it kind of killed all desire of sleep I had. --; oh well, I'll manage.