The Official Thread For: Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix

[OtepApe]

I like Maggie Smith well enough as McGonagall, but I do not support the filmmakers creating their own crap in place of the original material from the book. All it does is distort the original version and, 9 times out of 10, makes the characters look bad.

I didn't want original scenes in there. In fairness, they ***** and moan about not having time to fit things in, yet they find time to add things are not needed and were never even in the books to begin with.

McGonagal was so out of character in GOF it wasn't even funny. She would not be caught dead teaching students how to dance. She would see it as trivial and unneccessary. Furthermore, her forgetting to tell Harry about the champion dance was so out of character. Since when is McGonagal an absent minded old woman?

This is one of the things fans of the books are supposed to forget. You know, the actual characters an such.

Exactly, it would take just as much time for Dobby to tell them, then it would for Hermione to lecture them about reading Hogwarts: A History and then tell what she knows. It is just a stupid change to over glorify Hermione.

The thing is, I can't stand it when Hermione is on screen now. Part Emma Watson's acting 'talent' and also what they have done to the character.

With Hermione in the books, she annoys you a little bit but you are still fond of the character (well that's the intention anyway), but the Hermione of the movies is just bloody annoying. The only people who like her are the girls who want to be like Watson, or the horny teenage boys or honry middle aged men who want a piece of her.

 

[Matt]

I didn't want original scenes in there. In fairness, they ***** and moan about not having time to fit things in, yet they find time to add things are not needed and were never even in the books to begin with.



This is one of the things fans of the books are supposed to forget. You know, the actual characters an such.



The thing is, I can't stand it when Hermione is on screen now. Part Emma Watson's acting 'talent' and also what they have done to the character.

With Hermione in the books, she annoys you a little bit but you are still fond of the character (well that's the intention anyway), but the Hermione of the movies is just bloody annoying. The only people who like her are the girls who want to be like Watson, or the horny teenage boys or honry middle aged men who want a piece of her.

It makes me sad that I find myself agreeing with everything

 

[Dr. Fate]

I didn't want original scenes in there. In fairness, they ***** and moan about not having time to fit things in, yet they find time to add things are not needed and were never even in the books to begin with.

So true.

This is one of the things fans of the books are supposed to forget. You know, the actual characters an such.

The real fans never forget these things.

The thing is, I can't stand it when Hermione is on screen now. Part Emma Watson's acting 'talent' and also what they have done to the character.

Or rather, Emma Watson's lack of acting 'talent'.

With Hermione in the books, she annoys you a little bit but you are still fond of the character (well that's the intention anyway), but the Hermione of the movies is just bloody annoying. The only people who like her are the girls who want to be like Watson, or the horny teenage boys or honry middle aged men who want a piece of her.

In short form, yes, you are correct OtepApe sir.

 

[Socrates]

"Order of the Phoenix" Trailer Coming November 17

The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix theatrical teaser trailer will debut in theatres on November 17th. The trailer can only be seen in front of the Warner Bros. comedy adventure film, Happy Feet. Check it out in theatres this November!

Same day as the release of Casino Royale and the Spider-man 3 trailer. Pretty cool.

 

[DCW]

Wow, that is going to be a spectacular day! I can't wait!

 

[Poetic Chaos]

only in theatres though? the hell is that. forcing their ****ting looking movie on Potter fans. where's the simultaneous online release. *******s.

 

[TrailerCues]

only in theatres though? the hell is that. forcing their ****ting looking movie on Potter fans. where's the simultaneous online release. *******s.

lol they always say that calm down it will be online

 

[OtepApe]

The trailer will be online, I mean, how could it not.

 

[Dr. Fate]

The trailer will be online, I mean, how could it not.

Someone always manages at least one bootleg.

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

The nightly entertainment shows will have their previews of the teaser also ,so it likely will be out days before . I like to see what it looks like on the big screen so I will try to get through Happy Feet.

 

[Dr. Fate]

The nightly entertainment shows will have their previews of the teaser also ,so it likely will be out days before . I like to see what it looks like on the big screen so I will try to get through Happy Feet.

What is "Happy Feet" about anyhow?

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I read it won't be up online til the following week.

 

[PowersOfMind]

What is "Happy Feet" about anyhow?

It a animated movie about penguines. I forget the story lie but thats basically what it about.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Penguins who can dance but the odd one out cannot dance but can sing, or vice versa (they all sing but he dances and cannot sing).

Anywhoo great news about the trailer.

 

[Kelemchrist]

Good news, though a sneaky move by the studio to not publicly screen the trailer world wide web. But I wouldn't worry, piracy is almost like a ghost nowadays.

 

[Kelemchrist]

OOTP set report in French magazine

Visiting the Harry Potter set feels like going to Disneyland for the first time: you keep your eyes wide open and your mouth gaping when you see how huge it all is. And yet, Leavesden studios aren't much to look at: thousands of square metres of impersonal warehouses in the middle of an average countryside, an hour's drive away from London. When you enter them, they are actually disappointing: the glue and paint smells have nothing to do with the magic of the movies which sent us into raptures these last four [sic] years. You do need a lot of carpenters, painters and workmen of all kinds to transform the common raw materials into the magnificent sets and terrifying creatures that J.K. Rowling [sic] invented!

The whole place is so big that some people cycle from one set to another. Some even use a golf car... It's 10am, everyone is already in place and two shooting teams are getting busy at the same time. Fortunately, Rupert Grint is available: "There's a relaxation room for when we have to wait. Since I've stopped school and don't need to study, I spend my free time playing ping-pong." The little redhead of the first film has grown into a beanpole, but the same can't be said of Daniel Radcliffe: he's only five foot three. Unlike his schoolmates, the hero didn't have any free time for us. We had to wait until the evening, when the shooting stopped, to get to talk with him.

"My favourite film is the one we're shooting right now. The Harry Potter universe is not at all childish anymore." We were also lucky enough to talk with ravishing Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), the youngest of the trio, but also the most reasonable. Between scenes, she revises her lessons, and is cautious about her future career. Sirius Black's House The sets range for grandiose to bare. In the fifth episode, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the young wizard visits his godfather's family house. Just like his surname, Sirius Black's house is completely... black!

But the most stunning part when you go in is that everything is real: forks, chandeliers, dust... "Since the sets might be needed again in another episode, we only use high quality materials, and never throw anything away; all the set elements from the previous movies are stored in numbered boxes." Next door, there are large spaces covered with blue fitted carpet: it's the blue key, used as a background for CGI. Quidditch matches are filmed there, for example.

The actors sit on mechanically-driven broomsticks, and the Quidditch stands are added later on by computer. 90% shot in the studio Surprisingly, 90% of the scenes in the Harry Potter movies are filmed in the studio. For instance, we saw the shooting of a scene set in the countryside surrounding Hogwarts, entirely filmed indoors. Daniel Radcliffe, sitting on a mound, has just learned that one of his loved ones is dead. The wind blowing in his hear, tears flow out of his eyes. The scene is heartrending... but shot indoors, in an annex to the studio which looks like a bunker! It hardly matters: on the big screen, it will seem 100% real!

Link

 

[Dr. Fate]

OOTP set report in French magazine

Visiting the Harry Potter set feels like going to Disneyland for the first time: you keep your eyes wide open and your mouth gaping when you see how huge it all is. And yet, Leavesden studios aren't much to look at: thousands of square metres of impersonal warehouses in the middle of an average countryside, an hour's drive away from London. When you enter them, they are actually disappointing: the glue and paint smells have nothing to do with the magic of the movies which sent us into raptures these last four [sic] years. You do need a lot of carpenters, painters and workmen of all kinds to transform the common raw materials into the magnificent sets and terrifying creatures that J.K. Rowling [sic] invented!

The whole place is so big that some people cycle from one set to another. Some even use a golf car... It's 10am, everyone is already in place and two shooting teams are getting busy at the same time. Fortunately, Rupert Grint is available: "There's a relaxation room for when we have to wait. Since I've stopped school and don't need to study, I spend my free time playing ping-pong." The little redhead of the first film has grown into a beanpole, but the same can't be said of Daniel Radcliffe: he's only five foot three. Unlike his schoolmates, the hero didn't have any free time for us. We had to wait until the evening, when the shooting stopped, to get to talk with him.

"My favourite film is the one we're shooting right now. The Harry Potter universe is not at all childish anymore." We were also lucky enough to talk with ravishing Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), the youngest of the trio, but also the most reasonable. Between scenes, she revises her lessons, and is cautious about her future career. Sirius Black's House The sets range for grandiose to bare. In the fifth episode, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the young wizard visits his godfather's family house. Just like his surname, Sirius Black's house is completely... black!

But the most stunning part when you go in is that everything is real: forks, chandeliers, dust... "Since the sets might be needed again in another episode, we only use high quality materials, and never throw anything away; all the set elements from the previous movies are stored in numbered boxes." Next door, there are large spaces covered with blue fitted carpet: it's the blue key, used as a background for CGI. Quidditch matches are filmed there, for example.

The actors sit on mechanically-driven broomsticks, and the Quidditch stands are added later on by computer. 90% shot in the studio Surprisingly, 90% of the scenes in the Harry Potter movies are filmed in the studio. For instance, we saw the shooting of a scene set in the countryside surrounding Hogwarts, entirely filmed indoors. Daniel Radcliffe, sitting on a mound, has just learned that one of his loved ones is dead. The wind blowing in his hear, tears flow out of his eyes. The scene is heartrending... but shot indoors, in an annex to the studio which looks like a bunker! It hardly matters: on the big screen, it will seem 100% real!

Link

Fascinating.

 

[OtepApe]

Ravishing Emma Watson??? What?

Dan's only 5'3? Thought he was taller.

Ok, Harry finds out a family member is dead whilst sitting on a mound outside somewhere? Is this YET another departure from the book?

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

Ok, Harry finds out a family member is dead whilst sitting on a mound outside somewhere? Is this YET another departure from the book?

I notice they misspelled hair so maybe it's a typo . I hope .

 

[OtepApe]

I notice they misspelled hair so maybe it's a typo . I hope .

Wishful thinking I think

 

[Dr. Fate]

Ravishing Emma Watson??? What?

Isn't she a little young to be "ravishing"? Or was she being ravished by someone else?

Dan's only 5'3? Thought he was taller.

Internet Movie Database said Dan's 5'7".

Ok, Harry finds out a family member is dead whilst sitting on a mound outside somewhere? Is this YET another departure from the book?

There are so many departures from the book it's hard to keep track of them all...

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Emma's ravishing to me...*dreamy*

 

[PowersOfMind]

I was just reading on AOL moviest hat Emma Watson might not return for the other movies after Order of Phoenix. I guess its all still spectulation but damn that would suck.

 

[Backdrifter]

I think she will be universally hated if she decides that is what she wants to do.

 

[Dr. Fate]

I think she will be universally hated if she decides that is what she wants to do.

When you walk out on the thing that made you famous, you deserve to be universally hated.