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This is the one bird you can't order with gravy this Thanksgiving! HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX trailer is online!
Hey folks, Harry here... Once again, I haven't read any of the books, but to my eyes - this Harry Potter seems to want to kick ass on a gathering threat. First off - there seems to be magic galore around metropolitan areas, which has been a big NO-NO so far. Well, seems folks are riding broomsticks all over the city. That was definitely something I wasn't expecting. Also, Harry seems to be maturing. His haircut is no longer very boyish and his cheekbones are beginning to show. Seems he's growing up, been very interesting to watch this group of kids become young men and women on this film... something that just adds a layer of realism to this fantastic series. Here's the teaser trailer:
This is the one bird you can't order with gravy this Thanksgiving!!!
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Dumbledore's Army are on brooms now... wtf? Where did the threstals go?
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little worried about that one bit with harry on the broom at the end...maybe it's just my monitor
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I'm sure I'll go see it when it comes out.
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when going to the headquarters, though it was higher up in the clouds
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where are the muthaeffin thestrals?
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They ruled out brooms because, if I remember correctly, only one person could fit on one and not everyone had one. D'oh!
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are you sure? at the beginning when they first brought harry to the HQ i could have sworn they were on brooms but invisible cuz of someone's spell...and it was so cold in the air that harry thought his fingers would fall off or he'd lose his grip on the broom- i'll re check that at some point...i read it a while ago
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Do any of you ever get the feeling that Harry NEVER reads books?
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...does this not look as eye-poppingly rich as the previous Harry Potter films? I feel like the compositions are lacking -- especially that shot of Dumbledore speaking with the person in the chair right behind his head.
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Said that Quidditch was out and for a while it looked like the Gary Oldman was out to too but they relented and now he is back again. This was an absolute whooper of a book and as along they dont SHOUT LIKE ANGRY TEENAGERS AND HAVE MRS WEASLEY TALKING LIKE THIS. I will be happy
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i love harry potter as much as the next geek, but talk about a bare-bones trailer (yes, i realize it was a teaser). this felt more like a tv spot than a theatrical trailer. weak sauce wb.
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I have still to be captivated by this series.
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...should have their own frigid, tongue-in-cheek, possibly period-sitcom or something. I watch and generally adore anything remotely to do with Dame Maggie Smith because she's the best thing on this planet (can't begin to get into it here), and I recommend you people go out of your way to find KEEPING MUM, with great performances by Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, and (good for him!) Patrick Swayze. As far as I'm concerned, there can never be enough movies with Maggie Smith, or Alan Rickman (or Ian McKellen, while we're at it). Just to prove how selfishly indulgent I am, I would wish that there's still room in the Potterverse somewhere for Sir Ian McKellen and Ricky Gervais. Any other actor suggestions to add to this already still-too-good-to-be-believed Potter cast?
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That is all
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Harry you should try reading a book once in a while... I mean no offense, but I think you'd like it (and I don't mean comic books, graphic novels, cook books or playboy's 50th anniversary book). It's almost like writing your reviews, but like at the other end of the spectrum... and without the talkbacks. If you read Order of the Phoenix now you'll even be able to forget it by the time the movie comes out!
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I like. She's nice.
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As for the Thestrals, they should film it so that only people in the audience who have seen people die can see them. That'd be impressive movie-making technology.
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You're right, the members of the Order take Harry to Grimold Way via brooms (God, I'm such a nerd for knowing that). That said, they definitely weren't buzzing Parliament. Although, maybe I will now...it's been a while since I've listened to George Clinton.
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Boring
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...Hannibal Lector. Nice.
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How old will this guy be when all these movies are finished?
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as it has left me unsatisfied.
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Is that the people who use magic in these movies always need a wand. Like they're completely useless without them or something. Seems to me a wand is a handy way of focusing magical energies ... but they're all WAY too dependent on 'em. Dr. Strange doesn't need any stinkin' wand and he's the Sorcerer Supreme!! Also ... not enough Hermione in this trailer.
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not nearly as old as other actors who have played teenagers. How old was VanDenNuts on "Dawson's Creek"?. Come the Last Movie, Radcliff will be around 21, playing 18 (if they keep to the 18 months between movies).
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I think it's...SPOILERSPOILERS...harry's escort to sirius place. The thestrals are probably still in it.
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They changed the Death Eater Masks from Goblet, didn't they? I don't remember them that well, but I do think they didn't look like that in movie #4. I think. Also, that Broomstick scene IS at the front of the book - the Order shows up at Harry's door after the Dementor attack, and promptly whisk him away. On Brooms. Not Thestrals.
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Actually, they don't. There are several scenes in the movies where it occurs (I'm thinking of one scene in particular where Dumbledore lights some candles).
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Your posts are lame and suck hard.
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While the next book - Half Blood Prince - will be THE MOVIE of this series, I liked the looks of what I've seen here. This book always felt smaller than the others where not a lot happened until the end so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out on screen. That said, if they fuck up the end battle of Order of Phoenix it will be a letdown. The whole book is one slow buildup to that moment. Can't wait to see Longbottom kicking some arse.
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Those city shots, do they look video or what? Looks very HD. Don't like that realy. Let's hope I'm wrong, to much video look in that trailer.
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Someone tell me PLEASE that this director has kept Hermione's eyebrowns in check. In that last one, I swear, I thought she was going to fly away as hard as she was flapping those things! Otherwise, damn that looks great!!!
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Previous set reports have confirmed this. And when would this series ever back down in showing off a new creature (save for something dull like blast ended skrewts)? And where did anyone ever hear that they were cutting out Sirius? The bulk of the first act takes place in his house... I doubt it was an afterthought to just "add that back in"...
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Someone get Harry (K) "Hooked on Phonics". Really HK, you should pick up a book every now and again. Like they say at Faber College, "Knowledge is Good".
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Makes it realy as if the wizard world is infiltrating our precious human environment. Jep, dig this big time. Give me tickets plz and a HD version of the teaser.
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series and anyone who has read book six know that much.
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Harry, if you get "Hooked on Phonics" I swear I'll check my spelling and try not to type too fast on this shitty keyboard. Hermy's Eyebrows must be kept in check or all is lost. Can't wait to see Sirius' pad. Or the Weasley boys fuck shit up. Or what's-her-name get it fed to her on a platter. Or the S.P.E.W. buttons (not likely). Here's something ELSE to chew on, Knowles...Sam Jackson is rumored to be in the running to play Derek Strange in the adaptation of George Pelecanos' "Right as Rain". If books hurt your head too much you can always pick up the CD audiobook version. You can get it, like I did, by walking down to the public library.
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... and yes, MCMXXXC0CK is a little beeyotch constantly whining about Michael Bay. Grow up loser.
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...that your intro to this article would give us some idea of your thoughts on GOBLET OF FIRE since the site was sorely lacking your review (on said movie) this time last year. Oh well.
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They don't need wands to do all magic. They cover that in the books. Wands are needed to do the more powerfull spells.
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detenion with Umbridge and the pen that cuts into the back of Harry's hand as he writes. Very creepy stuff when I read it. They better keep that in the movie.
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Don't worry they won't bite you.
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Prisoner of Azkaban is the only really delicious Harry Potter film, so far. I haven't read any of the books. When the hype started I had the typically stupid and stubborn "If everyone's reading it, I won't" reaction. I really believe in the books' quality (contrary to THE DA VINCI CODE). But not, because of the movies I saw. It is because of all the people that have good taste and read them told me so. The movies offered little glimpses of that magical world, and a wonderful coming of age story. Still Prisoner of Azkaban is the only film that maintained the necessary thickness and atmosphere, that felt right and real. The other films, while, as I stated, here and there, having transcending moments, often felt wrong. I remember the first time I saw Voldemort, and how disappointed I was. But let's focus on the realism, that hopefully will be better in the next installment. Because that's exactly what I felt as being mostly wrong with the otherwise quite ...solid... last film. The whole thing wasn't real enough. The film lacked a grittyness in it's images. Hell, I even missed the feeling of the hero's sweat daring to pour out of the screen, 'cause that's the feeling some of those scenes deserved. Most of the images looked too clean, too "computer"... Just seeing them flying in front of those skylines and through our reality as it seems makes me excited, although that alone doesn't take away the problem of lacking grittyness. THIS WHAT WE SEE IN THIS TRAILER ISN'T WORTH THE EXPRESSION REALISTIC LOOK YET. let's hope the best though.
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Can we refrain from the use of the word 'delicious'? We hear it enough from Harry as it is (in between his pre-pubescent "boobie boobie boobie slobber" rants) and ANYWHERE I see that word on this site makes me imagine Knowles with buffalo wing sauce matted into his beard and pieces of funnel cake stuck between his choopers. Thank you for your time. Love, Frijole
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or a "teaser". Looks kind of inbetween, shows more than a teaser but not a lot... I want to see more!!
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Where do you get that Potter is an American kid? And the parallels between Gaiman's work and Rowling's are hardly concrete. They're two totally different stories. I'd say Harry Potter's structure has more in common with STAR WARS (though not nearly as much as ERAGON does) than with BOM or any of the other works that she's commonly accused of pilfering from. The hero's journey and the archetypes of myth are the basis for thousands of stories and books. And aside from a young wizard protagonist and the use of some of those archetypes, there really is no comparison. Rowling's gift is in her richly drawn characters and settings... all woven into a very complex (made moreso with each book when you see how the most minor things in one book can connect with something 2 and 3 books down the line) coming of age story. You can take that from a HUGE Gaiman fan (who actually sees more true parallels with NEVERWHERE than with BOM). Rowling didn't create mythology... she just writes it so well. Oh, and your grammar and spelling don't underline you as much of a literary critic. Yeah.
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The last two movies benefited from some outstanding A list directing. This is a fantasy directors series. The next two should go to Peter Jackson and Spielburg.
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Snooty bastards with nothing better to do than to trash things that people enjoy and feel good about. Don't worry...bad guys always get what's coming to them. This looks great. I'm paying.
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These were so much better Christmas releases... damn you WB!
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Sheesh, anytime lil Dan Radcliffe shares the screen with Alan Rickman, or any of the adults for that matter, he gets blown away. Let's hope Equss gives him some street cred.
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All these posters saying "looks awesome" - have you ever seen a proper film before?
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seen every one of these Harry movies...and there is something so phony, shallow, and no real danger about them. i will see the latest one too. it is an investment of interest? well...let this one click.?
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I hope the music clip at the end shows the return of the good music. The soundtrack to Goblet was horrible. Except for Harry's haircut, this movie looks like it might actually be good. Up to now, the books have been so much better than any of the movies with Prisoner & Goblet being especially horrible.
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movies run out? I mean, to avoid typecasting? Or is that even possible at this point?
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'Cause it is, by far, the best the movies. Damn, they really need to bring Cuaron back for Half-Blood Prince.
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Which might explain the lack of substantial footage.
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-plode! And Bacci40, if that really is the ending then fuck you boyo. How exactly do you get back at Warners or Rowling or whoever by fucking things up for us? There are people here that haven't read the books and want to enjoy the movies on their own merit. Arsehole. And at least Allie is probably a girl. They can actually say "delicious" "gorgeous", giggle and be giddy without turning stomaches. Unlike Harry.
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This will be a completely different movie to those before it in a similar way that Alfonso Cuaron's Prisoner of Azkaban was different from Chris Columbus's kiddy first two flicks. There's serious character development for Harry here, and there's finally big revelations and tie-ups for the story as a whole. It's less action, less laughs, more intense drama, more adult. IMO Half-Blood Prince (the 6th book) was a slight step back in that respect, it felt like JK Rowling was trying to recapture the tone of earlier books rather than striving forward again. Anyhow, this will be the best movie without a doubt, maybe not the best in the little kids' eyes, but certainly the one that has the most potential to go down as an out-and-out classic. Mark my words.
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To jump in and get started? They look super cool, but I just never took the chance to see one of these films or read the book. I'm a total noob. Are the good times over or is it worth the investment?
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I´m glad to see you used your precious time to post not once but several times in the TB how boring you think the HP movies are and at the same time admit you´ve watched them all.
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read the books already! i swear -- easy reader wouldn't lie to you. reading's fun!
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A REAL teenage boy would use his invisibility cloak to sneak into the girls showers!
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No offense dude, but with the books getting longer and longer, you are getting less and less of the story on the Big Screen. Personally, I'm surprised Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire made ANY sense to anyone who didn't read the books! Ever wonder why Voldemort calls Petigrew "Wormtail" (the name Harry reads off the Mauraders Map?). Wonder how Sirius escaped from Azkaban? How about how Barty Crouch JR escaped? (Hint: He had help.....but NOT from Voldemort or any Death Eaters). How Sirius knew Petigrew was at Hogwarts? How Lupin and Snape knew Sirius was in the Shreiking Shack? Wouldn't you like to know what happens when Dudley Dursley meets Fred and George? Ever hear of Peeves the Poltergeist? (He's been in EVERY book so far....but no movies) How about Winky the House Elf (She was a HUGE character in Goblet of Fire). Hermiones SPEW obsessions are gone from the films, as in "Weasley is our King". Did you know Hermione had Harrys Firebolt Broomstick confiscated? Also, Harry had to share a box with the Malfoys at the World Cup, Crouch Jr and after Ron lost Scabbers, he acquired a VERY egomaniacal, hyperactive owl named "Pig". I enjoy the movies as much as anyone, but you HAVE TO READ THE BOOKS in order to fill in the blanks left by the omissions in the movies! If nothing else, grab the audiobooks! ;)
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I read most of the books in 2004, but never would have started if I hadn´t thought the second movie was clever. I thought the first movie was retarded and didn´t understand what the fuss was all about, but then I saw the second movie and thought "this explains alot" and borrowed the books from a couple of coworkers (all of them women...they love this shit). Of course it´s not too late to start. Just don´t get discouraged by the first movie/book. Just pace yourself. Don´t try to read/ see the movies back to back, just divide the number of books and/or movies (if you´re only going to do just one- read the books) by the amount of time left for the last book (or the next movie) to come out so you can at least experience some of the anticipation.
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Hopefully, they ditch the, 'lets cut everything except the action scenes' approach from GOF and go back to goodold character development like in POA. This one have the potential to be the best so far. They have the political intrigues (MOM and Hogwarts) the 'love to hate characters (Snape, Umbridge) the 'love to lust' characters (Hermione, Tonks) enough angst to choke a horse, some teenage bravado (Dumbledore's Army) and of course that famous death. Can't wait. I hope they pull it off.
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Lemme just say that when I finished that book, Azkaban was on HBO the next day and I just sat there fuming at the tv everytime Malfoy was on, and another character who will remain nameless for those who haven't read it. And everyone should read the books, its the difference between the taster in the grocery store, and the meal.
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or did the broomstick flying bits look very 'Superman'(1978)? seriously, i would have though we could easily do flying effects by now, its like the oldest trick in the effects book.
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Let him finish the movies, then after that he can read the books.
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He spent half his time in the girls' bathroom in Chamber of Secrets!<p> BTW, as an avid HP Reader, I think PoA is the only really good film so far. The others had some good stuff, but too many flaws to truly enjoy.
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Naaataaaaliaaaa Tenaaaaa. In conclusion, MCMLXXVI is Michael Bay.
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Bacci, you idiot - obviously I was AVOIDING them (the book spoilers). And you still didn't answer how fucking things up for me and people like me is revenge for Warners/Rowling, you little troll. _______________There's nothing wrong with just watching the movies to see if they stand on their own. I don't think many here who have already read the books can appreciate how insidious the movies are (well, the first two mainly) by being so slavish to the books yet not adapting them to the strengths and constraints of another medium. Whatever fuckwits like Bacci think about the books ripping off Books of Magic (I personally get the feeling they started off as figuratively the next gen of Enid Blyton but it's cool that they grow with the reader) which I liked too, you can't begrudge the acheivement of getting tons of kids to WANT to read or their parents to read to them, whatever. It's a wonderful thing but when you do a Columbus what's the only difference between the film and the book? - In the film you DON'T have to use your imagination! Basically it's a redundant advertisement for the book. Which is a terrible thing, although there's obviously a novelty in seeing what you've already imagined as evidenced by every single 'already read the book' audience member who laughed or grinned with recognition before the scene had hardly begun. And as far as them working as films, the first one is the worst with narrative dead ends and cinematic bumbling throughout. I loved the third one, and it actually worked AS A MOVIE. Yes I'm sure they left a ton of cool stuff out but like I said a book is a different beast. The best example of this is how Stanley Kubrick was right to change the third act of The Shining, as the book used inherently literary conceits. Anyway, I'm enjoying these films now and I'm sure I'll enjoy the books even more. Waiting 'til it's all over isn't a problem for me as I just don't have the time to get into the books for a good while yet. Speaking of which, back to work for me!
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Like I said, I haven't read the books. and the dictionary won't tell me. What's a threstal?
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"...become young men and women." is Harry's code for wanting to bang Hermionie. Harry seriously, you're a sick bastard. I forsee a chemical castration and Meghan's Law in your future.
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Yeah, he did spend a lot of time in there.....but the only girls in there were Hermione and Myrtle....and the both knew he was in there! If Harry was straight, he'd be more interested in spying on the girls of Hogwarts instead of spying on Draco Malfoy!
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At least not in this movie.
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Don't worry, that's not how it ends. Although somebody does die. ******** A "thestral" is a flying horse that can only be seen by anyone who's witnessed the death of another person. You know that shot in the previews for 'Prisoner of Azkaban' where it looks like the students are being pulled along on horseless carriages? They're actually hitched to thestrals. Harry can now see them because Cedric was murdered right in front of him, and before he discovers what they are he's initially freaked out that, all of a sudden, he's seeing these horses everywhere while nobody else even knows what he's talking about. It's a loose metaphor for how coping with death alters one's perspective on things. Near the end of the film, Harry and a bunch of other students ride the thestrals to the Ministry of Magic in London.
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Thanks mate.
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the Malfoys. I want her to have a slow and painful death in book 7.
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Up at Yahoo! Movies: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix_hd.html
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warning system. Watch out she is about to 'act'.
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on the SciFi channel and give it to a proven cast/crew with a good sized budget. Rowling can fund the whole thing herself if necessary. The books are simply to rich and deep to cram into a 3 hour movie.
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at the end there....reminds me of the green screen they put me in at the carnival when I was a kid. I still have the video of me flying through the mountains .....the city.. ahh the good ol days. <p><p>another harry potter movie I wont be seeing despite my fetish for vidual effects. Harry potter is as gay lord of the rings.
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when i can read delilo, pynchon, lethem.... etc etc etc etc etc... Come on already.
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Particularly since they keep pushing the 'darker and darker' theme. It's so cold and dark here right now and I could do with a magicky movie. I wish Daniel Radcliffe could do darker; he has all the blackening moral weight of a goldfish. He should be a tortured should well on his way to becoming the next Voldemort by now. Still, Helena Bonham carter is one pretty face that I've come to expect great things from and I like her punk Bride of Frankenstein look. If I was directing Radcliffe, i'd have made him do all those extreme dram aclasses where they scream constantly and throw buckets of cold vomit over you and make you regress to the fetal stage whilst beating you with razor wire. If he didn't improve as an actor, at least I'd have some fun.
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I tried to watch it last night. Couldn't. Just nothing to latch onto. I can watch the Prisoner of Azkaban over and over, but GoF is dreary looking, aimless and free of any real mood.
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Couple of things: 1) Your "drama class" suggestion for Daniel Radcliffe just made soda go up my nose. 2) THANK YOU. Almost everybody I know thinks 'Goblet of Fire' is the best of the series, whereas it's probably worse than 'Chamber of Secrets' as far as I'm concerned.
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This will rock your nuts loose! Order of The Phoenix will PAH-own you all! Harry better be a mean and unruly bastard for the movie or they haven't followed the book. Teaser looks the tits though!
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as ghey or gheyer than the others... meh
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ALthought Goblet of Fire is my least favorite book, I liked the movie adaptation better than Prisoner of Azkaban. I found the style in which that movie was made to be extremely annoying. I got sick of the whole "Iris-in/Iris-out" style of transition after the first ten minutes. And that fat, ugly, black kid whose only job is to recite melorama was EXTREMELY annoying "Catching Black is like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands!". Where the fuck did he come from? He wasn't in ANY of the novels. Was he the directors pet boy or something? And lets not even begin mentioning all of the plot holes left by this poor adaptation. Anyone who has not read the novel should have come out of that theater asking all sorts of questions (many of which I've already posted in this thread, so I won't repeat them here). Oh well. I do agree that Goblet of Fire is the weakest of the series story-wise. The whole purpose of the story is to change the direction of the Harry Potter series. While it isn't a bad novel, it definatley could have been better. (Why was it even called "Goblet of Fire"? That Goblet had very little to do with the story.)
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...he's made a special appearance in every 'Order of the Phoenix' TalkBack in the past week...
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I'm convinced it's Michael Bay himself. When Transformers comes out, he'll say something to the extent of "I was damning myself on every AICN TalkBack for months just to piss of the hating nerd crowd. I laugh everytime I hear "Michael Bay raped my childhood!"." We all know Michael Bay is insane so why not?
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He's actually not though, if you go and look. I mean he's probably on the majority of them, but he consistently posts on the H@rry Potter ones.
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This story sound familiar!
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sound = sounds
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Also, I was thoroughly creeped out by the sight of underage Hermione glamorously walking down those stairs in slow motion. Were we supposed to fucking oggle?
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Apparently he's been chatting with David Yates & JK Rowling on the set of Phoinex, and he's still good friends with David Heyman (Potter producer). JK has stated that he is her favorite Potter director, and she really liked Children of Men. I read all this on Mugglenet or Leakycauldron, so it's looking pretty promising. Half Blood Prince starts shooting in 3-4 months time, and suddenly cuaron pops up, all matey, available & interested? COOL!!!
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...although I'd sort of cottoned to the idea of Warner Bros. going out and finding a new director each time. Then again, I suppose one could do worse.
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I enjoy them more for the way they keep the kids quiet for two and a half hours. Now THAT my friends, is worth paying for.
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Harry Potter are Christmas movies dammit - release them at Christmas!!! Remember those hallowed years when we had LOTR and Potter in November and December? (Even though the early Potter films were a tad underwhelming...) Fingers crossed for this one, although I have to say, the teaser isn't quite pushing all my buttons - although hearing the little piece of score when the title comes up is always a pleasure.
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Bonham-Carter looks pretty cool. Looking forward to the stuff hitting the fan towards the end...Hope Radcliffe can pull off the dramatics though!
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Tim Hunter and the Books of Magic are hardly original, 2000AD had a story two years before Tim Hunter appeared called Summer Magic about a dark haired British Schoolboy called Luke Kirby who has magic powers. Likewise Terry Pratchett created a wizard with dark hair and glasses called Ponder Stibbons in 1990.
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Of the 4 HP movies POA made the least amount of money at the box office. Cuaron should be left to do arthouse movies not mess around with a franchise. Hire a sensible director who has a smaller ego than the franchise.
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There you are! Same old song, huh? I've said time and time again that 'Prisoner of Azkaban' still made a ton of cash, was the best reviewed, and was generally liked by everyone I've spoken to. Box office is an inexact science (and calling it a "science" at all is pretty generous), and the fact that it made the least money out of the four proves very little. It was also the only movie of the four so far to have been released in the summer, and considering how many people on this TalkBack alone are clamoring for more winter releases for the Potter franchise due to lack of stimulation during the holiday season, you'd think there'd be a strong correlation there. But coincidence doesn't necessarily imply a direct relationship, now does it?
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Hermione's entrance wasn't as bad as when Harry K put up the hi-res pics of the Second Task and pointed out Fleur's camel-toe... And, Tonks was not that hot in the books!!! Lastly: Bellatrix has too much of a Rogue/Cruella De Vil look...unless Azkaban prematurely aged her.
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I think she looks PERFECT as Bellatrix... and can barely believe she was replacement casting. She BELONGS in that fucking role!
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Forget Narnia, Potter and Hobbit nonse-sense. Wait till Pullman's brilliance hits the screen and i reckon you'll all be able to move on and truly enjoy the three greatest books in 'children's literature'. The Dark Materials Trilogy is the antidote to the sub-Christian religious bullshit served up by Tolkien and Lewis. The witches in Order of the Phoenix trailer look like a complete rip-off of how i pictured Serafina Peccala. And, of course, J.K.Rowling (as much as i love the woman) had plenty of time to read 'Northern Lights' before she wrote 'Order'.
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***** HP 6 SPOILERS***** The Malfoys are victims as much as the Longbottoms and the rest of the wizarding world. Voldemort fed on their insecurities, and fears. Poor Draco, we saw ample evidence of his remorse for having put himself into that situation.(bk 6 crying in the bathroom, his poor health and the entire discussion with Dumbledore*sob*the best character to grace the written word) He was angry about his father and jumped into a tank of sharks without any thought. He wanted a way out, but didn't believe there was one. Mrs. Malfoy was awesome btw, her sister is a blind follower, but she was desperately trying to save her son. There will be a lot of redemption in the last book for sure. Don't count all of the villains out, not even Snape. There will be twists, that most won't realize were coming. Ugh, I love this series if only the little guy were old enough to appreciate them.*****end spoilers book6****
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Not sure why you directed that at me as I haven't said anything about the Malfoys in this thread... but regardless of that, I agree COMPLETELY. I've been debating with my Potter-friends since even before HBP came out that Draco will be redeemed and there were sooooo many obvious (and not so obvious) seeds planted to that effect in HBP, I'm shocked that so few agree.
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I can't definitely identify anyone flying next to the ship in the trailer except for Harry, but if it is the Order escorting him to Grimmauld Place, why isn't Harry invisible?
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Like I said before, Cuaron left out stupid things that should have been in it. Like the explaination of who created the maurader's map. That's a HUGE point of interest and he just ignored it. I would have taken 1 extra line of dialogue, too.
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i'd tap that
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POA was summer, GOF was winter, OotP is summer, so if they keep that pattern HBP should release in November.
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I think it's the lowest because it has been the only summer release so far. I think this kind of movie just does better during holiday season. Phoenix will probably have the lowest box office of the series.
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and you people who like it make me giggle.
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I really don't think he's the villian as book 6 portrays hime. He's just a part of Dumbledore's plan to defeat Voldemort. Hope I'm not proven wrong in the last book. By the way, books are 1000 times better than the movies
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I really don't think he's the villian as book 6 portrays him. More than likely Snape's just a part of Dumbledore's plan to defeat Voldemort. I see old Dumbledore pulling and Obi Won in the last story. Hope I'm not proven wrong in the last book. By the way, books are 1000 times better than the movies
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but he's said that it was kind of collective zeitgeist thing - that many people had the same archetypal image in their heads at the same time. I'm definitely looking more forward to this than the last one, which had only slightly more depth than the first two. I still think POA set the standard, but I'm also glad not every film was like that. I've said before, that on the strength of Yates' Girl in the Cafe, an amazing piece highly recommended for wonderful performances by Bill Nighy and Mary McDonald and great use of a Sigur Ros tune, that he definitely has something interesting and unique to contribute to the series. The trailer definitely shows a shift in tone, much less whimsy. If the trailer was just that quick exchange between Harry and Snape, I'd be happy. I also love seeing some of the magic in the Muggle settings - I think bringing magic into the 'real world' (which happens even more in the next film) is the way to go, as the fantasy gets more adult. If not adult, then at least less childish.
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was referring to your response to bacci40 Those were meant to be 2 sep. statements. Should have used and in there lol, but didn't think it would fit.
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Gotcha. Again too, I'm glad to see someone shares my opinion on Malfoy. Aside from all the clues already pointing to it... this just wouldn't be truly mythic if in the end there were not a true redemption of a character... and he's certainly the most likely candidate. :)
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mmm...
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I've enjoyed all the potter stuff, and it gets stronger all the time BUT i just think HDM is so much stronger. And why the fuck is it taking so long?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7105707010768650236&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en
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WOW! Bond gets to go after GOD. How sexy is that!
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Am I the ONLY person who thinks this entire series of movies and books are complete shit? C'mon people! And if one more person over the age of 12 comes up to me and asks me if I've read the latest potter book Im going to gouge their eyes out and skull fuck them!
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As one of the many that finished the Potter series of books (except for the highly anticipated finale of course), I've been waiting what seems like years for this movie to come out. If you haven't read the series you should, it offers a different perspective on the movies and their adaptation.
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Nov. 22, 2006, 10:38 a.m. CST
Trailer reeked "Friday the 13th: Harry Takes Manhattan"
by Kampbell-Kid
Vanilla Ice I heard has a cameo in this one. o/` Wizarddddddd~rap Go Harry Go Harry Go... o/` Seriously, this doesn't look that bad trailer wise but it is nice to see this film series finally drop its nuts and grow some hair. Wonder how they'll handle the big death scene of a certain character.
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So what kind of books are up your alley, if you don't mind me asking? "Anansi Boys"? Or maybe you like to relax by reading "Ulysses," and then reflect on the meaningful lessons about life it has imparted to you by killing a couple of hours on Ain't-It-Cool-News. Get lost, you pretentious dick.
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No, you dont have to read "Ulysses" and reflect. My point was that I dont see what the great attraction is to these books/movies to anyone over 12. Thin plots, bad acting, predictable etc. What is it about this franchise? I just dont get it! I will say this though, anything that gets young kids reading 500+ page books is great... for children. Its the adults that come up to me and tell me what a great read potter is that drives me nuts. Fuck them, fuck that trailer, fuck you...and fuck everyone now that I think of it! (gc)
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about the plotting of this series.
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