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Quint's long-ass visit report for HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX! Sets, interviews and Gary Oldman!

Not to start a Mac/PC battle.... by jimmy_009	Jun 25th, 2007 02:05:15 PM
...but I thought Macs were supposed to be oh so stable.
Sweet! by kdoggg98	Jun 25th, 2007 02:09:41 PM
nm
mac by Quint	Jun 25th, 2007 02:11:47 PM
The machine is fine. The program fucked up on me because of the huge email load we get. I probably had close to 24,000 emails stored on it, with a daily load of 600-800 coming in. Of course, most of that's spam, but I keep most of my non-spam mail, hence the huge amount stored. I'm using thunderbird now... it's had some problems, too, but those are easier to get around. I've never had my system freeze on me. I have had parts wear out, but my OS has never crashed, which happened almost daily on my last laptop (Windows 98).
Ricky Gervais for SLUGHORN please by all	Jun 25th, 2007 02:12:21 PM
and Cuaron back for hallows!
Crap, I'm probably going to have to see this. by Bagheera	Jun 25th, 2007 02:15:22 PM
I was resolute in my belief that the movies are slowly but surely butchering the books, but I think I'm cracking because this is starting to look very good.
awesome write-up, love the set visits by Sir Loin	Jun 25th, 2007 02:17:50 PM
I'm not a huge Potter fan, but hearing about the behind-the-scenes aspects like this is always great. The sheer logisitics of making a huge film like this must just be insane. Nice job yet again, Quint.
If you ever got Win 98 to start up at all by jimmy_009	Jun 25th, 2007 02:25:01 PM
Then hats off to you Quint.
Bill Nighy!!!!!!!!!! by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 02:32:29 PM
HE WANTS TO BE IN THE NEXT ONE!!!
Thanks by Baltimoron	Jun 25th, 2007 02:35:27 PM
...for the updates, Quint!
Fenrir Greyback = Bil Nighy by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 02:42:14 PM
bring him in!!!
Nice one Quint. by brokentusk	Jun 25th, 2007 02:48:34 PM
Appreciated. I gotta admit, when it was first announced that Warner Bros. had signed David Yates, I was like "who?"... but, after seeing the final trailer on the big screen, the film looks great. I still think it'll be a wise idea if they bring back Alfonso for the last film though, if he wants to do it.
If this is better than GOF I'll be happy by DOGSOUP	Jun 25th, 2007 03:03:42 PM
GOF was the worst of them all for me. OotP is my favorite book so far so I hope they get it right. Luna will be perfect. Nat Tena as Tonks is the Sex. Sirius gets a meaty role. So far it looks like it will be the best yet. Here's hoping. I'm still 10 times more excited for the 7th book.
"We’re the ninjas unleashed" by Emerald Saber	Jun 25th, 2007 03:24:04 PM
Isaacs is awesome! Thank you very much for the report, Quint. It's insane how much I'm looking forward to this. OOTP is my favorite of the series - or actually in a tie with HBP. I may have a sensory overload during the whole end sequence. The moment Harry and everyone arrive at the Ministry of Magic, my thoughts will be fragmented... Department of Mysteries... Ethereal. Dueling. Spells. Flashing colors. Sirius. Lucius. Bellatrix. Sirius! The Veil! Harry... Dumbledore!! Voldemort! And the rest is silence. My silent explosion of glorious insanity!
Ginny Weasley = P.O.A by Kentucky Colonel	Jun 25th, 2007 03:37:42 PM
Kneel before the redhead! I do every night, and maybe Yoko does, too??? I'm getting some sweaty-assed palms waiting for this one. One qusetion...are the flapping caterpillars in check, or does Emma emote to the back row?
Issacs and Oldman kick tuchas by finky089	Jun 25th, 2007 03:39:03 PM
Their work in these films is great and one of the things I enjoy most about them. Rickman, too, though he never gets enough screentime.
I wonder if two fat kids will chest bump with wands?? by finky089	Jun 25th, 2007 03:39:42 PM
Or is that kind of thing only reserved for crappy Michael Bay movies?
LOL Emma's caterpillars by finky089	Jun 25th, 2007 03:41:12 PM
damn, Colonel, I forgot you'd brought them up in previous posts. You know those betwitched brows had to be flapping al through the roundtable interview. Though I'd love to hear from Quint if they move as exagerratedly in person as they do on screen.
HEY QUINT- QUESTION RE: EMMA WATSON by finky089	Jun 25th, 2007 03:42:45 PM
Do her eyebrows flap around as much in-person as they do everytime she is on screen. She looks like she's about to fly away without a broom they way she flaps them things up and down all the time. ;-) thanks
The best HP and the best franchise flick of the year? by performingmonkey	Jun 25th, 2007 03:43:44 PM
That's what I think. After the improbably unexpected fucking up of the Spider-man trilogy by Raimi (why, Sam, godsdamnit why??) and the over-stuffing of Pirates 3 (good = Barbossa marrying Will and Elizabeth while they kill people and Lord Beckett's ship being blown up in iconic spectacular fashion, bad = the entire Jack-is-insane sequence and the 'resolution' to the Davey Jones/Calypso story) I'm damn sure that Order Of The Phoenix will be the only good sequel this year and a fantastic movie in its own right. It's the best book, Jo Rowling at her peak (Half-Blood Prince was a bit of a let-down for me after the excellence of Order). The Death Eaters fight the Order of the Phoenix FFS. And Dumbledore fights Voldemort! And that's only the end sequence. The stuff that happens before that is 20 times better than Goblet Of Fire (which at the moment is my least favourite book).
And...I hope the film is as good as the trailers are by finky089	Jun 25th, 2007 03:43:45 PM
b/c WB (or whomever) has cut some great trailers for this one.
A proper turn of events would include..... by BillyPilgrim	Jun 25th, 2007 03:46:32 PM
Gary Oldman popping pills and blasting HP and Ron with a shotgun while Hermione is getting milk from the corner store. Then she seeks refuge with Jean Reno who teachers her how to "clean".
Ahem...thats teaches..not teachers. by BillyPilgrim	Jun 25th, 2007 03:48:40 PM
Oh, well.
Looking forward to this, Ratatouille, and the Simpsons by jimmy_009	Jun 25th, 2007 03:53:28 PM
The rest of the year seems to be a wash.
Good write-up by monorail77	Jun 25th, 2007 03:55:54 PM
Thanks, Quint. Its probably better sans personal bitching ;) Can't wait for the "ninjas unleashed" wizards duels!!
Nice report, Quint by lost.rules	Jun 25th, 2007 04:09:04 PM
Can't wait for Emma Watson to turn eighteen... I mean, I can't wait for the movie to come out. Damnit! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!! Quint, you have to freeze me. When I wake up, both the movie and book will be out.
Great report! But STILL no mention of the HP Island by Frijole	Jun 25th, 2007 04:09:34 PM
coming to Universal's Islands of Adventure.
The cartman joke = too soon = optimus in the alley by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 04:15:40 PM
no? umm i think it is!!!Oh and i can't wait to read what the pervs are going to write when this movie come out.
oh and "too silver" too btw. by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 04:17:34 PM
bring it!!! mehhh
Ha! that's old news quixote72 by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 05:32:59 PM
Tell that to someone who really cares HP's last book. Just go to those kiddie sites and make them cry!!! .P.S. I don't believe you!!
msj is shit by El Borak	Jun 25th, 2007 05:58:42 PM
cxccx
Why keep wishing Emma was 18?!?! by conspiracy	Jun 25th, 2007 07:01:58 PM
You guys need to get out of the country more, in the UK 16 is the Age of Consent.The cutie has been legal and no doubt working on her wand handling ability for over a year. BTW....Nice report Quint.
SNAPE KILLS HIS OWN TESTICLES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER by Lour Reed luvs Frank Zappa	Jun 25th, 2007 07:03:00 PM
HE SMASHES THOSE NUTS HARD
I WOULD LIKE TO FUCK EMMA WATSON by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell	Jun 25th, 2007 09:06:45 PM
its legal because we are about the same age
this... by blackthought	Jun 25th, 2007 09:19:08 PM
stardust, ratatouille, transformers, no coutry for old men...oh...there are quite tasty films yet to come.
Curron and above posters by Bloo	Jun 25th, 2007 09:48:05 PM
Curron so needs to get back on this series. Azkaban remains my fav. book and installment of the movie. and compared to GoF. He interjected so many great "little" moments, like when Lupin is packing his suitcase with just a wave of his wand here and there. His seemed the most "magical" of all the books. It's just great. I hope David yates continues in this tradition, the previews look great and I can't wait to finish up this series this summer, I've been following it since...99? About the time the 3rd book was released I believe, caught the first in paperback and read it one day, ent out and bought the other 2 that day. However I don't think they'll remain classics in the future, well, I mean they will but they won't have the same resonce. I look at the first, 3 or 4 when she throws out some modern things that date the book, I specifically remember harry trying to explain to Hagrid or Ron about a Playstation and describing it as a type of computer. It's kind of like in Lewis' Magician's Nephew and TLWW, when describing certain aspects of things, he dates himself by using certain descriptions and words that really don't have a significance anymore, you get the general idea of what he's talking about but there isn't that timelessness that the other books really nail (although t tok me awhile to releize when reading Caspain what an electric torch was, but I think that has more to do with me being American then anything else and young and quite uninformed in the ways of the world having lived only in KS my entire life) there my complaint about the books is over and again can't wait to see what yates brings us in TOTP, hopefully it'll be better then GoF. man that movie sucked.
we need michael bay for the last one!!! by ludmir88	Jun 25th, 2007 09:54:17 PM
no.. that was a really bad joke sorry.
I like Gary Oldman playing good guys. by superninja	Jun 25th, 2007 11:12:47 PM
He is actually charming and you kind of miss that when he's playing crazy bad guys. He can keep the good guys coming for awhile.
I was excited when they cast Issacs, but with by superninja	Jun 25th, 2007 11:21:31 PM
everything going on he really hasn't had much to do so hopefully he'll get to shine a bit in this one.
Looking forward to more Oldman in The Dark Knight by Boondock Devil	Jun 26th, 2007 12:21:05 AM
It's too bad that the WB couldn't do a Batman movie from Gordan's point of view when he joined Gotham's police force. It'd make for really fascinating movie with him dealing with all the corrupting, failing marriage, and suddenly some possible sociopath dressed up in a bat costume beating up thugs.
Luna Lovegood is my favorite character too... by Ribbons	Jun 26th, 2007 01:12:26 AM
...and hearing what Evana Lynch (sp?) had to say about her, I have to say I'm pretty pleased that they picked a girl who understands the character so well (or at least, feels the same way about her as I do). You go Evana!
Bill Nighy by steelerman	Jun 26th, 2007 01:15:47 AM
would be a great Rufus Scrimgeour,not so sure about Greyback
Bill Nighy... by Ribbons	Jun 26th, 2007 01:40:14 AM
...is going to be in a Harry Potter movie. He's already in every Hollywood-produced film set in the UK anyway. It's not a question of if, just a question of who. [/glib]...
The Harry Potter movies are non-events by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 26th, 2007 03:15:59 AM
Maybe they're good for 5 year olds but the first two are terrible, the third and fourth mildly entertaining. They are in no way worth the hype and excitement surrounding them though. There is no cinematic mastery behind them, they are very blandly put together and churned out. If they had got Spielberg, Gilliam etc to direct it could have been an interesting series but choosing hack directors (much like the Bond franchise) really destroys the potential of the films. I mean Rowling wanted Terry Gilliam to do them but they brought in Chris Columbus, that says it all.
kwisatzhaderach by Boondock Devil	Jun 26th, 2007 03:35:24 AM
I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan but I've seen all the movies and I've even read the books. I find them entertaining but nothing more than that. I'd agree with you on the first two movies but I feel that the last two films really were good fantasy films. Plus would you really consider Alfonso Cuarón to be a hack director?
Getting Spielberg to direct... by Mr Gorilla	Jun 26th, 2007 06:24:38 AM
Let'e remember that he wanted to relocat the thing to america, and make it an animation... man's made some genius films, but he ain't ALWAYS right. Remember Hook....?
Oldman to quit acting?! Cue Vader "Nooooo!" by Boondock Devil	Jun 26th, 2007 06:36:43 AM
It was reported on Joblo that in an interview with Oldman that he is very close to deciding to quit acting to move onto other things (directing?). If that's true I'd be even more upset about this than Connery quitting.
speilberg wanted haley joel osment as harry potter by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell	Jun 26th, 2007 07:19:52 AM
and him and rowling disagreed about that thats why he didnt direct
Exclusive first peek by drunkenmonkey73	Jun 26th, 2007 07:34:52 AM
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he's rich bitch! by Mr_X	Jun 26th, 2007 05:03:34 PM
now he's come of age he's in the money. ah to be 18 with 20 million in your bank account.
HARRY POTTER MOVIES ARE PRETTY GODDAMNED BORING by Pound Sand	Jun 26th, 2007 06:33:38 PM
And the Emma Watson TB stuff is totally nasty.
Entertainment by starlesswinter	Jun 26th, 2007 06:40:06 PM
It all really depends on what you like. Harry Potter gets ripped on to death by adults who find it "too childish" purely because it involves kids and magic. Some are just stubborn and refuse to watch it to give it a chance. In fact, Harry Potter contains themes that are much more powerful and resonant than anything "adult" stories have to offer, but they are more present in the book, and are not the obvious cliches the movies tries to throw in. I happen to love Harry Potter because it contains what most movies made today are missing: heart and emotion. Even if the movies fail to do this, the books certainly have it (and don't misunderstand me; it's none of the cheese like the ending of the Chamber of Secrets film). There are deep and meaningful relationships between the characters, there is always a sense that love is the most powerful element in the world (and the most dangerous), and you always care about everyone. I love the way everything is a mystery too; that's what makes the fandom so fun and interesting. We all wanna find out what happens, and the fun is that we know we will never figure it out. We want to be surprised. The writing isn't the greatest, but there is a sense of ease when you read it that lets it move along relatively smoothly. And the dialogue is a wonder. I just hate it when people come onto topics of films they hate just to rip on them. Come on, people, if you are too mature for these films, as you say, then learn to grow up and not come on here purely to bash them like arrogant teenagers.
Pound Sand by Ribbons	Jun 26th, 2007 07:33:21 PM
I probably shouldn't feed the trolls, but for someone supposedly so much better than all of us morons who enjoy Harry Potter, you certainly waste a whole lot of energy belaboring the same dull point in every singe Harry Potter TalkBack, sometimes more than once. Can't you just ignore Harry Potter threads like 99% of all the other crap on this site you're not interested in? Or is positioning yourself as superior to a large group of people through unquantifiable accusations how you get your jollies? Whatever; you're pretty goddamned tiresome yourself.
... by blackthought	Jun 26th, 2007 08:14:36 PM
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Yuck by superninja	Jun 26th, 2007 11:48:56 PM
Keep the 'Berg away from HP!
looking forward to potter month by TAF	Jun 27th, 2007 12:12:44 AM
looking forward to potter month. discovered the books the summer #3 was released. my family and i loved them from the beginning. the movies have been mild to major disappointments. we still go to see them. from what i've read, I have big expectations for this movie and half-blood. it's finally nice to have a director who is actually a fan of the books. we have two copies of book 7 paid for and, yes, we will be at a midnight party. i will see the movie at a midnight showing then take the family the next day.
Movies are too close to the book by Darth Fart	Jun 27th, 2007 07:44:00 AM
and that's a bad thing. They are totally different mediums, but for whatever reason, the stories are not dramtic enough for the screen because they stay to close to the narrative of the books. The enemy is so flippant. We're talking about life and death, yet most of the time, the characters just forget about it. Where's the danger? The Prisoner of Azkabhan is forgotten half way through, it becomes a movie about death eaters. Now, in the book, that's fine, but in the film, that's your story, but the it diverts -- Sirius is forgotten until later.
Quint by vampirepacman	Jun 27th, 2007 10:08:01 PM
Sounds like you had a blast! I'm jealous.. Thanks for the write up!
Early word on Potter by disruptors1	Jun 28th, 2007 12:11:27 PM
3/5 stars gits!
Ricky Gervais for Slughorn....? by minerva83	Jun 30th, 2007 02:07:27 PM
God no, please God no, he's in everything these days and I can't stand him. Bill Nighy for Fenrir Greyback!!! Any ideas on who is R.A.B.?? Great report Quint, really loved reading it!
So, uhh, Quint... by darthspielberg	Jul 2nd, 2007 04:19:52 PM
where is the Daniel Radcliff interview? I was enjoying your little Harry Potter Mania thing.
Amy winehouse kills padfoot story at 11 by MrQuick	Jul 11th, 2007 01:01:14 PM
I thought it was easily the worst installment in the series. Despite the changing of certain important events and the omission of others (which really are petty charges for a 2.10hr movie based on a 900 page book) This movie lacked any sort of flow. It was primarily a series of 30 second to 1min scenes that never really amounted to any sort of emotional substance. The plot was driven by the non contiguous pieces of exposition. Often regarding something that just happened in the previous scene however as there lacked any sort of continuity between the scenes the audience needs a rather staunch pep talk as to why the current scene is taking place and perhaps what was missed from the last uninteresting interaction between the characters. "oh harry my parents were killed by beatrix lestrange....we will make them proud of us...” honestly like a 30second scene that has absolutely zero bearing on the scene prior or after. The fireplace scene where the children sit around and laugh like jackasses after discussing the kiss with cho…Even the scene where uh Padfoot looks behind the veil has the emotional weight of you killed kenny, you bastard!"

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