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Order of the Phoenix: movie spoilers within.
First of all, WHAT. I expected the movie to leave out a lot of things, but it changed several rather important plotlines and left other important plotlines out entirely. There were parts I liked, but overall I was just very confused by things. As a movie it flowed pretty well, but since I've read the book, most of the changes were glaring. The most emotional parts of the book were totally flat in the movie. This could have been so good, and instead it was just...eh. Even more eh than GF, if you can believe it. At least there was some emotion at Cedric's death and the following events.
• There were no shrieking portrait or elf heads in Grimmauld Place, nor was there any cleaning-up of the house.
• There was no angsty, lonely Sirius who perked up at Christmas.
• Sirius didn't give Harry a mirror. But he did give him the photo of the original Order members.
• Draco and Voldemort. They looked very pretty being all sneering and snarly in black suits.
• Thestrals. Looked just as I had imagined, though the fear of flying on a horse you couldn't see was left out. (For that matter, so was the MoM card reading "Harry Potter: Rescue Mission.")
• Luna. She was dead on, dreamy voice and all. I loved her in the movie as much as I did in the books, and I think several scenes will make the Harry/Luna shippers very happy.
• Umbridge. I know I said when her stills came out that she wasn't nearly toady enough, but as it turned out, she didn't need to be toady. She made me cringe. Her office was all pink and horrible, and the cats in the plates on the walls were always meowing. It was a great contrast to her despicable character.
• Hermione. I liked her so much more in this movie than in the last two. She was more properly bushy and nerdy, didn't move her eyebrows quite so much, and only tackled Harry once or twice. There were loads of really cute Ron/Hermione hints.
• Sirius's head in the fire. Remember how his face in GF was part of the coals? That was changed in OP. This time his face was part of the flames, which was just how I'd pictured it, and was also a lot cooler.
• Zacharias Smith was not there at all.
• No one caught the D.A. meeting at the Hog's Head-- instead, Umbridge overheard Harry talking about it on his way back into Hogwarts.
• The kiss. Was lovely. Cho's accent is so cute. But she wasn't flipping out and crying all over the place, even though Harry later said she was. Hmph.
• Cho's friend betraying the D.A? Didn't happen. Bet you can't guess who did betray them. ...it was Cho. *headdesk* Snape's Veritaserum was used up on Cho, and so she told Umbridge. As a result of that, Harry started ignoring her. Hermione's "SNEAK" curse didn't show up at all.
• The snake attack. Was bloodier than I though they'd dare make it. It was great. Arthur's recovery was skipped completely.
• BELLATRIX!! Bella Bella Bella OH she was amazing. She was mad and beautiful and just like I've always pictured her. sdjdshfkdhggfhfdghdjf! Her voice and outfit and character were just brilliant. I'd have cried if Bella hadn't been done right.
• Dumbledore's Fawkes-aided escape from the Minister. WAS SO COOL. There were some damn fine effects in this movie.
• Umbridge's bloody-hand quill. I am pretty sure Harry was the only one she used it on, but one scene has an entire classroom of students using those quills. Also, no essence of Murtlap. =/
• Grawp looked like a gigantic baby. He was kind of cute, but almost nothing about him from the book made it into the movie. I did laugh at Ron getting jealous that Grawp seemed to like Hermione so much. Trust me, Ron, she's not going to leave you for a baby giant.
• Young Marauders. There wasn't enough of them, either! James was a bastard. You barely see Remus, and you don't see Lily at all. I can't remember if Sirius or Peter were there, but it was only a split second if they were. Very sad.
• Neville/Luna hints. Very cute.
• Kreacher didn't trick Harry into thinking Sirius had gone to the MoM. Instead, Sirius just showed up there with the rest of the Order, for no reason at all (it seemed). So there was no "it's my fault he died!" from Harry.
• When Harry & co. go to the MoM, they skip the spinning room of doors with the scary rooms behind them. None of the group get injured until the meet the Death Eaters in the prophecy room.
• When Harry picks up the prophecy, Lucius doesn't startle them. Hermione says "Harry!"; they turn around and Lucius is there. He takes awhile to get around to talking.
• "Smash shelves" doesn't happen. Ginny casts Reducto and then all the shelves start falling. The smashing prophecies look awesome, though.
• Sirius had a couple of lines that made me want to cry. The first was back in the tapestry room-- "When this is over, we'll be a proper family." The second was in the MoM, after Harry casts some kind of spell on Lucius-- "Nice one, James!" AGH. *sobs*
• Perhaps most shockingly, Sirius didn't die from being knocked through the veil! Bellatrix Avada Kedavra'd him, which didn't even kill him instantly, but had him standing around for several seconds looking worried, before he sort of faded through the archway. He didn't even FALL. So there was no "is he really dead?" from Harry.
• Remus showed up about twice-- once at Grimmauld Place, and again at the end to hold onto Harry after Sirius died. That wasn't nearly enough Remus. :(
• Harry vs. Bellatrix. She kind of squeaks when he casts Crucio, and stays on the floor instead of getting up. She doesn't taunt him about not being able to mean Crucio-- instead, Voldemort starts talking to him. So there's no "eek!" moment after you think Harry's safe and then Voldemort pops up behind him, like there is in the book. D:
• Dumbledore vs. Voldemort. Dumbledore calls him Tom. The fight from the book is... not there at all. No moving statues, no Fawkes taking Avada Kedavra in the mouth. There is a fight, but it's fairly boring.
TEN DAYS!!
First of all, WHAT. I expected the movie to leave out a lot of things, but it changed several rather important plotlines and left other important plotlines out entirely. There were parts I liked, but overall I was just very confused by things. As a movie it flowed pretty well, but since I've read the book, most of the changes were glaring. The most emotional parts of the book were totally flat in the movie. This could have been so good, and instead it was just...eh. Even more eh than GF, if you can believe it. At least there was some emotion at Cedric's death and the following events.
• There were no shrieking portrait or elf heads in Grimmauld Place, nor was there any cleaning-up of the house.
• There was no angsty, lonely Sirius who perked up at Christmas.
• Sirius didn't give Harry a mirror. But he did give him the photo of the original Order members.
• Draco and Voldemort. They looked very pretty being all sneering and snarly in black suits.
• Thestrals. Looked just as I had imagined, though the fear of flying on a horse you couldn't see was left out. (For that matter, so was the MoM card reading "Harry Potter: Rescue Mission.")
• Luna. She was dead on, dreamy voice and all. I loved her in the movie as much as I did in the books, and I think several scenes will make the Harry/Luna shippers very happy.
• Umbridge. I know I said when her stills came out that she wasn't nearly toady enough, but as it turned out, she didn't need to be toady. She made me cringe. Her office was all pink and horrible, and the cats in the plates on the walls were always meowing. It was a great contrast to her despicable character.
• Hermione. I liked her so much more in this movie than in the last two. She was more properly bushy and nerdy, didn't move her eyebrows quite so much, and only tackled Harry once or twice. There were loads of really cute Ron/Hermione hints.
• Sirius's head in the fire. Remember how his face in GF was part of the coals? That was changed in OP. This time his face was part of the flames, which was just how I'd pictured it, and was also a lot cooler.
• Zacharias Smith was not there at all.
• No one caught the D.A. meeting at the Hog's Head-- instead, Umbridge overheard Harry talking about it on his way back into Hogwarts.
• The kiss. Was lovely. Cho's accent is so cute. But she wasn't flipping out and crying all over the place, even though Harry later said she was. Hmph.
• Cho's friend betraying the D.A? Didn't happen. Bet you can't guess who did betray them. ...it was Cho. *headdesk* Snape's Veritaserum was used up on Cho, and so she told Umbridge. As a result of that, Harry started ignoring her. Hermione's "SNEAK" curse didn't show up at all.
• The snake attack. Was bloodier than I though they'd dare make it. It was great. Arthur's recovery was skipped completely.
• BELLATRIX!! Bella Bella Bella OH she was amazing. She was mad and beautiful and just like I've always pictured her. sdjdshfkdhggfhfdghdjf! Her voice and outfit and character were just brilliant. I'd have cried if Bella hadn't been done right.
• Dumbledore's Fawkes-aided escape from the Minister. WAS SO COOL. There were some damn fine effects in this movie.
• Umbridge's bloody-hand quill. I am pretty sure Harry was the only one she used it on, but one scene has an entire classroom of students using those quills. Also, no essence of Murtlap. =/
• Grawp looked like a gigantic baby. He was kind of cute, but almost nothing about him from the book made it into the movie. I did laugh at Ron getting jealous that Grawp seemed to like Hermione so much. Trust me, Ron, she's not going to leave you for a baby giant.
• Young Marauders. There wasn't enough of them, either! James was a bastard. You barely see Remus, and you don't see Lily at all. I can't remember if Sirius or Peter were there, but it was only a split second if they were. Very sad.
• Neville/Luna hints. Very cute.
• Kreacher didn't trick Harry into thinking Sirius had gone to the MoM. Instead, Sirius just showed up there with the rest of the Order, for no reason at all (it seemed). So there was no "it's my fault he died!" from Harry.
• When Harry & co. go to the MoM, they skip the spinning room of doors with the scary rooms behind them. None of the group get injured until the meet the Death Eaters in the prophecy room.
• When Harry picks up the prophecy, Lucius doesn't startle them. Hermione says "Harry!"; they turn around and Lucius is there. He takes awhile to get around to talking.
• "Smash shelves" doesn't happen. Ginny casts Reducto and then all the shelves start falling. The smashing prophecies look awesome, though.
• Sirius had a couple of lines that made me want to cry. The first was back in the tapestry room-- "When this is over, we'll be a proper family." The second was in the MoM, after Harry casts some kind of spell on Lucius-- "Nice one, James!" AGH. *sobs*
• Perhaps most shockingly, Sirius didn't die from being knocked through the veil! Bellatrix Avada Kedavra'd him, which didn't even kill him instantly, but had him standing around for several seconds looking worried, before he sort of faded through the archway. He didn't even FALL. So there was no "is he really dead?" from Harry.
• Remus showed up about twice-- once at Grimmauld Place, and again at the end to hold onto Harry after Sirius died. That wasn't nearly enough Remus. :(
• Harry vs. Bellatrix. She kind of squeaks when he casts Crucio, and stays on the floor instead of getting up. She doesn't taunt him about not being able to mean Crucio-- instead, Voldemort starts talking to him. So there's no "eek!" moment after you think Harry's safe and then Voldemort pops up behind him, like there is in the book. D:
• Dumbledore vs. Voldemort. Dumbledore calls him Tom. The fight from the book is... not there at all. No moving statues, no Fawkes taking Avada Kedavra in the mouth. There is a fight, but it's fairly boring.
TEN DAYS!!