HP:OotP SQUEE!!!!!! (WWMDIMWR)
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dezaYes, I went to one of the midnight showings last night. SO worth it.
However, I was pre-emptively chastised about putting things behind a cut. I'd have done so anywho, but since I got pre-emptively chastised about it, I feel the need to state that I would never put anything about the Draco-Crookshanks OTP or the Umbridge/Filtch snogfest or the bit where Snape loses his trousers outside of a cut. Really.
No, those things didn't really happen. Well, Snape did have his trousers ripped off, but it was off-camera, so that doesn't really count. I was kind of disappointed by several facets of the movies. I'd have liked to see more of Harry's isolation from the other students at Hogwarts, better development of the rebellion against Umbridge, and the actual discussion of the meaning behind the name "Dumbledore's Army." I would have liked to have seen more of the fight in the Department of Mysteries; instead of just being in the Hall of Prophecy and the room with the arch, I wanted to see the timeturner and the assorted other magical rooms.
That being said, good movie! I loved the sets, as usual. The Room of Requirement and the Department of Mysteries were excellent. Much like Time was a character in the last movie, Reflection was a character in this one. Mirrors and reflections were key elements throughout. The thestrals were perfect. Luna was cast well, and Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix made insanity look damn sexy. The movie was very specific on Sirius being dead before he went through the arch, unlike the ambiguity of the book.
Would have really liked to have Gary Oldman and David Thewlis come home with me after. RAWR. I even said as much to the pregnant lady I was chatting with before the movie (poor thing--her hubby has been in the sandbox for nearly all of her pregnancy, she doesn't have anyone local to talk to and she's scared stiff about giving birth next month). Then I went home and had a *very* vivid dream about a Sirius/Lupin/me three-way. My dreams don't normally leave me sore the next morning, but I'll take it. ;)
However, I was pre-emptively chastised about putting things behind a cut. I'd have done so anywho, but since I got pre-emptively chastised about it, I feel the need to state that I would never put anything about the Draco-Crookshanks OTP or the Umbridge/Filtch snogfest or the bit where Snape loses his trousers outside of a cut. Really.
No, those things didn't really happen. Well, Snape did have his trousers ripped off, but it was off-camera, so that doesn't really count. I was kind of disappointed by several facets of the movies. I'd have liked to see more of Harry's isolation from the other students at Hogwarts, better development of the rebellion against Umbridge, and the actual discussion of the meaning behind the name "Dumbledore's Army." I would have liked to have seen more of the fight in the Department of Mysteries; instead of just being in the Hall of Prophecy and the room with the arch, I wanted to see the timeturner and the assorted other magical rooms.
That being said, good movie! I loved the sets, as usual. The Room of Requirement and the Department of Mysteries were excellent. Much like Time was a character in the last movie, Reflection was a character in this one. Mirrors and reflections were key elements throughout. The thestrals were perfect. Luna was cast well, and Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix made insanity look damn sexy. The movie was very specific on Sirius being dead before he went through the arch, unlike the ambiguity of the book.
Would have really liked to have Gary Oldman and David Thewlis come home with me after. RAWR. I even said as much to the pregnant lady I was chatting with before the movie (poor thing--her hubby has been in the sandbox for nearly all of her pregnancy, she doesn't have anyone local to talk to and she's scared stiff about giving birth next month). Then I went home and had a *very* vivid dream about a Sirius/Lupin/me three-way. My dreams don't normally leave me sore the next morning, but I'll take it. ;)
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Date: 2007-07-11 04:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-07-11 04:27 pm (UTC)Ummm... eww?
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Date: 2007-07-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-11 04:56 pm (UTC)I think director David Yates likes cats. *meow*
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Date: 2007-07-11 05:21 pm (UTC)Same with Ginny--she was in nearly every group scene, but did she have any speaking lines at all?
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Date: 2007-07-11 05:25 pm (UTC)I think the problem is that I only read the book last month...
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Date: 2007-07-11 06:44 pm (UTC)And they did an excellent job with characters NOT talking. Filtch and Ginny were prime examples. Ginny's look at Cho and Harry was PERFECT!!!
And I must agree about Helen *be still my beating heart* Bonham Carter as Bellatrix. Yum.
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Date: 2007-07-11 07:32 pm (UTC)My friends are slash girls like me- we had a debate in the car ride home about whether or not they Remus actually had his arm around Sirius in that very first order scene. (I say yes!)
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Date: 2007-07-13 11:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-16 01:39 pm (UTC)About the movie, I love how they made Luna more ethereal than just nuts!!