SPOILERS: So, who has seen OotP?

[DarwinMayflower]

Originally Posted by Wab

One thing that bothered me from the time I first saw it in a trailer: "Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?"

Not a great line by any means, nor a terrible one. But only good jokes grow old.

But the delivery...

I think that was one of the worst lines in the entirety of the Potter movie series. And it isn't even a good joke anymore. I doubt anyone could make that type of sitcom garbage sound funny anymore unless it's a really REALLY talented writer and perfect timing and delivery but everytime I heard this...I cringed.

[Neptune]

Originally Posted by DarwinMayflower

I think that was one of the worst lines in the entirety of the Potter movie series. And it isn't even a good joke anymore. I doubt anyone could make that type of sitcom garbage sound funny anymore unless it's a really REALLY talented writer and perfect timing and delivery but everytime I heard this...I cringed.

I think the problem with that line is that it was shown in almost every single trailer. I heard that line tons of time before I saw the film... In trailers, in "behind the scenes" specials, so it felt like it was overplayed.

If they wouldn't have shown that line in the trailers then the first time it was heard in the film it wouldn't have felt so... used. If that makes sense....

[Paper_Shoes]

This movie also had Nigel falling from the air, getting up and saying, "I'm alright. I'm alright."

Pretty much the worst two jokes I can think of. I thought most of the humor was pretty good and less embarrasing than what Kloves comes up with though, so I can overlook it.

[underdog]

I liked the movie as a whole. I felt that the book had so much in it, that they couldn't possibly fit it all into 2 hours, but they did a pretty good job of it. I wish they had made it seem less about the Umbrige v. Harry and more along the lines of "Voldemort's Back". As a stand-alone movie, it was excellent. The movie is never going to be better than the book (and OotP is my favourite book) but they did a pretty good job. I would've like to see more in the end, ie. the statues coming alive to fight, a little more explanation about the veil, and the brain scene with Ron. I really wanted to see a brain attack him. Oh well, maybe in the deleted scenes on the DVD.

[DarwinMayflower]

Originally Posted by Neptune

I think the problem with that line is that it was shown in almost every single trailer. I heard that line tons of time before I saw the film... In trailers, in "behind the scenes" specials, so it felt like it was overplayed.

If they wouldn't have shown that line in the trailers then the first time it was heard in the film it wouldn't have felt so... used. If that makes sense....

I guess it would, but for me I'm just too familiar with it from decades of watching sitcoms. It's quite sad because I clearly associate that joke with alien abduction so it hardly belongs in a fantasy children's film about wizards and witches. However if they did show aliens coming down and the kids needing to fight them, I would be so stoked to see that in the movie.

Originally Posted by Paper_Shoes

This movie also had Nigel falling from the air, getting up and saying, "I'm alright. I'm alright."

Pretty much the worst two jokes I can think of. I thought most of the humor was pretty good and less embarrasing than what Kloves comes up with though, so I can overlook it.

I actually thought that was bearable. Sometimes when kids act like adults that impresses me far better than the adults doing it themselves. Like imagining someone like Anthony Anderson, Kevin James or Steve Carrell doing it, I would ask myself whether they shuddered at the lows they have to go in order to make a film. Still one of the most horrid lines that still sticks out for me is "Follow the spiders? Why can't it be follow the butterflies?" More like follow me out from this mess.

[Amortentia11]

i loved the movie, and i thought it was probably the best of the harry potter films. i thought the director was brilliant, and i'm so happy he's directing the last 2 films as well!

[Neptune]

Originally Posted by Raethul

Honestly, I think there are more rabid purists among HP fandom than anything else I've ever encountered. It's quite ridiculous! I know some people have a really hard time separating movies and books when they're so devoted to the source material, but you enjoy things so much more when you can manage it.

That aside, this was by far my second favorite of the HP films, PoA being the first.

I agree Raethul.

I've seen the film 3 times now. Twice before reading DH, and once after. It's gotten better with each viewing in my opinion.

The first time I saw it I felt a bit disappointed. My biggest complaint was that I felt the pacing and editing were all wrong and that most of the movie felt like a giant montage. After seeing it two more times it feels a lot better.....

I still have a problem with some of the editing choices, but for the most part I really enjoyed OOTP. It's not perfect but I still greatly enjoyed it, and it's way better than GOF in my opinion. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it even more once I can get the DVD.

OOTP comes in a very close 2nd to POA (which also isn't perfect, but POA is my favorite Harry Potter film so far.)

So....the order of my favorite HP movies....

POA
OOTP
GOF
PS
COS

[SIRIUS_L0VER]

Originally Posted by Amortentia11

i loved the movie, and i thought it was probably the best of the harry potter films. i thought the director was brilliant, and i'm so happy he's directing the last 2 films as well!

Really?! That's what I didn't want to hear. I really didn't like the movie at all; everything was horrible. I thought it was the one movie that didn't keep closely with the books. The Snape's Worst Memory part was very disappointing, I was so excited for that; finally being able to see young James and Sirius but it was only a quick glimpse, which is going to bite them in the butt when they go to make the seventh movie. Sirius's death, made me mad; it wasn't like it was suppose to be at all! I hope they make up for this movie with the next (which is my least favorite book, so hopefully the movie will change my mind about the book.)

[Auror Williamson]

I'm still trying to rehabilitate myself after such a shoddy Dept. of Mysteries sequence.

[misswildfire]

One of my favourite scenes in the movie was the "Emotional Range of a Teaspoon" scene. For some reason it just cracks me up.

[LoonyMagic]

I don't quite see why so many people are complaining.

I thought that this movie was one of truest to the books. There were so many lines picked word for word from the book.

Granted, not all of it was how I imagined and they had to cut some corners. I think people should remember that it was impossible to keep the whole contents of the book in the film.

Overall I was happy.

[popcornzyum]

i was a bit disappointed with how sirius died, he just sort of floated away, i wanted him to do an almighty fall over like when neville gets frozen in the P/S film. i must say i was disappointed there.

[Blofeld]

Originally Posted by popcornzyum

i loved the film... i thought the Dudley demented part was really good, i felt so sorry for Harry when Dudley said: "Where is your mum Potter? Where is she?.....Is she dead? Is she dead Potter?" i was like AWWWWW! hes so mean!

I thought Harry Melling's acting in that bit was awful. Honestly, the pantomimical expressions contorting his face were just too much to not laugh, mostly out of embarrassment...

[ParanoidAndroid]

Originally Posted by Neptune

I still have a problem with some of the editing choices, but for the most part I really enjoyed OOTP. It's not perfect but I still greatly enjoyed it, and it's way better than GOF in my opinion. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it even more once I can get the DVD.

OOTP comes in a very close 2nd to POA (which also isn't perfect, but POA is my favorite Harry Potter film so far.)

So....the order of my favorite HP movies....

POA
OOTP
GOF
PS
COS

I agree with you about the editing and the order of the films.

There were some cuts that seemed to just skip parts. When Harry, Ron and Hermione go into Umbridges office and are caught, Ginny, Luna and Neville suddenly appear as if they were with them all along. That kind of confused many people in the audience. There were other moments like that, but I haven't seen it for a while.

[Deadtree111]

i think that GoF was one of the bad ones

[AptPupil]

This was the best one. It was the only one that had an intellectual point to make. The others were nothing more than flashy popcorn chompers.

[stark0912]

I thought it was pretty good, overall. As it has been said, how could you possibly cram 800 and some odd number of pages into two hours worth of film? Simply put, it's impossible. Overall, decent job, could have been better.

[evilangel02]

I think overall that it was a good movie. I was a little disappointed with some of the changes they made. Such as Cho, being the one to out DA instead of her friend or them not showing Sirus giving Harry the two way mirror, which I think, may be a problem when they go to make the last movie. Overall, better than almost all the other movie's.

[yoshi2542]

I thought the movie was OK. It's real failing was in giving all the screen time to the Umbridge plot, at the expense of everything else. The whole prophecy plot felt tacked on, and was never explained fully, and moments that should have had huge impact, like Dumbledore escaping or Sirius dying came off as inconsequential due to the mass of useless guff that they kept in the movie. The Dementor attack, Arthur being injured and Grawp were all unneccesary, that screentime should have been spent on the prophecy, Sirius, and Dumbledore's distant treatment of Harry.

That said, the acting was the best so far, even though major players like Michael Gambon and Ralph Fiennes were underused, even wasted. The use of the Daily Prophet was inspired, but I thought the editing was ghastly, worse than GOF, and the Ministry battle was underwhelming. The scene with Dumbledore and Harry at the end was a laughable attempt to finish the prophecy/DDs behaviour plot points, despite those plots barely being there in the film.

Only POA has really felt like I was watching a Harry Potter book, OOTP, felt like a competent director trying to include as much fluff from the book, whilst clumsily 'condensing' the major plots. A wasted opportunity to break away from the convoluted quagmire of the book and make a flowing, sensible film. We ended up with a watered down summary of every major scene, with little clear-cut resolution to anything.

[xoxambiexox]

i felt that the movie was pretty good actually.... i think that they needed to have shown more of the exam process though... and how all of the DA members did really well and all of that. and im also suprised that they didnt show harry and cho in that little lovers cafe whatchamacallit lol. they did really well on more scenes though. like umbridge being taken ino the forrest and the nailing of all the new rules onto the wall i thought was a night touch. but as for true complaints... i think that umbridge was casted wrong and her part in the movie was dumb. where was the toad (type thing) on her head??? and that infamous harry/cho kiss.... can we say randomly placed??? and what about everything that happened in the DOM before they got to the rows of prophecies (sp?) grrrrrr the movie was only 2 hours and 15 minutes long.... so what if they added an extra 45 minutes... i would have sat there for a 3 hour HP movie... bah!

but like i siad... i did think that it was actually fairly good. what they actually covered from the book was done well. had many laughs thoughout the movie. sometimes the little things just add up i guess