Movie - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

***Rían*** · 07-12-2007, 07:48 PM

Just got back from seeing HP movie - it's a very differently-paced movie, but I liked it overall. I liked the Luna character. Dolores Umbridge was suitably awful. Dumbledore was better than the last coupla movies, but I still miss the first Dumbledore (wasn't it Richard Harris?)

Anyone else seen it yet?

brownjenkins · 07-13-2007, 02:50 PM

I'm going to see it with the kids at the drive-in tomorrow. We'll see.

***Rían*** · 07-13-2007, 02:56 PM

drive-in? Are there still drive-ins around?

Have fun!

brownjenkins · 07-13-2007, 03:11 PM

There's still a few up by me. Great for taking the kids since it's only $20 a car and you can bring your own food and drink. Also, instead of the old speaker-on-a-pole, you just tune into a radio station for the sound, so you can crank it up and sit on the grass.

My favorite place to see movies, on the rare occasions that I do.

Miss Cassandra · 07-13-2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by brownjenkins

I'm going to see it with the kids at the drive-in tomorrow. We'll see.

Ohh,.. they just closed the drive-in where I live last year....
(They just had to put a super walmart there)

20$ seems a little steep, it was only 9 here the last time I went. LOTR was what they played, both FotR & TTT
I really wish they hadnt closed it down, good times.

brownjenkins · 07-13-2007, 03:32 PM

I live in Massachusetts where everything is steep.

$20 for a car-full isn't bad here, where theater tickets would be around $8 for kids and $10 for adults, each (which would come to about $54 for us, plus around $35-40 in food and drink

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Miss Cassandra · 07-13-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by brownjenkins

which would come to about $54 for us, plus around $35-40 in food and drink

Ahhh! Insane. A movie ticket here for adults is $9.50, and rising every weekend it seems!
And I always sneak in food and drink. Whats good about the drive in is you could bring as much stuff as you want, have the whole back seat filled with candy and popcorn.

***Rían*** · 07-13-2007, 04:49 PM

yeah, the food is really where you would save in a drive-in! It would be fun to make a whole finger-food-type dinner and take that

Unicorn_Princess · 07-28-2007, 11:38 PM

great movie! i loved it! it had a different director than any of the others and i must say, this one really knew what he was doing. Bellatrix was genius and so was Luna. She was my favorite. And the snake of fire at the end was just great!

mithrand1r · 07-28-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Unicorn_Princess

great movie! i loved it! it had a different director than any of the others and i must say, this one really knew what he was doing. Bellatrix was genius and so was Luna. She was my favorite. And the snake of fire at the end was just great!

Welcome to entmoot, Unicorn_Princess.

I still need to go see the film, so I cannot comment on this yet.

There is a drive in theatre in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Overlook Drive in Theatre

sun-star · 08-02-2007, 11:15 AM

I thought this was the best of the films to date - they managed to slim down the story without sacrificing too much subtlety and highlight character relationships without cutting too much of the plot. I particularly liked the way Sirius was portrayed, since I found him pretty disappointing in PoA, and the Weasleys (all of them) were enjoyable... All the child actors were good in this one, but I still don't like Michael Gambon as Dumbledore - he doesn't really seem to understand the character. The use of clips from previous films worked well given the importance of memories in OotP...

Noble Elf Lord · 08-03-2007, 10:31 AM

It really bugs me that they won´t make full movies out of any books, always cutting things off... and no Peeves is really bugging. And even though the duel between Voldy and Dumby was a fine one, I would have preferred one that would have been exactly like in the book. Luna had such sweet nature. It´s cute.

07-12-2007, 07:48 PM	#1
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Movie - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Just got back from seeing HP movie - it's a very differently-paced movie, but I liked it overall. I liked the Luna character. Dolores Umbridge was suitably awful. Dumbledore was better than the last coupla movies, but I still miss the first Dumbledore (wasn't it Richard Harris?) Anyone else seen it yet? __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-13-2007, 02:50 PM	#2
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	I'm going to see it with the kids at the drive-in tomorrow. We'll see. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

07-13-2007, 02:56 PM	#3
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	drive-in? Are there still drive-ins around? Have fun! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-13-2007, 03:11 PM	#4
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	There's still a few up by me. Great for taking the kids since it's only $20 a car and you can bring your own food and drink. Also, instead of the old speaker-on-a-pole, you just tune into a radio station for the sound, so you can crank it up and sit on the grass. My favorite place to see movies, on the rare occasions that I do. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

07-13-2007, 03:32 PM	#6
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	I live in Massachusetts where everything is steep. $20 for a car-full isn't bad here, where theater tickets would be around $8 for kids and $10 for adults, each (which would come to about $54 for us, plus around $35-40 in food and drink ) __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

07-13-2007, 04:49 PM	#8
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	yeah, the food is really where you would save in a drive-in! It would be fun to make a whole finger-food-type dinner and take that __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-28-2007, 11:38 PM	#9
Unicorn_Princess Sapling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a stupid small town in Southern Illinois Posts: 3	great movie! i loved it! it had a different director than any of the others and i must say, this one really knew what he was doing. Bellatrix was genius and so was Luna. She was my favorite. And the snake of fire at the end was just great!

08-02-2007, 11:15 AM	#11
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I thought this was the best of the films to date - they managed to slim down the story without sacrificing too much subtlety and highlight character relationships without cutting too much of the plot. I particularly liked the way Sirius was portrayed, since I found him pretty disappointing in PoA, and the Weasleys (all of them) were enjoyable... All the child actors were good in this one, but I still don't like Michael Gambon as Dumbledore - he doesn't really seem to understand the character. The use of clips from previous films worked well given the importance of memories in OotP... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-03-2007, 10:31 AM	#12
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	It really bugs me that they won´t make full movies out of any books, always cutting things off... and no Peeves is really bugging. And even though the duel between Voldy and Dumby was a fine one, I would have preferred one that would have been exactly like in the book. Luna had such sweet nature. It´s cute. __________________ Hers.