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Lady Fabulous · 07-11-2007, 07:50 AM

I thought it was the best Potter movie yet. 8/10 or 4 stars

Yes, a lot was cut but that was to be expected. I loved the battle between DE and OotP at the Ministry - the special effects were excellent. LUCIUS was superb as were Umbridge and Bellatrix. I would have liked to have seen more of Grimmauld Place and The Order esp Tonks, Lupin and Moody. Snape, Minerva and Sirius were also under-used. Out of the child actors I was most impressed with Evanna Lynch as Luna, she was exactly as I thought she'd be - well done to her!

Snape's memory was a let down though... there wasn't the chance to see the arrogant teenagers James and Sirius were or Lily's defense of Snape. The inclusion of this scene seemed unneccessary to the movie as it did not achieve its purpose as it did in the book.

However the biggest disappointment to me was the fight scene between Dumbledore and Voldemort. Although this was an amazing scene visually, Voldemort seemed so much better than Dumbledore. He had all these fancy spells and Dumbledore not so many. I was waiting for Dumbledore to use Fawkes and the fountain, that would have been spectacular - alas it didn't happen

Also, I wanted to see Dumbledore easily trap all the Death Eaters with the anti-apparition spell, again it didn't happen. Dumbledore is portrayed as the greatest sorcerer in the world, an inspiration to so many and the only one Voldemort ever feared, yet I got the impression that Voldemort fought better - that really bugged me. But I suppose it could be interpreted as Voldy doing his very best magic and Dumbledore deflecting his spells so easily.

The biggest tragedy of these films is the unbelievable waste of talent of the adult actors - their roles are just too small.

07-11-2007, 07:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lady Fabulous "Clue Master" Minerva's Wit Graveyard Guru Puffskein Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: St Mungo's - Spell D Posts: 1,086 Hogwarts RPG Name: Katarina Prewett Graduated	I thought it was the best Potter movie yet. 8/10 or 4 stars Yes, a lot was cut but that was to be expected. I loved the battle between DE and OotP at the Ministry - the special effects were excellent. LUCIUS was superb as were Umbridge and Bellatrix. I would have liked to have seen more of Grimmauld Place and The Order esp Tonks, Lupin and Moody. Snape, Minerva and Sirius were also under-used. Out of the child actors I was most impressed with Evanna Lynch as Luna, she was exactly as I thought she'd be - well done to her! Snape's memory was a let down though... there wasn't the chance to see the arrogant teenagers James and Sirius were or Lily's defense of Snape. The inclusion of this scene seemed unneccessary to the movie as it did not achieve its purpose as it did in the book. However the biggest disappointment to me was the fight scene between Dumbledore and Voldemort. Although this was an amazing scene visually, Voldemort seemed so much better than Dumbledore. He had all these fancy spells and Dumbledore not so many. I was waiting for Dumbledore to use Fawkes and the fountain, that would have been spectacular - alas it didn't happen Also, I wanted to see Dumbledore easily trap all the Death Eaters with the anti-apparition spell, again it didn't happen. Dumbledore is portrayed as the greatest sorcerer in the world, an inspiration to so many and the only one Voldemort ever feared, yet I got the impression that Voldemort fought better - that really bugged me. But I suppose it could be interpreted as Voldy doing his very best magic and Dumbledore deflecting his spells so easily. The biggest tragedy of these films is the unbelievable waste of talent of the adult actors - their roles are just too small. __________________ Last edited by Lady Fabulous; 07-11-2007 at 12:45 PM.