order of the phoenix

[somersaulter]

It was awful.

No, not the movie, but the entire cinema experience. First, there was some "technical difficulties" and we ended up waiting in the cinema listening to instrumental music for an hour. By then, about half of the people had left in frustration. It was about 9.30pm, people do have work tomorrow, and others have to catch the last train. I guess they couldn't wait, or couldn't care enough. That was bad enough, but when the screen came on, it was obvious they haven't worked out their "technical difficulties" yet. The screen was way too dark. No, it wasn't the movie's itself, I was sure. I had to squint my eyes at some many parts since a lot of scenes in the movie are already very dark. Awful, just awful. And with a half-filled cinema, it just wasn't cool. I could hear my own laughter during so many scenes. It wasn't a good or fun audience at all. This for an opening night. Pfft.

Well, I am still a little disappointed with it. Maybe it was the overall experience that dragged it down, but it felt rushed and choppy. Ron hardly had more than 3 lines in a single scene. Even Luna had more lines than Ron or even Hermione. And some many parts were edited out. No one ever so much as mentioned "Quidditch". And Sirius' death. Well, it was just that. And Draco. My poor neglected Draco. And the epic battle, well, wasn't very epic.

But the good stuff, in totally randomness. HARRY POTTER. Draco Malfoy. Luna Lovegood. Dumbledore's "style". Gawpy. "Put me down." Jealous Ron. Severus Snape. Flashback to the previous generation (way too short though). Harry/Luna (c'mon, I know I'm not the only one who saw it). Fred and George's big farewell present to Hogwarts. Dolores Umbridge (entirely evil).

I think I just need to watch it again, in perfect condition, before I can fully appreciate it. But OMG DEATHLY HALLOWS OUT IN 8 DAYS.

Comments

[heybritney.livejournal.com]

ick, that sucks. the second time i went to see it the power went out, but only for like ten minutes. so it wasnt that bad.
but i really liked the movie, actually. i thought they didn't shunt ron to the side this movie like they have ever since emma watson hit puberty. (:

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I think they did a rather good job of shrinking the book down and still make the movie coherent. And yes, I love Ron in this movie, even though I still think there was too little of him. =P

[heybritney.livejournal.com]

i just reread the scene with snape and sirius. i wish there was more of sirius's recklessness. oh well. it kinda misses a major personality trait he had in the books by not including that in the movie. oh well.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

I fail, because I'm still re-reading GoF. I really should just skip to HBP now, shouldn't I?

[heybritney.livejournal.com]

ehhh, probably. i'm getting really worried, i need to jump on my HBP re-reading as well. though i'm less screwed, i've got 25 pages of OotP left. (:
but i want to type up my predictions and that might take a while :/