harry potter: the order of the phoenix

[btmagnetw]

all the movies sucked. each scene was like 30 seconds long and they tried to incorporate every worthless plotline in the books.

[hamsamich]

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i was going to check it out tomorrow, maybe i'll watch transformers AGAIN! =D

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well, dont put too much trust in my harry potter opinions, but id be surprised if this one doesnt get the lowest rating of the bunch.

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It has. Prisoner of Azkaban was the only really good one imo.

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Can you link any of these bad reviews? Everything I have seen has comments like this.....

"But the new “Harry” turns out to be one of the best entries in the series"

[Nicholasp27]

a) the books are really really good; very deep and u can find links to tons of historical and classical events (look up the general/emperor Severus; or SIRIUS' role in Egyptian mythology)...and the use of foreshadowing and red herrings and such are very good; it's obvious she planned out the entire series before writing book 1

b) the movies aren't nearly as good, but still enjoyable if u are a fan

c) OotP was the worst of the books, so i don't expect the movie to be that great...it's more of a linking book, like The Two Towers in LOTR...

d) i highly doubt ladykiller had much of a chance of liking this movie if its her first HP book/movie...she knows nothing of the background or history and chose the one with the least action...again, like watching Two Towers without having read/seen FotR

e) it's got a 77% on Rotten Tomatoes right now, which is pretty darn good...so i don't see how it's getting panned critically (transformers got 57%)

[AceLuby]

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like The Two Towers in LOTR

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This is a bad analogy, this was easily the best book of the three.

[The Farside]

I still can't believe that so many 25+ year olds read and watch this kiddie crap.

[Ser William]

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have never bought or viewed or read or thought about anything related to harry potter, plan to keep it that way

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Don't watch the Titanic either! You showed them.

The books, while light reading, are quite entertaining.

[rapidacid]

The books dominate the movies ... Order of the Phoeix is the worst of the books ... choose your own adventure

[Jack of Arcades]

This was easily the best translation of book to fi;m yet.

[splashpot]

Comments should be separated by those who have read the books and those who haven't.

[Ghazban]

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This was easily the best translation of book to fi;m yet.

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This surprises me (I haven't seen the movie yet). I remember thinking when I read the book that it would be impossible to turn into a decent movie in under 3 hours if only due to the large amount of information necessary to include without having gaping holes in either this movie or the next one.