http://www.pentadact.com/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix/#comment-19796 The_B Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:20:07 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix#comment-19796 A blog without negativity? That's unpossible! http://www.pentadact.com/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix/#comment-19795 Pentadact Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:43:45 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix#comment-19795 Huh. It can't have been as bad as I thought if it worked so well for you. Obviously my complaints relate to differences between book and film, but I'm not fussy about how closely the two match up, I just want both to be good in the same way. The books let you live a little there, I didn't feel like I got that here. Interesting that you did. It didn't occur to me until after I posted this that it's obscenely against the James prime directive: no negativity. I'm tempted to delete it, but I really like that picture of Gerry.
It didn't occur to me until after I posted this that it's obscenely against the James prime directive: no negativity. I'm tempted to delete it, but I really like that picture of Gerry.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix/#comment-19794 Graham Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:42:40 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix#comment-19794 I agree with Tom Camfield, and I've read the source material. There are some things I wish were there. I want Tonks to have had more time, and the revelation about Harry's father being a dick should have been a bigger deal. But I thought it worked well as a movie, if a little rushed. Perhaps it helps that I've forgotten quite a lot of the specifics about the book.
Perhaps it helps that I've forgotten quite a lot of the specifics about the book.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix/#comment-19777 Tom Camfield Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:47:10 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-07-21-the-order-of-the-phoenix#comment-19777 I thought it was surprisingly good, given I've never read any book and only watched a bit of one previous film. I had a lot to do in understanding all the relationships, all the sub plots, and it wasn't dull because my brain was always making connections and seeing links. I thought it did a great job of hinting at the depth of the book, and creating a living breathing world that looked beyond the main characters and avoided stupid instances of elongated exposition. I think if it had just done the main story and missed the sub-plots I would have been bored senseless, because I hate most summer movies as they usually are so witlessly cut down so that no brain work is needed at all. Probably just a difference of knowing the source material or not.