***Spoilers!*** OotP Movie Discussion, Do not read this if you don't want to Know! Options

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[chad13]

I didn't want to pass judgement on the film right away, so I have now seen it twice and have decided I still like GOF better.

I don't know that the screenwriting improved as much as it could have, and the movie had no flow what so ever. It was as if they went through the book picked out the scenes they liked and just shoved them on film in some kind of order. There's no explanatory scene between harry's deciding to go to umbridge's fire and neville luna and ginny showing up, no mention really of why they have joined the trio.

The fight was cool, but I thought the fighting smoke was a little bit of a cop out. I liked Sirius Harry and Lucius best cause you could see what they were doing. Then, there was really no grieving of anything, no talk with Dumbledore really, I wasn't as sad when Sirius died as I was when Cedric dies in GOF.

Luna and Umbridge were fantastic though, really well cast and well acted. As in all the films there were of course the wonderful characters/actors that were under used but always fun when they were on screen (Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, David Thewlis)

Some of my favorite parts were when Harry tells Umbridge in the forest that he must not tell lies, and when Sirius slugged Lucius.

The thing that bothered me most though, beyond the little things that get me because of my love for the book (it's true we fans will never be 100% satisfied) was how they characterized Sirius. Gary Oldman's acting was on for what was written, but it didn't feel that same as the Sirius in the books. He was to comfortable as the father figure I think, not enough of seeing Harry as James I guess.

Enough of my ranting, over all it was fun, I enjoyed it in 3D, and even more so the second time because I was less focused on the fast pace and jumpy scene changes.