Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - with SPOILERS

Post by **Alatar** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:43 pm

I know there's a lot of Book->Film descussion elsewhere, but I thought there might be some interest in a general news thread. Anyway, here's a few publicity shots from Leaky Cauldron.

Harry, Ron, Hermione
Dumbledore's Army
Professor Umbridge at her desk
Harry defending against Dementors
Sacking Trelawney

Incidentally, Luna Lovegood is the girl beside Ron in "Dumbledore's Army"

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:30 pm

Thanks for posting those, Alatar! I'd only seen the fuzzy scans from The Scotsman newspaper.

Although Umbridge doesn't look enough like a frog to match the book, they nailed everything else. That horrible outfit in the last photo. And the repulsive kitten plates in her office!

Post by **spd** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:29 pm

I"m glad the Weasley boys finally got their hair cut. I was beginning to really hate Ron's and the twins' flowing locks.

Post by **Alatar** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:22 pm

New Photo of the Dursleys

Also,

Luna Lovegood, complete with Radish Earrings

and

All grown up and smouldering Harry....

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:25 pm

That's Luna, all right, wispy and dreamy.

Post by **Rowanberry** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:31 am

Umbridge's office is just perfect, with all that horrible kitsch.

*wants Luna's radish earrings*

Post by **Erunáme** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:11 pm

Primula Baggins wrote:Although Umbridge doesn't look enough like a frog to match the book, they nailed everything else.

The purist in me disagrees. Harry's hair isn't messy and scruffy...as well as Hermione's. Little things like that niggle me as there's absolutely no reason why they couldn't hold true to the book.

It's too bad the twins got their hair cut. They actually could pull off the long hair and looked good doing it.

And it looks like Dudley is turning into a chav!

Post by **WampusCat** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:56 am

Umbridge isn't ugly enough.

The army certainly looks grim.

What's a chav?

Post by **Erunáme** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:01 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

Post by **WampusCat** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:17 am

Thanks, Eru. Always good to know new words...

Post by **Alatar** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:49 am

Erunáme wrote: And it looks like Dudley is turning into a chav!

Yeah. he's really got his bling on!

Post by **eborr** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:26 pm

I always saw Umbridge as New Labour - the Harriet Harman or Tessa Jowell type, it seems we have Mrs Thatch as dressed by "crochet news"

Post by **Alatar** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:25 pm

Trailer is out. Looks good too!

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/harrypo ... ix_hd.html

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:17 pm

Harry's growing up. As he should. He was getting a little old for the bowl haircut anyway.

Post by **eborr** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:16 pm

theres a longer cut

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/video ... o/show/562

Post by **Alatar** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:19 am

Sweet...

Post by **superwizard** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:10 am

Thanks for the video! Wow I'm really excited about this movie!!

Post by **Rowanberry** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:05 pm

Hope it will be as good as it looks like.

But, as the movie opens in July in most other countries, we'll probably have to wait for a few weeks longer

- there isn't any sense in placing the premiere of a definite blockbuster in the middle of the holiday season.

Post by **Impenitent** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:05 am

If the filming is done (which it obviously is, or the teasers wouldn't be out) why is the release date in eight months time? Helluva long time for post production stuff. Good golly!

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:22 am

I think it may be because in North America there are really only two release slots for blockbuster films: the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas holidays and summer, which runs May through July. HP wasn't ready for these holidays, so it had to be summer. (Late winter and early spring are studio dumping grounds for movies they think will fail or at least don't deserve any awards consideration; they're usually long forgotten by the time awards season begins, which is now.)

And it couldn't be May or June, because many children are still in school as late as the third week of June.

Hence the July release, which may also overlap with the release of the final book. The publicity machines can feed each other.