Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
July 12, 2007 • Thursday
Last night my sister Katie and I saw the new Harry Potter film, ...Order of the Phoenix. We agreed that the movie nailed the tone of the book: dark and brooding. The filmmakers left much of the book out of the script (not all by necessity, I maintain — I think kids who read 800-page books will also sit through 3-hour movies), but they did a much better job with omissions than in the last movie (...Goblet of Fire).
There were a couple of faults in ...Order (Michael Gambon still just doesn't understand Dumbledore's character, and the plot transitions were too quick toward the end), but overall it was an excellent appetizer to next week's release of the final Potter book. Woo hoo! — can't wait!
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