Harry Potter & the ORder of the Phoenix - new trailer

[innerSpaceman]

Oh god, I had the biggest crush on Ms. Togar!




Rowlins defintely got Rice Syndrome. Order of Arizona's Capital was a slog, Halfblood Prince was absolutely unbearable. I wouldn't be looking forward to the next book at all if it weren't the last one.

I will be glad to be done with the series, it has gone woefully downhill. The decision to make the books more "mature" as the characters grow older was well-intentioned, but the execution has been crappy. Dark, brooding, unentertaining, maudlin and fvcking boring is not 'more mature.'


Frankly, I don't know where the movie series is going to go either. I think Priz. of Azkaban was brilliant, and Goblet of Fire was entertaining because it basically joke-riffed on all the characters. That's a perfectly acceptable thing to do at some point in a series ... but there's usually nowhere else to go after that.


Goblet was certainly a step down in filmmaking from the Alfonso Cuaron-helmed 3rd film, and it succeeded mostly on charming character comedy.

The series looks to have painted itself into a corner. The stories are just dark and nasty from here on out, and I fear the films may either run out of steam or run aground.




But, hey, did I mention Daniel looks really cute with short hair?

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The series looks to have painted itself into a corner. The stories are just dark and nasty from here on out, and I fear the films may either run out of steam or run aground.

My wife has been rereading all the books in anticipation of the finale. She's thinking that there'll be a Victorian style epilogue that will establish that Harry married Ginny and became a very stable teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts. I replied that I didn't think that was a good payoff, but that it would provide the launching point for a new series:

Welcome Back, Potter.