http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/hdtrai...railer_480.qtl

Trailer looks great. However, considering the mammoth length of all post PoA Potter books, I will probably find this one to be at least as disappointing as GoF.

On the other hand, they might be able to keep the momentum better balanced on this one, since the stakes are so much higher. I'll certainly see it, but I doubt it will reach the heights of PoA.

720 and 1080 available as well. Looks fabulous!

Yeah, and OotP is the longest book in the series (unless TDH ends up longer), so that means even more of the OoTP book will be cut out of the movie.

I wish they would do these movies like Lord of the Rings. Ie make them 3 to 3 and half hours long, or at least film a bunch of extra scenes and come out with "Extended Editions" that are more complete ala LotR.

OotP was a long book, but so much can be excised without damaging the story, IMO. Rowling explores several pointless tangents and is very uneven with her writing. It varies from mechanical, straight plot, to segments of endless and pointless description. If any of the books could benefit from a stronger vision in the film, I think this is the one.

I thought PoA was the best HP movie as well (though I haven't seen GOF yet).

looks off da hook

Here are a couple of gifs from the trailer:

Dumbledore's Escape



Dumbledore VS. Voldemort

Goddamn CGI. Why can't they just use a real Phoenix and magic energy rays?

Let the raping of my childhood begin.

Please don't tell me
That was one of the best parts

Watch your fukin spoilers!!

TDH is supposed to be clocking in at 784 pages (I believe), so OotP will go down as the longest in the series.


-Paul Jacobi-

When I saw Spider-Man 3 at the IMAX, they had the trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix IMAX. For the IMAX theaters with 3D, the last 20 minutes of the film will be in 3D. w00t!

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/hdtrai...railer_720.qtl

Nice. I can't wait to see this. I have to say that Voldemort really is a snappy dresser.

I just noticed on the wikipedia page for OoTP that the running time for the movie is 138 minutes.

Looking at the previous movies' running times:
Sorcerer's Stone: 152 min
Chamber of Secrets: 161 min
Prisoner of Azkanban: 142 min
Goblet of Fire: 157 min

OoTP is the longest book in the series, but it has the shortest movie running time. The GoF movie had a lot of stuff missing that was in the book, and it is 19 minutes longer than the OoTP movie. How much content is going to be missing in the OoTP movie???

I've heard alot is cut for the film version 'Order of the Phoenix'

that was my problem with Goblet of Fire - I read the book just prior to the movie, and while the back stories are myriad and in-depth, the film kind of suffered, to me, but of course not every aspect can be filmed or made interesting in it's transition to screen adaptation.

The big problem with GoF wasn't that they neglected to include all the subplots, but rather that they bothered to introduce most of them and then neglected to follow up on them. OoTP could work if they focus specifically on the fight between Harry and what's-her-face from the Ministry, and then of course include the entire climax. But if they start throwing in stuff with the nosy reporter and all that, it will feel like a mess.

That does seem awfully short.

But at the same time, OotP is probably my least favorite of the books as I thought it was overlong and had to much padding with some fairly pointless subplots.

Goblet of Fire felt rushed, empty, and lacking in a lot of the novel's charm. My absolute favorite scene in the book was during the dragon fight sequence ...


To have that sequence cut from the film really doesn't do that tensely enveloping scene justice.

I think it all depends on the director, as well. Remember, Cuaron only took a shade over 2 hours and 20 minutes, compares to the nearly 2 hours and 20 minutes behind Yates' adaption. Some of the material in Prisoner was undoubtedly snipped, but it was still cohesive and very, very sharp. And, with the 5th film in mind, they've hired him on to do a 6th - hopefully for a reason beyond a lower $ sign.

Here is an interview with Emma Watson:

As the fifth movie in the Harry Potter juggernaut premieres, young star Emma Watson says: We’re all so grown-up!

There is also a photo gallery of Emma at the above link as well.