New Photos from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
September 26th, 2006
Well, ladies and gentlemen, if the Warner Bros. publicity people are trying to discourage Harry/Hermione ’shippers (translation: those who agitate for a romance between Harry and Hermione, rather than Ron and Hermione), they’re doing a phenomenally bad job. Just look at the first of these photos. Once again, all the chemistry is between Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson, while Rupert Grint looks befuddled. I’m starting to respect Rupert Grint more these days, though, since he has apparently been in a respectable non-HP movie, and unlike his co-star Radcliffe, he does not feel the need to overcome type-casting by appearing naked on stage with a horse. Yuck.
On a brighter note, Imelda Staunton’s Professor Umbridge looks about as perfect for the role as you can get without being my sixth-grade science teacher (to whom my parents kindly referred as “Toad Lady”).
And, finally, I’m pleased that, in the group photo, Ginny Weasley is wearing pants (by which I mean “trousers,” in case any British people ever read this post). She’s the only girl to do so, and it can’t be just because she plays Quidditch, because Cho Chang does, too. In any case, as the only girl wearing pants in my preschool class photos, I applaud her.
I still have my doubts that this movie will be any good. Alfonso Cuaron, come back to us!
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1. Jillian | September 26th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
I read Harry Potter after college, so I never talked to you about it or really got your take on the series. I sort of climbed in, got comfy, played with the radio system, got bored, climbed out and now I kick the tires every once and a while if I see it around town.
I have a lot of strong opinions about the series which really aren’t worth mentioning. For me, Ron is the only reason why I’ll be reading the last book. And Rupert’s the only reason why I considered watching this last film, but even Rupert AND David Tennant wasn’t enough to get me to actually go. Alas.
2. theotter | September 26th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
I don’t have very many strong feelings about the series, other than eternal gratitude that reading Harry Potter was crucial in developing my romance with Porpoise.
I’ll say briefly that what I like about the books are the quirky Hogwarts details that make me laugh out loud (Draco Malfoy the bouncing ferret, etc.). Plus, it’s fun to go to book-release parties and midnight showings and to see so many people wearing silly hats.
But I don’t think they’re very well written, nor am I impressed with their ethics (and this has nothing to do with the witchcraft kerfuffle, but with more mundane things like, oh, lying and cheating). Nor do the books have much mythic or epic feeling going for them (though I know Dormouse disagrees with me on this).
In short, they’re enjoyable fluff, but I wish they weren’t so long. They don’t have enough meat to sustain them.
One really good fantasy series with magic as its subject that does manage to raise really interesting ethical questions (again, questions having nothing to do with magic as such) AND capture a sense of myth is Jonathan Stroud’s Bartimaeus trilogy. They come highly recommended by Porpoise and me. And they’re fun because significant portions of the books are written in footnotes.
Yes, the HP 4 movie, as I may have mentioned, was my first introduction to David Tennant. Dormouse and I spent parts of the movie muttering, “Must . . . not . . . have crush on bad guy.”
3. Jillian | September 27th, 2006 at 12:33 am
Hee. Yes, DT is fun… I’m glad to hear that even as a villain he’s stunning. In addition to Doctor Who, I liked his work in Casanova which is coming to BBC America, probably to be hacked and censored. *chuckles* I don’t know if that’s a bad thing since it’s pretty out there on some levels… but, nonetheless, manages to slip into the novel category of ‘love story that actually got Jillian to care.’
4. Jillian | September 27th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
I always sort into Gryffindor and found this amusing: here
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