Potter 5

disclaimer: plenty of spoilers below. don't read if you haven't watched harry potter and the order of the phoenix yet.

oh geezers.

harry potter started showing at the theater houses just yesterday and i wasted not one week to watch it. this time, the movie's director is renowned political films director david yates, so expect the jadedness of hp5...

well, the movie was rather cold. it's is so serious, it actually edged on a psychological movie; the film is teeming with scenes where the characters are either breathing hoarsely or breaking a sweat or doing thespic eye maneuvers. there is also plenty of rain. i also noticed that the color channels are darker now, more on the blue side of earth colors, giving the picture a rather unsettling twilit mood. and the musical score, unlike the previous scores, is very very subtle in most of the duration of the film.

well, i liked the movie one because the characters didn't have to wear massive make-up changes so as not to compromise the younger book characters with their real biological age. two, characters are brightly portrayed, like nymphadora tonks and dolores umbridge, and i cannot think of other actresses who would have played their parts better. three, the movie used silence very well; the escalation of movements were emphasized. finally, i like it because it is the only harry potter movie that made me shiver with fright while on my seat... the scenes depicting the duels at the ministry of magic are very moving, i almost felt my foot jerking the seat in front of me. the image of dumbledore appearing out of the floo network is vivid in my head, i remember by the time he was doing a fight scene with voldemort, i was already shivering hard and my heart was pounding like crazy.

well everthing happened so fast and two seconds later they're all back at hogwarts again.

haay. i cant wait for the next movie... but first i'll buy the last installment of the series... 8 days to go!!

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