Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

She's 15 actually. She won an open casting call for the character and is apparently a massive Harry Potter freak IRL. I would make her wear her costume and have her call me Harry

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She is 17 now. born 15 April 1990

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Originally Posted by gir

they also skipped over the whole thestral-riding thing. it's made clear that only harry and luna (and neville, of course, though i think that's skipped over in the movie) see the thestrals, but then suddenly everyone's riding one. they could've taken the extra ten seconds to show hermione and the rest of them freaking out because they're flying in the air and are clinging for dear life to something they can't even see. i brought this up after the movie to my friend (who has not ready any of the books), and he was like, "yeah, i was wondering about that." i'm sure a lot of people in the audience who haven't read the books were wondering wtf? when kids who couldn't see the thestrals are suddenly riding on them.

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I wondered that too.

I actually figured that they could ride something without seeing it.

True, but they don't even know the things exist (remember the scene where the carts move on their own). Unless, someone has seen death would you even know they exist.

I'm sorry I know common sense should never have to be relied upon for a movie, so there's no excuse for it, but I just assumed it was explained to them on the way there. (That's not sarcastic either)

It's possible that that's what happened, but I just hate when as a viewer you are supposed to assume that. Like someone said it wouldn't have taken hardly any time for them to be shown being told about them. Hell the movie was long enough anyway. What's another 2 minutes?

Saw this last night, definitely the best HP movie thus far. I love how dark the story is becoming and I really like Luna, even if she is so freaky. Does anyone else think Umbridge looks like Laura Bush?

Honestly, they downplayed Luna's eccentricity compared to the books.

Luna is awesome, I keep hoping that Harry would tongue her since Neville is too much of a pussy. I hate that Cho Chan bitch from the get go.