The Great Harry Potter Liveblog Experiment: Order of the Phoenix

Somehow, I had never seen a Harry Potter movie before yesterday. Continuing through today I will watch all six films leading up to tonight's preview screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. And I will liveblog the entire experience because, well, why not? I'll be checking the comments if you have any words of explanation or encouragement. Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire are down; let's continue with chapter five, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

3:05 p.m. OK, let's end this b*tch over on this thread with The Half-Blood Prince.

3:01 p.m. End credits! Only one more. Is it too much to hope that Harry just has an uneventful year at Hogwarts in the next chapter. Maybe he's worried about a grade in a certain class? Someone in his hall gets pink eye?

3:00 p.m. Sneakers hanging from the rafters. I always thought that meant there was a drug dealer in the neighborhood.

2:55 p.m. I would bet money that when Daniel Radcliffe sent in his Oscar reel for Order of the Phoenix, he sent in this scene of him being possessed by Voldemort.

2:50 p.m. Would Voldemort be more powerful if he had a nose?

2:46 p.m. I've changed my mind about next year's Halloween. I'm just going to go as "normal clothes" Harry Potter. I can pretty much wear anything that's currenty in my closet, all I need is a wand. "Hey everyone, yes, I'm wearing a black tee-shirt and a grey jacket. I'm Harry Potter. Finite Incantatum!"

2:42 p.m. After having interviewed Helena Bonham Carter recently, I can confirm that she did not have to change her everyday wardrobe that drastically to play this part.

2:35 p.m. Angry centaur alert!!!

2:33 p.m. I actually take that back. I remember him being petty happy in Williow.

2:32 p.m. I enjoyed Warwick Davis' celebration at the giant fire "W" in the sky. I haven't seen him that excited since he threw a stick at an AT-ST in Jedi which somehow defeated the galactic empire.

2:28 p.m. The final straw for me and Umbridge is the giant pendulum. It's hard enough taking a test without the anxiety of that thing staring a student down.

2:25 p.m. I feel that if this Grawp fellow really wants to pull off this vest with no undershirt outfit, he should really consider doing a few squat thrusts every morning.

2:21 p.m. I would not like to come face to face with an angry centaur. I'm being serious. Actually, I don't even want to be around a pleased centaur.

**2:17 p.m. Every time Dumbledore's Army is spoken it makes me think of Krippendorf's Tribe.

2:14 p.m. I love Helena Bonham Carter's picture in the paper. She's not really helping her case with the general public that she doesn't belong at Azkaban. (Note, that's the first time I typed "Azkaban" without having to double check the spelling.)

2:08 p.m. I was accused in the comments yesterday of hating these moments. Far from it! I just take the opinion that these aren't great movies to watch all in a row.

@Steph Thank you for the encoragement. I need it.

2:04 p.m. I love hos every piece of cloathing Ron receives, thate's a giant "R" on it. Ron is the Laverne Defazio of Harry Potter movies.

2:02 p.m. Do Harry Potter fans like Yates as a director? Is Alfonso Cuarón the George Lazenby of Harry Potter directors?

2:00 p.m. I actually just wrote "1:60" as a time stamp and had to correct it. I have lost all sense of reality.

1:55 p.m. Maybe these movies are getting to me, but I find it odd that in all the years of human existence, not one has had magic powers. Real life is boring.

1:51 p.m. I feel like I'm at about the 19-mile mark in a marathon. I can't help but think, "you know, I gave it a good shot. Stopping would feel really good right now."

1:45 p.m. OK, I've just been informed that the rules of Hogwarts do not carry over to Movieline, no mater how many movies in a row that I've watched.

1:44 p.m. I hope everyone likes the movie Almost Famous, stories about Star Wars and the early 80s cartoon Battle of the Planets, because there's a lot of that coming now that I'm in charge. Long live Umbridge!

1:39 p.m. Wait! I'm lost. How did Umbridge just declare herself in charge? You can just do this? By the way, I am now head editor of Movieline. Sorry, Stu, but I have declared it so because that's the way it works.

1:34 p.m. That is the most malnourished flying horse that I have ever seen.

1:28 p.m. I swear, if I ever teach a class, only feathers and ink wells will be allowed.

1:26 p.m. I feel it may be best for Harry if he reigned in all this Lord Voldemort talk. I mean, there was one night that I swear I saw Gallagher asleep in my bathtub, but I don't go around telling everyone about it.

1:22 p.m. I feel Emma Watson finally caught up to the rest of the cast as far as growth spirts.

1:19 p.m. She does really pull off the pink suit. Not everyone can do that.

1:18 p.m. Ah, the infamous Miss Umbridge. She doesn't seem so bad...

1:14 p.m. Also, I feel it's time that Harry and Malfoy should have a sit down. Also, why does Malfoy dress like he's a stock broker?

1:08 p.m. For Halloween next year I want to dress in Harry Potter world court attire.

1:04 p.m. OK, so Harry is on trial? Does this installment have any similarity to A Time to Kill?

12:56 p.m. The beginning of each Harry Potter movie kind of reminds me of an episode of The A-Team. The way they have to get Harry at the beginning of each film reminds me of Hannibal, Face and B.A. busting Murdock out of his psych ward each week.

12:54 p.m. I feel that, by this point, Harry and his uncle should have had a sit down talk about their differences. This has gone on too long.

12:50 p.m. I admit, for a Harry Potter film, the face sucking creatures were disturbing.

12:47 p.m. Holy hell! Harry is sitting on a swing set but everyone looks like they're about 40. Good to see Harry got a haircut.

12:45 p.m. I know I ask every time, but what are everyone's thoughts on this one? Is this the "dark" chapter?

12:40 p.m. According to the previews that played before this DVD, I should look forward to seeing I am Legend.

PREVIOUSLY

· Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

· Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

· Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

· Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire