When Warner Bros. had announced that they will be releasing the International trailer for Order of the Phoenix on a Sunday, April 22, 2007, I was the one of the billions of people who was very apprehensive. To say the fact that the last HP trailers had been good (but not astoundingly great, except for the Azkaban and Goblet trailers which are good enough), and that it usually shows tidbits of excitement and all that jazz. But here, Order of the Phoenix NEW TRAILER proves that the darkest is yet to come.
I opened it up on Mugglenet.com, and I was staggered. By far, this is the best-made Harry Potter trailer yet! Completely mouth-gaping and will leave you senseless, shaken and horribly craving for more. This is the most different Potter trailer; for the first time, it gives us the real essence of how a Potter trailer should be, not a glimpse of bits and pieces, but straightforwardly direct and blunt to the point that it pierces the eyes. Wonderfully done. The trailer doesn't go along winding roads but directly shows us that Harry's world right now is not the same and is more difficult to comprehend with Voldemort back on business. I like the way how tension was built in the trailer, judged from the first second it starts, drums rumbling, and showing that even the Muggle world has changed, clouds shifting and darkness seeps in. Harry wakes up anew but definitely terrified of what would happen.
This has not happened for the first time, but before when I saw Alfonso Cuaron's rendition of Azkaban into a trailer, I felt excited and confident that he would do justice, as well as Newell for Goblet. Now I'm crossing my fingers that Order of the Phoenix will be the best one yet, proving that the new director who sat in the chair of wizards, David Yates, shows an utterably different reel of scenes that surmounts the battle that is yet to befall in the Ministry of Magic. Umbridge [that evil horrid toad-bitch] was introduced with pinks and cardigans, and as Harry walks into the train platform, he sees Voldemort in a black Muggle suit, blending with the community, the curtain rises to reveal the real event. And the whole trailer ensues like a fantastic climax of battles, wand-waving, and brandishing of spells.
"Tyranny will rise, and the rebellion begins." One of the lines I like in the trailer. Therefore now, I'll start looking at my calendar for the month of July. Let the Harry Potter Month come, July 13 for Order of the Phoenix movie, and July 21 for the Deathly Hallows book. Then it's "au revoir" for Potter.
