Yeah, when I read that I was a bit confused, but then I figured it was probably when the Advance Guard and Harry were flying to Grimmauld Place. I really doubt they'll cut out everything in the beginning, as it's really important to the book. It's not until the 180th page that they even get on the train!

EDIT: Acctually, I just thought about that, and the flying is going to be digitally added. Wow, I'm not sure what the snowy mountains are for. It's also weird because the beginning of the book is during summer..

I'm wondering if they aren't planning to start the movie with Hagrid & Madame Maxime's trek into the mountains, to find the giants? They never seem to follow the book to the letter--actually the book hardly talks about Hagrid's quest at all, and not till much later, but it might be a pretty smashing start! Just a guess...

Hmm..Aethonon, I never thought about that one. It does seem like a plausible and exciting start, but I don't think they'd add something that isn't needed in such great detail as they're probably going to be pressed for time to begin with.

Yeah, Darcy. . .that was my first thought as well. It would make sense to shoot, as a part of an opening sequence, Hagrid's trek through the mountains. It certainly doesn't mean that they're going to cut out the advanced guard or skip a lot at the beginning (which I think they inevitably will), but I think it's the most vital thing I could think of regarding snow-capped mountains. Or snow-covered. Or snow-dusted. Drat. . .too lazy to scroll down.

Using the word "sequence" certainly makes it less bothersome to me if I were going to feel bothered. A sequnce can refer to one of two things-1) a "long take" or an extra long shot of something or 2) a segments of film unified by a common setting, time, event, or story-line. Or they could be using sequence to refer to an opening montage. . .

I can imagine like a really wide shot of some really pretty snowy mountains, and 'Hedwigs Theme" playing and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" comes up, and the theme gets all loud and dramatic. They could like be filming so it looks like your flying over the mountains, and you see two little figures treking up the mountain, and it zooms in on them and you see it's Hagrid and Madame Maxine, and then it goes up into the sky and when the camera comes down, insted of being in the mountains it's in Privet Drive.

Okay, I got a little carried away up there...

The filming for movies isn't done in order. They don't shoot the first bit first and the last bit last, so when they say opening sequence possibly they just mean the bit they want to film first; that could come anywhere in the film. But I don't know, it's just a thought. Another thought, newspapers aren't always very accurate so maybe it's the opening sequence for the part of the film at Hogwarts but not for the whole film, who knows!

ps emma: I like that idea, it's cool. And I love your sig; '100 points to slytherin...' I almost choked laughing.

i would like to see that snowy scene in which mountains are covered with snow,i realized that scene in ma mind and i thought they shoul showed Harry in the starting of the film,he will fly in the air at his Firebolt.

Yeah. it's probably going to start with Hagrid and Madame Maxime goig to find the Giants, and then switch to privet drive: that's the only thing i can think of in the book that needs mountains...

I found a somewhat sketchy report on Mugglenet, describing the first moments of the movie, it seems plausible what was suggested and not once does it mention any sequence involving both mountains and the journey of Madame Maxime and Hagrid.

Here's the link New details on the Order of the Phoenix I do warn that it contains spoilers!!

I believe that most likely it is just the newspaper inventing small details to make a story. It's not uncommon is it? Journalism is renowned for inventing truths.

The only reason i can see the snowy mountains in the beginning is if they're doing it like Emma Sophia said, I don't think she got carried away, do you? I also read the spoiler warning from makemeinvisible and it sounds pretty logaical except for the Dementor attac in the atrium cause in on of the pictures on imdb ->

(http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0373889/Ss/0373889/y.jpg?
path=gallery&path_key=0373889)

<- it looks like it's in a tunnel... I don't know from which other sequence this picture could be from though it might not be be from the dementor attac though but it looks logical...

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From what I can make out from the mugglenet link, the film makers are going to leave out several important aspects from the movie. Don't blame them for that, it's dificult to fit in the book in the movie. But some of the scenes that they are eliminating are quite important. Petunia's outburst on her knwohow of magical world, Sirius explaining the Black family tree etc and actually I don't recall any major instances in the book where they need a snowclad peak scene, that is extremely crucial. Perhaps I need to read the text again

I have no idea why it's important.

One- The broomride to 12GP but that's over a city.
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Two- Madam Maxime and Hagird.

BUT that CAN'T be it. Because I remember there was important news about how they were going to make Grawp, using live action sequence or whatever. Surely if Maxime and Hagrid were going to be confronting a load of full size giants there would be more news on them than on Grawp. Aside from that we don't even see Hagrid til something like halfway through the book when he comes back to Hogwarts all beat up...

Confusing.. Grawp in the mountains, that could be it.. But you know they add stuff, like in GoF.. How Harry just circled all around the Dragon till it attacked him, but in the movie he went all through Hogwarts. Im afraid of what they are going to cut out.

Hmmmm..I had a thought...Maybe it is going to be sort of a flight over the countryside from the Dementor's perpective...As in they are traveling to Privet Drive? I just sort of got this image in my head of the countryside below..Starting with snowy mountains, and moving along until it pans away to above or around a group of Dementors and then finally coming to Privet Drive..I don't know..They had better not take out the first part with the Dementors going after Dudley and Harry...I was ticked when they took out the Weasley's getting caught in the blocked up fireplace in GoF...

One thing I like about you Spencer, is, we usually see eye to eye. This is no different...

They are definitely going to be cutting some good parts by the looks of it.

And if a snowy mountain scene is vital to the movie then they have their priorities out of check, what the???

Thats what I thought when I read it too. However, would that make Hagrid and Madame Maxime's quest to see the giants a major part of the movie? Maybe they'll show them going through the mountains and having some sort of interaction with the giants (maybe not show the giants, or maybe just show Grawp)...or not.

I'm thinking that they'll do something similar like they did in Goblet of Fire where they showed the graveyard scene. Only in this movie they'll just show Hagrid and Maxime walking along the mountains to explain why Hagrid wasn't around for half the movie. Just a thought of course...

I think the dementors will apear outside becuase in the gallery on this page i seen some pictures of harrya nd dudley running in the countryside.But what they film and what they cut for the final movie is two totally different things.

i didn't know about the snowy mountains... and it sounds like strange, because the OOTP story takes place during summer... maybe they'll show something that is related to something in the middle of the movie, just as int eh 4th movie, where we see the graveyard, and then we see it again at the end of the film... we'll hve to wait to see it... nice post by the way...


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Well they haven't cut out the begging bits because obviously there are new pictures of Harry in the alley way holding out his wand with the Dementors. Also it was in the sun ( British newspaper) of a picture of Harry and Mr Weasley on the way to the trial.
Maybe the snowy moutains are to start with the sequence as it travels to Privet Drive. Like they did it from the sky in the COS. Or it could be flying in the snowy mountains?