Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie review

#Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie review series

Everyone has encountered that gleefully smug authority figure at some point in their lives. She did such a great job as Dolores Umbridge. The best addition to the cast has to be Evanna Lynch, who beat over 15,000 girls for the role of the wonderfully weird Luna Lovegood. The parallels between Bush and the fearful Ministry of Magic are endless. The book was released in the summer of 2003, when the problems with the Bush administration were just starting to heat up. This is not the fun magical world from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The wizard government has taken control of the media and schools. That has definitely translated onto the big screen. One of the complaints that some had with the book when it was first released was that it was too dark and serious. And of course there are moments that I wonder if casual Potter movie fans will understand not having read the books, but I guess that has to be expected. I wish we had more time to just hang out with them. That's not a bad thing, but we just love the characters so much. Gone are the fun scenes with character interaction. I also felt that the storyline between Harry and Cho was rushed in the film as compared with the book.Д¬ondensing a 900 page story into two hours can also become exhausting. Heck, they need to create Dumbledore's army, so there isn't much time for everyone to hate Harry. In the movie it is done in such a short time.

But I think what irritates me the most is that in the book you really feel for Harry as the whole school and wizarding world turns against him. Much of the Quidditch story has been cut, which includes Ron Weasley being appointed a Gryffindor prefect. This means that a lot of great stories and subplots don't make the cut. Order was 896 pages long, yet the film is barely over two hours in length. It's hard for me to watch or critique the film and not compare it to the book. My biggest problems with this film and the last is the condensed story. I've read all the books, and thus have a better understanding of the world and story than can be presented on screen. It's hard to judge the Potter films based purely on the self contained movie. A secret order must be formed in case he who must not be named were to attack. The magical administration have turned the wizard media against Harry and Dumbledor, replacing the practical teachings with theory, and putting Hogwarts under the authority of Minestry of Magic member Dolores Umbridge. But Potter is not greeted with a heroes welcome. Having fended of Voldemort in the climax of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Harry is about to start his fifth year at Hogwarts. The special effects have also vastly improved over the course of the series. I was really happy to see Yates play off of the extended sweeping camera shots which Curon introduced in Azkaban. But fear not my friends, Yates knocks this one home. So it worried me greatly that the next film was handed over to David Yates, a guy whose imdb resume included a bunch of British television shows and miniseries, and not much else. Alfanso Curon's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is arguably the best in the series, followed shortly by Mike Newell's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

#Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie review series

The point is that I enter the Harry Potter films with high expectations.ДЄnd the Potter film series has improved since Chris Columbus first two films. I've seen the trailer for Order of the Phoenix more times than you can count on your two hands. I'm not one of those obsessed Harry Potter fanatics, but I'm also not what could be considered an occasional or recreational fan. I've since read all the books (or rather, listened to them on audiobook/ipod, which I highly recommend), I own all the DVDs, and I even wear a Prisoner of Azkaban t-shirt on occasion. I half dismissed it, but was there opening night for the sequel. I remember attending the first movie wondering what the big deal was.