Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix the movie

Philippines
July 15, 2007 5:45am CST
This year, the Boy wizard hit the silver screens again. Together with his wizard friends, they are back to defend themselves and Hogwarts from the Dark Lord. Yes. He-who-must-not-be-named had striked back alongside his loyal follower Bellatrix Lestrange. The Ministry of Magic however, does not believe the Boy who lived when he said that Lord Voldemort has returned. Also, the ministry appointed Dolores Umbridge as the school 'headmaster' replacing Albus Dumboldore. Given all this, I still like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire better. Am no way Potterhead like my boyfriend but I know there are lots lacking in this installment. There are scenes needed to further understand the plot that were deleted.
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• India
15 Jul 07
The movie was a complete let down, In the beginning when they were cutting down on so many things i thought this might be to collect some time for the ending scenes, for the mighty fight at the ministry of magic, i was also highly anticipating for the fight between voldermort & dumbledore ...but after i saw all that .. i just cursed loudly. This is what they do AFTER DOWNSIZING THE WHOLE MOVIE. What should have been a mindblowing fight sequence starting from the prophecy scence till the end was nuthin more than a petty hide & seek with fireworks. THIS MOVIE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE PHONEIX ... NOT FOR ONCE DID I FEEL THAT THERE WAS ANY ROLE FOR THE ORDER OF THE PHONEIX IN THIS MOVIE. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY CUT OUT THE SLOPPY PARTS TO GET TIME FOR THE IMPORTANT SEQUENCES ... BUT THEY DID NOT DO THAT ... & that escaped my logic. Also where was all that about going thru many doors & then reaching the prophecy room ... the prophecy room looked like a dump yard ..nuthing more
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@vasishta (73)
• India
15 Jul 07
well...to be said...i did not like the movie at all.... i had read the book and saw the movie...the movie had nothing which was there in the book....only a little was there... my friends who had not read the book liked the movie... In the movie they had not put a part where Ron gets a chance in the Gryffindor Quidditch Team as a Goaly...and he wins the match for Gryffindor...etc...those were not at all there.... Goblet Of Fire was better really...then the Chamber Of Secrets...then Prisoner Of Azkaban then this one....then the 1st movie....
• Pakistan
16 Jul 07
What really surprises me is that no matter how popular HP is, it has never been depicted nor animated the way it should have been, the movie simply lacks the quality of the Lord of the Rings and the cinematography is horrible and not to mention the amount of scenes that they have cut down can tend to be confusing for someone not familiar with HP or even for those HP fans who expect to see the movie as good as the book itself. I'd take the book over the movie anyday.
@legbamel (179)
• United States
15 Jul 07
I really didn't like this one. It was like they were fast-forwarding through the plot to fit everything in so it was choppy and parts didn't really work. My husband and I are hoping that they will release a four-hour director's cut on DVD. That would hopefully fill in some of the holes. There were also plot points that were changed seemingly for the sake of change rather than because it made sense for the movie. Not one class, not one mention of Quidditch, hardly any of the teen angst of the book. All in all, there was too much book to fit into this movie.
@nahtan (150)
• United States
16 Jul 07
I found that they were trying too hard. They tried to make this faithful to the book but ended up ruining it.
@lt41002 (56)
• United States
16 Jul 07
I thought it was pretty good, but it might be because I didn't read the books and know what they left out. Hopefully the next one is just as good.
@Karpov (68)
• Australia
16 Jul 07
Just wait....the Chinese version of the final book will not release until October.....I lose patience.
• Canada
15 Jul 07
I have to say I enjoyed the movie, but they still cut out many other things that were in the book. I would have liked to see more quidditch and all those other things, (just to lighten up the movie) either way the movie was good, but like usual the book was better
@clawn890 (25)
• India
15 Jul 07
this movie was areal let down.they just forwarded to fit in all the people.dint like it much