"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Movie Review

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter film series, based on the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J. K. Rowling.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger enter their fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The wizarding community has shunned Harry and Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts, who claim that Lord Voldemort has, after 14 years, regained a body and been restored to full power, and are instead influenced by the propaganda of The Daily Prophet and the intentional ignorance of the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge. Fudge appoints a new Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Dolores Umbridge, who begins to steadily take over Hogwarts through the support of the Ministry.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Cast 

* Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, the protagonist. He has to battle with much of the Wizarding world's denial over Harry's encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort at the end of the previous year. He teaches his friends to defend themselves in duels.

* Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, one of Harry's best friends. He helps Harry found Dumbledore's Army and accompanies Harry to the Department of Mysteries in the climax of the film.

* Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, one of Harry's best friends. She helps Harry found Dumbledore's Army and accompanies Harry to the Department of Mysteries in the climax of the film.

* Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, the antagonist, who lures Harry to the Ministry of Magic and nearly kills him.

* Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster. He upsets Harry by remaining distant from him throughout the year, but explains at the end of the film why he isolated himself. He also explains the meaning of the prophecy to Harry after duelling with Lord Voldemort in the climax of the film.

* Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Harry's godfather who, during the battle at the Department of Mysteries, is murdered by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange, causing Harry great emotional damage.

* Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, a plant from the Ministry of Magic who prevents Harry and his friends from learning practical magic, and refuses to allow Harry to claim that Lord Voldemort has returned.

* Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, the Potions master. He helps teach Harry to block his mind's connection to Lord Voldemort's. He holds a grudge against Harry because he and Harry's father hated each other while they were at school together.

* Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, one of Lord Voldemort's right-hand Death Eaters who leads the battle at the Department of Mysteries.

* Katie Leung as Cho Chang, a fellow member of the DA, with whom Harry shares his first kiss.

 

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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Review 

by Simon Brew (Amazon.co.uk)


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While many movie franchises slide as they reach their later installments, the Harry Potter films just keep getting better. The latest, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is easily the darkest of the series to date, and it's also one of the best. For while it could easily have been little more than a holding film to set up the big encounters to come in the last two instalments of the series, it's to the credit of British director David Yates that the end result is really very good.


It finds Harry coming under suspicion from his wizarding colleagues, who don't believe his claims that the evil Lord Voldermort has returned. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix thus finds its title character on the backfoot for much of its running time, with a select band who firmly believe his story, and very powerful figures who don't.

Where the movie of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix excels though is in its three trump cards. Number one is a far tighter script than we're used to with Potter films, which, combined with trump card number two--the aforementioned David Yates behind the camera--cuts much of the slavish loyalty to the text away in favour of a film with real momentum. The third, and best, card though is the casting of Imelda Staunton as Professor Dolores Umbridge, who simply flies away with every scene she's in. It's a superb performance, and the film is poorer whenever she's not on screen.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is not a film without a few problems, certainly: it's a fair criticism that not too much actually happens, and one or two bits feel superfluous. But it overrides its problems with ease, to emerge as a compelling, highly enjoyable family film, which will leave you salivating for the Christmas 2008 release of movie number six in the series.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) 

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts. The wizarding community is in denial about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. The Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. The young wizards are woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them, leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione to handles things themselves. Harry prepares a group of young wizards calling themselves "Dumbledore's Army" for the extraordinary battle against Voldemort and his Death Eaters that lies ahead.

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top50movies wrote...

I enjoyed the process of the building of the group, as well as Harry's development through the film.

ReplyPosted October 14, 2008

Zackfaire wrote...

i'm a fan of the book but the movies never really matched up to my expectations. but still good all in all. all the actors and actresses involved did an amazing job portraying the characters. i cant wait till they make the last part of the series.
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oshara wrote

it was brilliant . i collected all the books & all the movies that came out. im just a bit nervous about the 6th movie.i love hermoine granger.5 stars 2 u!!!

Reply Posted December 30, 2007

Victoria_Neely wrote...

This was not my favorite Harry Potter movie (book wasn't my favorite either), but I think they did very well with what they had to work with story-wise; it's a good film.

ReplyPosted December 11, 2007

adez7 wrote...

Solid five stars!!! Hey, does anyone out here see any real parallels between HP 5 and what is going on in the entire world right now before our eyes???

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Kkeagle wrote

Iloved the movie i wish there could of been more with the fight seen in the ministry and more sirus house. I cant wait to c the 6th movie and the senes of harry and ginny get together and all the fight senes fenir greyback and ron and hemione and more of the ministry of magic.

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jenms wrote...

I loved the 5th film. I was a bit nervous about this one, as I too was not overly pleased with the 4th film, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well this film was done. Given that there was a limited time frame in which to compress such a long book, they pulled it off well. I gave it 5 stars!

ReplyPosted July 19, 2007

blondeheroine wrote...

With Harry Potter, I'm more a fan of the books than the films. This one wasn't perfect, but of the Harry Potter films, it's easily the best. Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood is brilliant. My biggest complaint was the changes to the ending of the film which, IMO, dumbed it down a little. Otherwise: fun.

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