Reviews both brief and late

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2007)

I know it's a bit late after the release but I've just got round to watching Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix and I must say I was impressed. For those of you getting frustrated by the childish nature of the previous movies and their failure to remain true to the books will be pleased that this one is stepping ever closer to being true to the book and also being made for adults.
Although many characters have been sidelined such as Kreacher (House Elf in the Black household), other characters were cut completely including Firenze (the Centaur who takes over the divination post) and Nearly Headless Nick, the screenwriters have managed to compensate by simply cutting out bits of the book such as the content of several lessons, the naming of Dumbledore's Army and the entire Quidditch story line.
Seeing as this review has been submitted so late I expect you may have either seen this film or heard about it from someone else, so I shall leave you to go back to your copies of Deathly Hallows as I am sure you have purchased said book in this time of Harry Mania. For those interested at all I am giving Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix 7 Horcruxes out of 10 (hardcore fans will notice that 7 is the number of Horcruxes Voldemort has, even more hardcore fans will notice that the term Horcrux doesn't appear in Order of the Phoenix).