A world of pain!

Rating: 3/10 (11 July 2007)

I wasn't a big fan of Goblet of Fire and went to Order of the Phoenix with the illusion that it could only be better than its predecessor. Now that I have seen the movie it depresses me that I have been wrong to have nourished this hope. The acting has reached a new low. Daniel Radcliffe manages to mess up every scene he has. Because the movie is more about Harry Potter than about actions, the scenes that Daniel has are many and shortly in the movie become too much too handle. There were moments when I buried my head in my hands out of awkwardness for the shame full performance I was being presented. Ron is also being portrayed badly, but has the luck of being off-screen most of the times. The Hermione moments are being force fed with a lethal high dose of girl power which ruined the performance of Emma Watson whose was not bad (at least not compared to the rest). As for most of the other characters, (with the exception of Snape) there is not much screen time for them, but they manage to ruin these brief moments with out of character performances. The leader of this gang of hoodlums is Michael Gambon whose performance hasn't managed to make us forget the late great Richard Harris, but make us miss him with every second Michael Gambon is on screen. Gambon has turned Dumbledore into a unstable loon who threats his enemies with more kindness than his students. The character who stand out positively are Snape (brilliant as always), Voldemort (as steady as in Goblet of Fire), Luna (she breathes Luna without trying), Lucius and Bellatrix who do not stand out, neither positive or negative. The script is impossible to follow for someone who hasn't read the book and confusing for those who have. The scene hopping is worse than Goblet of Fire, although the newspaper montages have been done well. The movie rushes through the huge storyline and the few action scenes which could have boosted the movie are not spectacular and over before you know it. There is no time for emotions because the moments have passed and become incomprehensible seconds later, leaving the viewer confused and busy trying to catch up again. Actions from characters are illogical and in conflict with the books, most of the time backed up with special effects which are illogical and in conflict with the books. The rather small amount of special effects (compared to the other Potter movies) manage to turn out disappointing and make you wonder if they have the right people behind this, because other movies have managed to show believable special effects. All in all a disappointment and new dept in the Harry Potter movie franchise.