Great movie, but...

Rating: 6/10 (17 November 2010)

Yes I know the books are not scripts, and all movies have to trim content to keep them from being too long, or because some director wants to "improve" them. In Order of the Phoenix the thing I noticed is that Luna Lovegood was not barefoot, due to the theft of her shoes, except for one scene in the woods with Harry. She should have been unshod for pretty much the whole story. This avoided several small sub-plots so perhaps that's why they did it. I also would have appreciated less low speaking, and more enunciation. Lots of the dialog is difficult to make out. And of course while integral to the feel of the story, would it have killed them to lighten up the exposure a bit? Difficult to make out the dark clothed kids against the dark shadowed background!