Apart from the books, pretty good.

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2007)

I went to see Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix opening night at midnight. I had had a very tiring day and was falling asleep in my seat waiting for the movie to begin. I had recently reread the books and was ready for a book-movie comparison. Miraculously I managed to keep very much awake during the whole of the movie. At the end, I was disappointed to say that many parts of the plot had changed, and was not happy with the outcome. I once again watched the movie later in the week, and tried to look at it from a movie point of view. Overall the directing and cinematography is quite good and some of the art directing is great. Acting wavered from character to character, but once again it is hard to star in a movie where people are just waiting to criticize you. I thought Gary Oldman did a great job, and Umbridge as well. My final thought: it was pretty good.