The worst film?

Rating: 4/10 (4 August 2007)

After the Goblet of Fire, I didn't really have high expectations of The Order of the Phoenix, but it being my favourite book of the series thought I would go and see it. What a disappointment. After Moody was so badly cast, i didn't think they could do any worse until I saw their Umbridge, she was not evil enough or simpering enough to be Umbridge. There was entirely no mention of Snape and what he was doing, i think he had one line. How are they going to explain why he kills Dumbledore in the next film? Bearing in mind practically the entirety of the book took place at 12 Grimmauld Place, there was only one scene at the beginning where Harry was there. Nothing was explained in the film, it has turned into one of those films where they assume you've read the book and don't feel the need to explain whats going on. Sirius' death was so quick that I actually didn't care. The film was worse than the Goblet of Fire, i left not remembering what actually happened because the scenes were so disjointed. To top it off was the fight at the end between Dumbledore and Voldemort. This was an explosive fight in the book, and I was looking forward to it being transferred to screen, but it was awful. They say the reason they leave so much out is time constrictions? Lord of the Rings was 3.5 hours long, people don't mind long film times, i'd much prefer that than watching a bad film that ruins my expectations.