not the best of the 5 but the worst of the 5.

Rating: 2/10 (17 July 2007)

Now, first of all, I am NOT one of those picky people who expect too much in a movie.. (I found Fantastic Four one of the best movies ever.. and others seemed to have hated it...) but Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was not bearable at all.
1. I think that the producers actually counted on the people to read the book before watching the movie. I went with a friend that didn't read the book and she asked me at least 30 questions during the movie; as i have read the book. She got a little annoying but I looked at it from her point of view and i understood that if a person did not read the book, and walked into that movie theater they would sit there for 2 hours or so and not understand a thing.
2. The movie is called the Order of the Phoenix. Not only did the Order have only 5-10 minutes of screen time, they didn't explain at all what the Order of the Phoenix was.
3. They took out about half of the book's contents and put it into the movie. Hagrid only had about 10-15 minutes of screen time and so did Grawp. They also took out the part where Harry and the Weasleys visit Mungo's Hospital. That forced Neville to talk about his parents with Harry which i know that he usually wouldn't do. Also, they left out the part where Harry is published in the Quibbler, so the idea that everybody started to believe him was lost.. They took out a lot more, i am not going to list them all or i would be sitting here for about 30 minutes typing it up.
4. Acting was horrible. Im sorry to the actors/actresses but it was. I think Daniel did okay on Harry Potter. It wasn't bad. but i thought that Emma did a bit worst as usual on Hermione. She lost the clever way that she talked. Rupert Grint was alright, as he always was but there was so little screen time of him. There was almost no screen time of Hagrid, Lupin, Sirius, or Ginny or many other people so i don't know what exactly to say about them. I thought that Luna Lovegood was not bad. She was mysterious and freaky just like the Luna lovegood in the book. Nevile Longbottom was alright too. I thought that Katie did a bad job for Cho Chang. She wasn't the vulnerable Cho Chang that we knew, she was a sneak?! well anyways, i didn't think she was attractive or well played in the movie. I never liked the new Dumbledore either. He never portrayed Dumbledore as the calm, wise, smart wizard. In movies 3-5 he was too jumpy and alive. i did not like dolores umbridge at all. her part is so easy to play but the actress just destroyed it. My friend kept asking me "she's not evil!" oh yes her laugh and her "ahem" was very well done, but the overall acting was horrible. im sorry but it was.
5. At the end, when Dumbledore was dueling Voldemort, it didn't seem like Dumbledore would win. It was said in the book that Dumbledore could deflect Voldemort's curses with a simple flick of his wand. In the movie, Voldemort almost won! As i've said, the movie was way off the tracks.
6. Now onto the good things. not to sound perverted but the only good part in the movie was the kiss between Harry and Cho. And that wasn't good at all as Daniel hasn't had his first kiss yet. The other part that i enjoyed about the movie was when Voldemort was possessing Harry. It was very well shown how Harry fought him off. and the lines that he said to get rid of Voldemort was amazing. That part caught my attention.. a little too late thought as it was the end of the movie. I also liked the Weasley twin's departure even though some of the drama and the grandness of the it was left out. The visual effects were very well done, but like many other movies, i think that they were going overboard with the effects and that was all the cared about instead the actual plot.
Overall, i think it was not a good movie at all. as I've said before, i am NOT a picky person. I like all movies so if i say a movie is bad, all my friends know that it is REALLY bad. but i give 2 stars out of 10 for effort.