What;s all the Criticism On this Film!!!??!!

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2012)

The first three Harry Potter films were directed with pure brilliance. The fourth was good, but the fifth film was everyone's big question. When I watched this film, I found it amazing. Later, I realized all the criticism on this film. I can't find what's wrong with the movie.
As far as I remember, the novel of OOTP had over 800 pages. It would be impossible to stuff in 800 pages of content into 2 1/2 hrs. Yet, David Yates had a perfect understanding of what to cut out and what to include. In my opinion, this film would be one of the harder films to direct in the series, and yet Yates did it brilliantly. He understood the concept of movie-making and he did great. The standouts of the film are the Order of the Phoenix and the battle between the Order and the Death Eaters as well as the Dumbledore vs Voldemort duel. This duel had one problem. Dumbledore seemed to be too frightened, which was the actor's way of having to portray him.
David Yates chose the brilliant Umbridge and the brilliant Bellatrix. Both actors had such a nasty look that you felt like killing them. That's how good the actors were and that's how good Yates's decisions were.
The scenes with Dumbledore's Army were well done as was Grawp. Another memorable scene in my opinion was the Kidnapping of Umbridge. It was magnificent.
David Yates did a great job with this film, and he deserves more credit than what he gets.