Pretty good... but slight let downs ruined it.

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2007)

Order Of The Phoenix was my favourite of the Harry Potter books (bearing in mind that Deathly Hallows is not yet out) -- having said that, two of my favourite parts weren't in the movie.
Having said that, this movie wasn't too bad. It's not as "scrap-booked" as Goblet Of Fire, meaning that they actually managed to tell the story.
One of the other user comments severely reprimanded the actors in this movie, which I completely disagree with. I felt that all the characters were very well portrayed, and when I saw first images of Luna Lovegood and Delores Umbridge I was quite disappointed, until I saw them in action. Evanna got Luna Lovegood dead on, and must be commended for such a difficult character. Umbridge was also well portrayed, with her icy 'friendly tones' as well as her ferocity done perfectly.
For me, the biggest (and by far the most treacherous) let down of this movie was the battle between the Order Of The Phoenix and The Death Eaters... this battle was poorly choreographed, poorly shot (it was very difficult to work out who was fighting who and who was doing what) and an absolute disgrace to the rest of the movie, which in my opinion was finally -starting- to correct the terrible traits shown in HP 3 and 4.
In all honesty, I would have given this movie a 10/10 if it weren't for the poor choreography of that battle, despite scenes (including one of my favourite scenes) being cut from the book, they all would have been forgivable except for that atrociously poor scene which should have had people talking for months. (The fight scene between Dumbledore and Voldemort on the other hand was quite brilliant)
My verdict: A MUCH better movie than everyone is giving it credit for. Anyone who is badmouthing this one, go watch Goblet again, and then notice how they improved their "editing" of the story for this one!
8/10