Honestly - the best one yet...

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2007)

I know people were "wowed" by the medieval style of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and i admit that it was a great refresher from the dull drone of the first two movies. The Goblet of Fire was a let-down as a film but i feel that director Yates has successfully made a film that is both faithful to the book and entertaining.
'Order' is the longest Harry Potter book, and if we remember back to the Goblet of fire movie - it was rather rushed. as an audience member i felt i had no time to absorb any of the action or dialogue... I was apprehensive that this would be the same with 'Order' (Longest book yet shortest film), however, the narrative of the whole film has been handled very well. There are a couple of sequences (e.g. the progression of Dumbledores Army) where all the action is strung together in a way that we can only relate to as a Martin Scorsese style of narrative. The overall effect of the film is a powerful one.
I hated Umbridge, i feared Voldemort and the Dementors, and the final duel in the Ministry of Magic is amazing - of course, Ralff Fiennes plays his character brilliantly. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a very good Potter film and received a well deserved round of applause from the audience when it ended.