A Magical Experience

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2015)

Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix was the longest novel in the entire series but the film adaptation is one of the shortest of all the Harry Potter movies. Harry, Ron and Hermione return once again along with some new characters such as Luna Lovegood, Dolores Umbridge and Bellatrix Lestrange. Each one of these characters is well played with the role of Umbridge being especially good. The direction is fairly decent with the magical world being replicated through extravagant sets. The filmmakers are able to extract the essence of the novel and present it without going for every little detail. This results in a taut, tight movie which is just over 2 hours long. However, the only sin that the movie has is that it feels like an abbreviated version of the novel as a result of which the movie feels extremely rushed and therefore it is not as enjoyable as reading the novel.