The Biggest Book In The Series, Becomes The Shortest Movie.

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2014)

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", is the biggest book in the series, yet the shortest film. Anyone who has read my review of the last instalments knows that I was impressed so much with the series, I finally decided to pick up the books.
Reading what was going to be in the 5th instalment, I got very excited to what it was gonna look like in it's film counterpart. The Hospital, the strange rooms of the Ministry of Magic, various supporting cast returns and revelations etc. I could not wait. How frustrating it was to hear that we were going to have to wait for 2 years. But in all fairness, it's a large book and if the extra time is gonna give me more bang for my buck, so be it.
How did they mess this up so bad? I know you can't have everything and it's very hard work the amount of effort that goes into these pictures. But there wasn't even an attempt to even mention large parts of the book. Even the huge, important total series-changing discussion between Harry and Dumbledore was so short and watered down, it might as well have just been left out altogether. The one thing that works is Imelda Staunton's insane performance of Dolores Umbridge, that evil b*tch in the book was executed so perfectly.
Final Verdict: "Order of the Phoenix" had really disappointed me. Though I was at first sceptical hearing David Yates would be directing the rest of the series, it's good to know that around the corner he would give the series a much better touch. 6/10.