Order of the Phoenix Not True to the Book

Rating: 7/10 (26 August 2007)

You can tell that the screenplay writer, Greenberg could NOT have thoroughly read and digested the previous 4 stories. While the movie was good on its own, it omitted potentially entertaining and vital scenes from the book. Most notably were the numerous exchanges in the book between McGonagall and Umbridge, the swamp spell perpetrated by the Weasley twins, and the animosity between Umbridge and the Centaurs. And Firenze was totally omitted as the replacement for Trelawny! OMG, how could THAT be?? I'm relieved that Steve Kloves is doing the screenplay for Half-Blood Prince. The integrity of the overall storyline SHOULD be restored with the return of Kloves' writing talent. As others have said, while I'm a fanatical fan of the series, Order of the Phoenix was the least successful transition of book to film.