'Imelda Steals The Show' because she's the only one with any LINES.

Rating: 4/10 (12 July 2007)

I came into the theater last night, looking forward to the newest installment in the Harry Potter franchise. Yeah, the previews looked good, but I hadn't know they put all the best parts in the preview.
I thought Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix was one of the worst of the series. The director was the worse so far (Why couldn't we get Alfonso Cuarón back?), and the writing was trash. It seemed like David Yates was more focused on making the film look pretty then entertaining or advancing plot. Every other scene had unnecessary sweeping camera angles or unneeded CGI.
The writing, God, what were they thinking? They had all sorts of characters to work with, yet nobody had any lines? We sure heard Dolores Umbridge talk. She spent half the movie yapping her mouth off. But how many lines did Lupin have? How about Tonks? Ginny? Even Ron had what, four lines in the entire film? But there were good parts to this film. The casting of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood was perfect. It's a shame they turned her quirky character into nothing more than a flirt. The final 15 minutes of the film were, surprisingly, very well done. Perhaps it was a lack of landscape for Yates to try to show off, I don't know.
Over all, I thought the writing was trash and the director was way out of his league. This film had by far the most potential. Luckily it didn't fall as flat as the abortion that was the first movie.
4/10