Cant help but compare it to the book

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2007)

If you are going to base films on books you have to be prepared for comparisons!!! Phoenix is my favourite of the Harry Potter books books but I must admit that this movie is my least favourite.
If you are able to judge it as a stand alone film then its not bad but too much was missed out to make it a convincing adaptation of the 5th novel.
Put it this way it was the first movie of the summer that I couldn't wait for it to end.
There are good performances from the usual cast and the characters of umbridge and bellatrix were perfectly cast, dan radcliffe is getting better with age and will probably go on to be a huge star once the potter films are finished.
Oh well will have to wait and see what they do with half blood prince which is more complex than this one.