Where is the Order of the Phoenix?

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2007)

No matter what people say you can't separate the movies from the books as has been suggested. This movie wasn't bad. It has great special effects, especially during the last 25 minutes of the movie. The problem resides in the fact that the writer of the screenplay forgot what the book was all about. The book was about the Order of the Phoenix, and sorry kids, but the members of the Order were adults. I understand it is impossible to live up to the expectations of the book, which is infinitely better than the movie. But if you have a great bunch of British actors, together in one set, Shouldn't you use them? You don't sign Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Alan Rickman, Emma Thomson and the wonderful Brendan Gleeson and use them as background decoration! Their characters are interesting and vital in the books. The best scenes of the movie occurred precisely when the adult actors are on scene. The producers and director seem so keen in keeping the Harry Potter movies appealing to little kids that apparently they think adults in the set will bore their young audience. A word of advice: 1)many of the people who go to see these movies (as well as read the books) are adults. And I am not talking young adults, I am talking adults over 30. Secondly, the dynamics of the young students and the older teachers is one of the greatest assets of the books. Why don't use that? Daniel Radcliff has shown he can grow as an actor and it shows in this movie; and he really shines when he is with the adult actors. Guys, producers, writers of this movie, the really cool people in this movie weren't Harry,Cho, Luna, Hermione or Ron. The really cool people, the masters of magic were Tonks, Lupin, Sirius, Mad-Eyed Moody, Kingsley and of course Dumbledore. Your loss if you decided to give them three lines each, so Harry could have a longer kiss with Cho. Also I would like to add that the soundtrack of this movie was much much inferior than any of the four previous movies. As one of the fellow users said, "music does matter." And also I would like to say I wouldn't have mind a three hour movie either.