Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Review

Obviously.

Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: David Yates

Based on: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

IMDb rating: 7,5/10

Rotten tomatoes rating: 79%

My rating: 870 pages book x 2 hours and 18 minutes movie x (good director + awesome actors + amazing plot) = Job Done

I'm so impressed they managed to get this right, despite the complex story line and the size of the book. Naturally, it's not as good as the book by a long shot, but I had a good time watching this movie.

I promise both Deathly Hallows movies and maybe even HBP will get a longer review, but for this one I'm going to keep it short.

Probably spoilers down below!

*thinks of a specific event in this movie*

Probably Definitely spoilers down below!!!

Like real spoilers.

Seriously.

*tears up*

There are some new cast members in this movie (Luna Lovegood, Bellatrix Lestrange, The Pink Monster), and let me just start by saying that they did a great job portraying these characters.

Evanna Lynch. I think she's a perfect Luna Lovegood. I love one of her first lines: "You're just as sane as I am." She has this really fitting voice for Luna with this sing-song sound to it.

Helena Bonham Carter plays a very convincing Bellatrix Lestrange. Just the way she looks with the black dress and the hair, but also the malicious character she manages to portray. Her laugh after killing Sirius (I told you there would be spoilers) or when she arrives in the Department of Mysteries is just perfect. She plays the typical evil witch we remember from our childhood fairy tales. In retrospect, I wish she'd have played Maleficent instead of Angelina.

Side note: Did you know she played the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland AND the fairy godmother in the last Cinderella movie? The first one, okay, but can you imagine Bellatrix making Hermione a dress for the ball?

But of course, no one is as scary as this b!tch. At the start of the scene of Harry's first detention, I was just panicking so hard, because I knew she was going to give him the quill. Then she gave him the quill and I was sitting there and trying to modify what would happen and closing my eyes and having the urge to yell: "No, Harry, NOT THE QUILL!" But with a lot of effort, I can still say that Imelda Staunton plays this behated character in a very convincing and nerve-wrecking way. Congratulations.

I don't like the way Voldemort looks in this movie as much as in the last.

I have faith that David Yates, who has directed the last four Harry Potter movies (OotF to DH part 2) has made the right decisions and that I will very soon enjoy those decisions.

I liked seeing the old cast again, of course, they did a very good job, yet again.

I loved the DA sessions. They showed some of Harry's leadership, and I was able to repeat some of his advice to my friend the next day without her noticing.

Why did Harry have to hug Sirius so often in this movie? It hurt my heart.

I understand that it had to happen but did they have to rub it in half the movie?

Like, really, was that necessary?

I was kind of disappointed about some things they changed and left out, but let's be honest, those things, to me, were made up for by all conversations between Snape and Umbridge. I love the way Alan Rickman (actor Snape) just answers her questions with this extremely neutral voice and he looks at her with an expression that says: I can't believe they were able to find anyone that could annoy me more than Potter.

And this.

I like how we saw a little more of Dumbledore's extreme coolness during his fight with Voldemort, because I feel like the book doesn't focus on it as much.

I feel like they could've spend a little more time on Snape's memory of James. And Lilly wasn't even there.

Same goes for the OWLs. I know they're a bit less important after Deathly Hallows because Ron and Harry never went to do their NEWTs (Hermione did), but I still feel like we could've focused on them a little more.