An excellent compression of 900 pages - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews

JK Rowling, we all must remember, creates quite a difficult task for filmmakers in writing stories with far too much substance to fit into one movie. I am pleased to announce that in my return from the Midnight show that David Yates, new director to the series has taken this challenge in stride and created and excellent interpretation. What most impressed me was the transitions of OOTP which allowed it to flow. I was not left annoyed with the neccessary cuts from the movie as I did in Goblet of Fire. They made cuts that would not blemish the book's original plot line. The movie was most definitely darker as it should be. It reflects the change of atmosphere that is so obviously occuring during the 5th year. Characters become more developed including a new character, Luna Lovegood, who I was surprised (and pleased) to see her contribution to the movie with humor and a change of personality. The character of Dolores Umbridge is executed extremely well and by the end of the movie as in the book, she is well hated by all. I normally dont like when the movies purposely alter things but OOTP only added things that added to understanding of the audience along with some quite hilarious scenes with Filch. I am not the typically Harry Potter fan so I am sorry if we may have a few conflicting views but i think we all have to agree Dumbledores got style... I mean did you watch that fight with Voldemort? Bloody brilliant