Exciting, entertaining, but satisfying & accurate? - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews

I left the movie theatre not 40 minutes ago from the Midnight showing of "Harry 5" as my theatre called it. While the film certainly entertained, excited, and has spearheaded my re-reading half the series, I cannot help feel unsatisfied. Die-Hard potter fans beware: The story as shown in the film will disappoint. There simply is not enough included in the Movie. Don't get me wrong, if you're a fan, GO SEE THE MOVIE, but don't expect the fluid transitions, explanations, and satisfactory side plots (I.E. Ron/Hermione) that are so abundant in the books. The two can simply not be compared. Some may even say that enough was left out of the movie to make it impossible to fully understand the plot without reading the books. Either way, this is a Movie Review. If the books had never existed and the Movie stood alone the critics would be raving about the plot, characters, and creativity of screen play. However, obligated to follow in the footsteps of the epic novel before it, Harry Potter 5 seems to come up short in the minds of most critics and fans. Visual effects are decent, the end fight scene appears to be about 20 minutes long (and still not long enough). I have no complaints about the acting or casting, this is where the film did not come up short one bit. Save the inevitable corny one-liners or post-battle moral teachings, the acting in Harry 5 is nothing to complain about. Furthermore, the casting, both old and new (most especially Umbridge) seems to be flawless. Harry 5 left me wanting something more, whether good directing to inspire thirst for more, or poor directing, failing to properly convert a novel into a film, I'm not sure. If the film stood alone the reviews would be different, but it doesn't. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- B