Hardly slept - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews

Firstly, alot is missing from the movie that was in the book. Everyone is ignoring the movie and putting alot of attention into missing parts. There is no way that all of the sub-plots and story lines could have been worked into a movie of reasonable length. It was 2 hours and 18 minutes long as it was, if they had spent time to cover and maitain every story line in the book it would have been a six hour movie, and while the movie was terriffic, I don't know if anyone of sane mind could have handled six hours in the theater (especially at midnight). The acting was brilliant! I was so suprised to find that all of these young actors had grown into such power-house performers, and the edition of the character of Luna completely matched what I had in mind. This movie was shot beautifully, I understand the giant looked a bit too CGI, but he is CGI, he was a giant for goodness sakes, it would've been alot stranger if they had gotten a guy to play the part and put him next to mini trees holding a Hermione doll (original Godzilla style). This is a very psychological movie, it will probably creep you out a bit (the "hand" writing still bothers me, and the kitten plates....creepy). The action scenes, the big fight at the end, amazing. I believe if you see it in IMAX the last half hour or so is in 3-D. I definitely regretted missing the IMAX midnight show, I am going to see it this weekend, but the awesome-tastic-ness of the final battle was so super-terriffic that I don't know if I can handle the 3-D version. In alot of ways, I think that the Harry Potter fan that can let go of a few parts of the book and enjoy the movie solely for the movie will find it stunning. Those that are deep-rooted in an exact replica of the book will undoubtedly get online and write a review where they list every error or omission. The best Harry Potter film yet, in my mind..