Review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) by Nuggets — 01 Oct 2007

The film is largely guilty of failing to remain faithful tto the novel with too many changes, often for the worse, and the fact the film often fails to explain what is happening ruins the beauty, drama and superb acting from all the main characters in one of my favourite Harry Potter books.

As usual, the acting and CGI is decent enough and especially Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint who continue to widen their reputation as decent British actors. The cast once again make the film almost believable and the portrayal as Lord Voldemort is captured perfectly.

The plot, though one of the finest in the book series as the teenagers go through dark times as the Death Eaters rise, often misses out explaining key details with the film missing out parts of the book altogether making it hard to follow and hurried.

Firstly, for whatever reason, the film was too short, as a result key parts would be ignored in order to make the film giving it a broken plot look. For those who have read the Harry Potter book, the film lives up to a majority of fans expectations with David Yates delivering a realistic, decent experience of the Harry Potter universe, switching between the happy times of Harry Potter series to more dark and sinister plot elements with apparent ease.