In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned. I wasn't disappointed, and I don't believe that you will be either. If you're a fan of this great book - go ahead and buy the DVD.
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX MOVIE 2007 SERIES
I'm greatly excited that he will be staying on for Half-Blood Prince, and at the time of this writing is even anticipated to close out the series with the directorship of Deathly Hallows. I believe that in this film, David Yates did a tremendous job of translating a monstrous book into a great film, while remaining as true to the text as possible in just over 2-1/2 hours. We have, up through this particular film (OotP), had four different directors with four very different styles and attitudes toward remaining true to the text. While I appreciate very much the text of the books, I realize that translating such text into fi lms is a very difficult project indeed and demands some artistic license. I think that you'll find the HP movie fans to be in one of three categories - (1) the purists, who believe that the movies should be nothing more than a dramatization of the Rowling text (2) the liberalists, who have no problem whatsoever with a complete rewriting of the text to make a more dramatic film (3) the in-betweenists, who feel that as long as the spirit of the text and most major plotlines are followed, a little artistic departure is acceptable and necessary. The series is, in my opinion, unparalleled in storytelling and dramatic effect. I've been a fan of the Harry Potter phenomenon since a little after the release of Book 4 (Goblet of Fire). Another fine offering of POTTER movie magic, PHOENIX may not astound quite the way that THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN did, but it easily stands as one of the best films in the series.Ī Great Effort for the Director and Screenwriter While Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson all continue to imbue their characters with vitality and complexity, Staunton steals the show as the strict, merciless Umbridge, though the story, which lacks some of the special-effects-heavy set pieces of past chapters, happily leaves room for other actors to shine, most notably Alan Rickman (as the ever-enigmatic Severus Snape), Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), David Thewlis (Remus Lupin), and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange). And waiting in the shadows is the demonic Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), an ominous figure whose very existence is questioned by the powerful Ministry, leaving Harry and his friends-most notably Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson)-to form a rebel group, Dumbledore's Army.Helmed by little-known British director David Yates and written by Michael Goldenberg (the first scribe to fill the boots of Steve Kloves), THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX continues the darker tone of the two preceding POTTER installments and deftly follows Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they face new foes and impending adulthood. Not only is Harry in trouble with the Ministry of Magic for using his abilities outside of school, his trusted mentor, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), has grown distant, and an icy new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), has arrived to bring a frightening level of discipline to Hogwarts. Rowling's HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, the fifth chapter in the beloved book series, everyone's favorite wizard-in-training (Daniel Radcliffe) finds himself in increasingly perilous situations. In the silver-screen adaptation of J.K.
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