Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Jul 11 '07
Pros: Excellent acting, cinematography and writing
Cons: Tried to do too much
Summary: I'm not sure about my sanity. I went to see this latest chapter of the "Harry Potter" franchise at midnight along with one of the biggest late night movie audiences I've ever seen. I must confess that I have never read a single "Potter" novel but I ... read more
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Dec 22 '08
Pros: Nothing really.
Cons: No story development, many missing scenes, and etc.
Summary: I am a die hard Harry Potter fan, and I mean a die hard fan. If you ever come to my house you will see a Harry Potter Museum in my house, and I really enjoyed everything about Harry Potter except this horrific film that really spoiled my mood for about ... read more
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Aug 03 '08
Pros: The special effects were good.
Cons: The film itself...
Summary: If you are a true fan of the books you will find this film lacking in a multitude of ways. Professor Umbridge is really missing the cruelty and intimidation present in the book. The Order of the Who?? Oh yeah the Phoenix, this plot line within the movie ... read more
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Aug 01 '08
Pros: Dark, Serious movie.
Cons: Cuts from the book
Summary: This is an AWESOME movie!! Great mood... Very dark. I think it was the best movie so far. I'm just glad the battles weren't as rushed as they normally are. There was a lot more dialogue and not just meaningless fighting. Staunton as Umbridge was a great ... read more
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Jul 23 '08
Pros: Original cast, great graphics.
Cons: Always craving more, not enough depth in individual characters history.
Summary: I was so excited and as i'm sure most of you were doing the same, I went and saw the midnight viewing of the awaited 5th movie to the series of Harry Potter. We take off where the 4th movie left off with the mourning of the death of Diggory and Harry ... read more
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Apr 08 '08
Pros: It had Harry Potter in it!!
Cons: I didn't like when Sirius died.
Summary: Me and my family have watched all of the Harry Potter movies and have read all the books. We have enjoyed the years of watching the cast grow up and liked seeing how they evolved in each new movie. When the Order of the Phoenix came out on DVD we had to ... read more
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Jan 22 '08
Pros: Exciting, Action-packed, Great Special Effects.
Cons: longer movie, a little too dark for young families.
Summary: Just like the books did, the movies keep surprising me. Fantastic special effects, and even though they can't fit the whole book into a 2.5 hour movie they get along the important information. Characters are all done very well, Voldemort is terrifying, ... read more
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Nov 16 '07
Pros: The movie tells the core of the story. The visual effects are amazing.
Cons: The movie changed some of the roles for the characters.
Summary: Being a big Harry Potter fan I was very excited to see the newest movie. I have to admit though i was fairly disappointed about how the movie turned out. Don't get me wrong I am not saying that you shouldn't watch the movie. Especially if you ... read more
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Oct 07 '07
Pros: Good actors in the movie. Evanna Lynch, Helena, Imelda...
Cons: Too many parts were cut. The battle in the Ministry of Magic was too short.
Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie is like a fan fiction the director created himself. Well, of course, we can't expect the director to put everything of the 700 pages book story into the movie but at least he could have not cut too much ... read more
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Sep 22 '07
Pros: Great acting; wonderful special effects
Cons: A lot of underused characters; felt unfulfilling
Summary: I’ve finally figured it out. The Harry Potter movies are meant for kids. All this time I thought it was made for only me and me alone. To my surprise, this was not the case at all when I managed to catch a viewing of Harry Potter and the ... read more
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Sep 12 '07
Pros: Great cast and special effects.
Cons: Skimps a bit on the story line at times.
Summary: Another year at Hogwarts has begun, and once more, there is a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. This time, she's a deceptively cruel, ambitious bureaucrat sent by the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, to interfere with the training at ... read more
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Sep 10 '07
Pros: interesting characters, suspenseful plot, accurately portrays kids for once.
Cons: Some minor points in book omitted from movie, but not a deal-breaker
Summary: This is the fifth movie in the Harry Potter series and to me it's the best of them all. Unlike all the other films Harry will not have a dull summer, I promise you that !! When he goes back there will be a few major changes at Hogwarts. Harry will ... read more
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Sep 02 '07
Pros: Captures book's emotional tone; exciting visuals; solid performances (especially Radcliffe and Staunton); moving score
Cons: Some edits felt drastic; confusing final battle (with Harry's friends underused)
Summary: I'm not sure what I expected going into Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the film adaptation of the fifth book in the recently completed seven-book series by J.K. Rowling. I'm sure the fact that I waited to see the film until after I'd ... read more
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Aug 27 '07
Pros: The casting, the atmosphere.
Cons: Plenty, especially for fans of the book.
Summary: In this installment, the teenage wizards find themselves waging a battle with not only Voldemort, but the Ministry of Magic as well. The ministry has appointed their own regime to Hogwarts in the presence of Dolores Umbridge, the toad-like authoritarian ... read more
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Aug 25 '07
Pros: Radcliffe, Staunton, supporting cast, Yates's direction, story
Cons: Some slow spots; some will contend some characters appear too briefly
Summary: Between his fourth and fifth years at Hogwarts, Harry Potter certainly has not received any sort of a summer break. In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) finds himself in the muggle world, with dementors chasing ... read more
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Aug 19 '07
Pros: Stays true to the book, excellent set depiction, love the newcomers!
Cons: It's so condensed that we don't get a lot of that wonderful character development.
Summary: The screenwriter for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had a VERY difficult job: to convert an 870-page tome, chock full of JK Rowling's brilliant characters, her suspenseful plot-twists-----all the things that make Harry Potter the new legend ... read more
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