Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix PG 13
David Yates takes over for this fifth
flick in the Harry Potter mythos. A nasty, nasty lady takes over as dark arts
teacher and he threatens the very foundations of the school, in this dark tale,
and Voldemort makes his official comeback. Not for the timid. Crafted nicely
but missing some of the charm of the previous one. The book was just so long
they had to condense it. The latest movie has Harry acting moody for most of
the thing, and Dumbledore, his mentor, acting distant, while his friends try to
get to the bottom of it. It’s never too great for the defense teacher. Had they tried to adapt the whole book about 4
hours into it, after most of the angst, it would have started getting good, and
then for another 4 hours it would have been awesome. That’s not what they did.
It is also a shorter film than the others.
Review by Adam Browne
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