Ouch! The fifth Harry Potter film has arrived. The time is long past that this can be considered a simple "children's" series - though children and adults will really enjoy it together. Starting off from a dark and tragic end of the fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins in a bleak and full of anxiety-tone that carries through the entire 138 minutes (the shortest of any HP movie despite being adapted from the longest book). Hopes to win the Quidditch Cup have been replaced by woes like government corruption, distorted media spin, and the victims of war. As themes have matured, so have the main characters' acting abilities. Ron (Rupert Grint), Hermione (Emma Watson), and especially Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) are more convincing than ever before - in a more demanding role.
Harry is very traumatized from having witnessed Cedric Diggory's murder, but he will soon find that this is just another chapter in the losses he constantly will survive. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned and, in an effort to conceal this catastrophe from the wizarding public, the Ministry of Magic has been working with the wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet to smear the young Potter and wise Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) - seems only two people in the public eye believe that the Dark Lord has returned. With no one else to stand against the evil Death Eaters, the Hogwarts headmaster is forced to revive his secret anti-Voldemort society, Order of the Phoenix. This welcomes back characters like Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), kind Remus Lupine (David Thewlis), fatherly Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), and dangerous Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), and introduces a short list of interesting new faces. Meanwhile, the semi-psychotic bureaucrat from the Ministry (brilliantly played by Imelda Staunton) has seized power at Hogwarts, and Harry is forced to form a secret society itself - in case another young wizard at his school be left ill-prepared to defend himself in war rose between good and evil. In addition, Harry is filled with anger that can not be explained only his Godfather Sirius seems to understand.
This film, though not scary like its predecessors, resulting in a PG-13 rating primarily because of ever-darker tone. As usual, loyal fans J.K. Rowling's books will suffer huge cuts from the original plot and character development, but make no mistake: this is a good movie. - Jordan Thompson
Product Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything he can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic, a select group of students decided to learn myself. With Harry Potter as their leader, these students (who call themselves "Dumbledore's Army") meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for war with the Prince of Darkness and Death Eaters. . New adventure - more dangerous, more thrilling than ever - is yours in this charming film version of JK Rowling's fifth novel's Harry Potter. A terrible conflict between good and evil wait. Prepare for battle!
