"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Movie Review
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contains 20 min 18 secs 3D Imax version at the end of the movie.
The 3D Imax version of the movie came out extraordinarly and rest of the movie is Ok.
Here starts the film, benefiting from a potent script by Michael Goldenberg, with a near-documentary realism when Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by Dementors in a park near the suburban home where Harry lives when he's not at Hogwarts.
There's a fresh sense here of life lived not imagined. Trouble ensues when Harry is threatened with expulsion by the Ministry of Magic since he used magic outside of school to defeat the enemy. The threat hides a deeper plot against Harry and his mentor, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Harry's claims that the Dark Prince, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned is seen as a ploy to overthrow the Ministry. It's then that Harry meets his toughest adversary yet, a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Don't be fooled that she turns out to be the diminutive, mousy Dolores Umbridge. As written by Rowling and played by the magnificent Imelda Staunton, Dolores is the personification of bureaucracy as evil. With her rules, prejudices and steely smile, Dolores is a kind of Dick Cheney in skirts. Staunton is a devastating blend of mirth and menace. Not for a second will you take your eyes off of her.
No wonder Harry and his friends build an army to fight her. One of the joys of this film is watching Daniel Radcliffe, 17, grow so impressively into the role of Harry. He digs deep into the character and into Harry's nightmares. It's a sensational performance, touching all the bases from tender (Harry's kiss with Cho Chang, played by the lovely Katie Leung) to fearful (the dreams of death that wake him up in a cold sweat). This is the film where the actors we've watched through five films seem to blossom and mature before our eyes. Among Harry's core group, Emma Watson paints a striking portrait of emerging womanhood as Hermoine Granger. And blimey if Rupert Grint doesn't storm the barricades of boyishness to find something emergent, touching and vital in Ron Weasley.
All the actors excel, notably Gary Oldman as Sirius Black and Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, but it's the tale itself that hurtles the movie along. That momentum carries you over the film's few rough patches.
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Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Melling, Emma Watson, Jason Boyd, Rupert Grint, Richard Macklin, Kathryn Hunter, Miles Jupp, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths
Director: David Yates
Writers: Michael Goldenberg (screenplay),J.K. Rowling (novel)
Music: Nicholas Hooper
Released on: 13th July 2007
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