Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Harry Melling, Jason Boyd, Rupert GrintDirector: David Yates
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: David Barron
Producer: David Heyman
Producer: John Trehy
Producer: Lionel Wigram
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Writer: J.K. Rowling
Writer: Michael Goldenberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Horrible film
Summary: 1 Stars
I've watched all the Harry Potter movies and have read none of the books. The movies have all been most enjoyable and worthwhile. This one was not. It made no sense at all, was positively filled with miserable acting by the cast with a miserable script. It was illogical, and unable to get the viewer to suspend belief and buy into the world that Rowling has created. One minute the antagonist Umbridge and her henchmen have Harry and his compatriots are her mercy, the next she is alone following them into a forest and kidnapped by Centaurs. A totally bewildering, and unbelievable script, that is not helped by miserable acting.
Oh, and this DVD has NO special features, only the movie. Buy this turd second hand in the penny bucket, or better yet, just rent it. Jeez, it was a waste of time.
Summary of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)
Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it 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 decides to learn on their own. 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 battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. . New adventure - more dangerous , more thrilling than ever - is yours in this enthralling film version of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. A terrifying showdown between good and evil awaits. Prepare for battle!Alas! 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 alike will enjoy it immensely. Starting off from the dark and tragic ending of the fourth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins in a somber and angst-filled tone that carries through the entire 138 minutes (the shortest of any HP movie despite being adapted from the longest book). Hopes of winning the Quidditch Cup have been replaced by woes like government corruption, distorted media spin, and the casualties of war. As the themes have matured, so have the primary characters' acting abilities. Ron (Rupert Grint), Hermione (Emma Watson), and especially Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) are more convincing than ever--in roles that are more demanding.
Harry is deeply traumatized from having witnessed Cedric Diggory's murder, but he will soon find that this was just another chapter in the continuing loss he will endure. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned and, in an attempt to conceal this catastrophe from the wizarding public, the Ministry of Magic has teamed up with the wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet to smear young Potter and wise Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)--seemingly the only two people in the public eye who believe the Dark Lord has returned. With no one else to stand against the wicked Death Eaters, the Hogwarts headmaster is forced to revive his secret anti-Voldemort society, the Order of the Phoenix. This welcomes back characters like Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), kind Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), fatherly Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), and insidious Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), and introduces a short list of intriguing new faces. In the meantime, a semi-psychotic bureaucrat from the Ministry (brilliantly portrayed by Imelda Staunton) has seized power at Hogwarts, and Harry is forced to form a secret society of his own--lest the other young wizards at his school be left ill-equipped to defend themselves in the looming war between good and evil. In addition, Harry is filled with an inexplicable rage that only his Godfather Sirius seems to be able to understand.
This film, though not as frightening as its predecessor, earns its PG-13 rating mostly because of the ever-darkening tone. As always, the loyal fans of J.K. Rowling's books will suffer huge cuts from the original plot and character developments, but make no mistake: this is a good movie. --Jordan Thompson
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