There was one problem with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie when Kim and I went to see it last month after camping: I had read the book. Twice in fact. And I read it again last week because I knew the movie had left so much out that I felt kind of cheated a bit after watching it.
Barely any Kreacher? No 'Weasly is our king' renditions? No St. Mungo's Hospital and Neville's parents? "They are all important!" I wailed.
Truth is the movie was quite good. The pacing was well done, the actors were decent, and the action at the climax was acceptable... except that weird cloud flying thing... was that supposed to be Apparating? If so, two huge problems: 1) apparating and disapparting is instaneous with no billowing clouds of smoke or flying, and 2) there is a charm on the Ministry of Magic to prevent apparation within its walls. It really ruined that part of the movie for me and I just know the directors and writers did it for more flash over substance. I hate it when movie directors do that. Asses. That being said, the rest of the climax was good. Seeing Dumbledore and Voldemort slug it out in a duel of master wizards was nice and satisfying.
Overall I give this movie three and a half stars out of five.
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