So I did promise to get back with my impressions of
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and yes, I did like it. But…I still feel it lacked some of that magic you usually get. This probably has something to do with this Potter movie being the shortest one, and at the same time derrived from the thickest book so far. Over at
IMDb it gets a 7.9 rating, and
Rotten Tomatoes it gets 77%, both very good ratings. And I would agree with them. I certainly don't think it's a bad movie. ut it seems to require you to have read the book to really get the full impact of it, which is a little anoying if you haven't. And also I was surprised that the spectacular scenes in the
Department of Mysteries and the
Weasley twins leaving
Hogwarts weren't more spectacular. The were deffinitivley more fantastic in the
book, and could have been done better.
Even so, both J.K. Rowling and
Warner Brothers are impressed enough to let the same director,
David Yates, at it again for the next film:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Also returning is screenwriter
Steve Kloves, who has written all the screenplays except the pressent one.
Over all though, it is a great and dark movie, and I think everyone who is even remotley intressted in
J.K. Rowlings world of Wichcraft and Wizardry should go see it right now! It does feel a little cramped, but it's still
Harry Potter. Now all we have to do is wait for the 7th book:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Head on over to
Mugglenet, or listen to their
PodCast, for more on everything Potteresque!
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