Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Netflix Synopsis: Returning for his fifth year of study at the venerable Hogwarts, youthful wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is stunned to find that that his warnings about the return of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students — dubbed “Dumbledore’s Army” (after the school’s headmaster) — to defend themselves against the dark arts.

Review: I thought HP5 was fantastic. I heard a lot of people grumbling in the theater and asking each other when it would be over because they were bored, but that may have been because we went on opening night. I think the people who are looking for the same level of action and fight sequences as we saw in the previous films will be slightly disappointed, however in my opinion, the true Harry Potter fans should be just as pleased with this one if not more so, because this movie did the most storytelling of the HP series of movies so far. While Harry is struggling to come to terms with the pain of loss, the demons that haunt him at night, and growing up all at the same time the viewer can relate to Harry on a more of a personal level than ever before. The addition of the new headmistress was entertaining and outraging all at the same time. The scenery is gorgeous, the acting is superb, the storytelling is fantastic and you can feel the tension building as you know the series is moving on to something even more intense. Even knowing that, you do not walk away feeling cheated because this film wraps itself up nicely. I am so impressed with this series, and this film so far has been my favorite.

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Submitted by: Heather 7/28/07