Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Movie Review
Lets start this review out with a “This movie kick’s ass” statement, If we look at the other movies they are okay, but this movie really steps up to the plate.
In this fifth movie of the wildly popular Potter franchise, we find Harry in quite a foul state. He’s feeling guilty for the death of one of his classmates, the evil Lord Voldemort is gathering his minions to kill him once and for all, and now he might even get kicked out of Hogwarts. Add to that all the usual growing pains of a teenager and you have one wizard dealing with a lot. Complicating Harry’s life further, is the latest addition to Hogwarts’ faculty, the deceiving, yet sweet Dolores Umbridge. What a bitch!!
In pink from head to toe, Umbridge sets about turning Hogwarts into a prison for the students, with each day bringing a new rule to be posted in the halls of Hogwarts. Also, her discipline is to make her students repeatedly write out their offenses over and over – in their own blood! Nasty woman! Umbridge’s hidden agenda is made clear however; as a member of the corrupt Ministry of Magic, she has been dispatched to Hogwarts in an effort to quell the rumors of Voldemort’s return. Thankfully, Harry decides to stop being a sissy and take his skirt off and fight fire with fire by joining the underground resistance movement, Dumbledore’s Army, along with his dear friends Hermione and Ron, as well as sad-sack Neville Longbottom, a freaky new girl Luna Lovegood, and Harry’s crush, Cho Chang.
While this 5th movie certainly delivers plenty of the usual twists in the plot and great visual effects, The Order of the Phoenix seems to become the best of the series thus far. Clocking in at just over two hours, the movie was a little on the long side but was impressive in my eyes.
“David Yates brings some much-welcomed action into the proceedings and expands the visual landscape of the film to epic proportions not unlike that of the “Lord of the Rings” series. And like “The Two Towers,” “The Order of the Phoenix” is not so much a movie onto itself as it is a bridge to the next movie waiting in the wings.”
Overall rating – 
I would recommend this to all of my friends but would veer away from children under 13 going to it due to the dark factor of the movie; storyline.
