Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Harry (Daniel Radcliff) and his odious cousin Dudley (Harry Melling) are in the middle of an arguement in a playlot when suddenly, the sky darkens, the winds whip up, and the rain falls. Dudley is clueless about what really is going on, but Harry recognizes something sinister about the quick weather change as they run into a tunnel. The next moment, a pair of dementors show up to wreck havoc, and nearly take both Harry and Dudley out. It is another sign that Lord Voldermort (Ralph Fiennes) has regained power and is on the move.
Harry is at first in danger of being expelled from Hogwarts for using magic in front of a Muggle, but Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) successfully has the teen exonerated. More trouble abounds when Harry and friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return to school. Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) is a new teacher at the school who is quite power mad, and the three friends quickly get on her bad side. Meanwhile, the Order of the Phoenix, a group of which Harry's godfather Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is a part of, forms to stop Lord Voldermort. Harry soon discovers that he and Voldermort's ultimate fates are linked to each other. One cannot live while the other survives.
There were some plot points from the fifth book that were not included in the movie. People unfamilar with that book and the four before it can still catch on to what is going on. Some characters who were prominent in some of the earlier films like Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), have been regulated to the background, but their roles are important to the plot.
Harry is at first in danger of being expelled from Hogwarts for using magic in front of a Muggle, but Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) successfully has the teen exonerated. More trouble abounds when Harry and friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return to school. Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) is a new teacher at the school who is quite power mad, and the three friends quickly get on her bad side. Meanwhile, the Order of the Phoenix, a group of which Harry's godfather Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is a part of, forms to stop Lord Voldermort. Harry soon discovers that he and Voldermort's ultimate fates are linked to each other. One cannot live while the other survives.
There were some plot points from the fifth book that were not included in the movie. People unfamilar with that book and the four before it can still catch on to what is going on. Some characters who were prominent in some of the earlier films like Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), have been regulated to the background, but their roles are important to the plot.
Labels: Daniel Radcliff, Harry Potter
posted by Hillari | 12:11 PM
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your blog is a fantastic idea. it would be really interesting if we could get a couple of other people (from the neighborhood) involved to go to the movies together. i know how hard it is to get schedules to mesh.. but i'd be up for it. sort of like a 'film' discussion group.
I am an avid reader. I usually always prefer the books to the movies, usually because the movie versions tend to leave so much out. I think the HP movies have done a fairly good job with being consistent with the books. By the way.. starting boxing at 39? Awesome.
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