Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Review

starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman
director: David Yates

I give to the entire cast in the whole entire Harry Potter series. They do an incredible job and I thank them for giving me so many wonderful memories. The Order of the Phoenix is the first movie of the entire series that was directed by David Yates, and it is quite obvious, in a good way. The darker side, more... grown up side, of Harry Potter seemed to come out since David Yates took the lead on the Harry Potter film franchise. The dark blue shade captivated the essence of the film. I am particularly glad that David Yates still kept a lot of the classroom scenes in the movies because the classroom really started the exploration into magic as Harry learned through his interesting professors. I applaud David Yates on doing a wonderful job on his first Harry movie and I hope he continues to make more epic movies down the line.

The casting crew did an amazing job on acquiring Imelda Staunton for the roll of Dolores Umbridge. She played the part to perfection with her crack-whip dialogue and her little laughs that she did to herself. Her all-pink wardrobe completed the package as the perfectionist professor with a pleasant demeanor, but with a horribly cruel heart. I also thought that the little kitten plates in her office at Hogwarts was hilariously cute.

I look up to Gary Oldman a lot as an actor because the passion seems to intensely flow through him. Whatever roll he plays, he plays it remarkably well and I am glad he was chosen for the roll as our friend Sirius Black. Sirius's fate turned out to have a very sad ending, however, he went out in true 'Top Level Wizard' fashion. His dueling near the veil alongside his godson Harry had epic written all over it, it was truly Sirius's best moment of the entire series in my opinion, aside from escaping from Azkaban and 'catching' Wormtail.

As soon as the mind-blowing  fall of Sirius Black was calculated in your head, you then see Harry running after the culprit: Bellatrix Lestrange. This quick chase changed everything because our favorite wizard of all time used an unforgivable curse! The torture curse, Crucio, was released on Bellatrix, which didn't affect her enough because Harry is a good guy of course (and he needs to mean it, not to mention that was his first time ever).

I think the best duel of magic in the entire film series happened right after, Professore Albus Dumbledore vs. The Dark Lord, Voldemort. The darkness, the epicness, the glass shattering awesomeness that is this franchise unleashed into a battle of good versus evil. I was waiting a long time to see this battle and I was certainly not disappointed, I loved it.

Overall, I think this movie won't be forgotten any time soon, as it is one of the top films of the franchise, considering how much information needed to be explained to the audience who haven't seen the books. I could see how it could be confusing for someone who has not read the books, but I think the extra information gives the audience more incentive to actually read them. Great movie, please watch the series from 1-7 if you have not already.