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Friday, August 29th 2008
Harry Potter Store - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $28.98
Our Price: $7.35
Your Save: $ 21.63 ( 75% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson (II), Rupert Grint, Harry Melling, Richard Macklin
Directed By: David Yates (II)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569593268
Format: Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-12-11
Running Time: 139
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-07-11
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as good as the others...
Comment: I thought that this movie was just okay. I really love all of the Harry Potter books, and all of the movies. The Order of the Phoenix was my least favorite book, and the movie didn't have my favorite parts of the book. (of which there were very few) This made the movie very bland and dull. During the middle, it really dragged. Although I liked both the beginning and the end (except for the part where Sirius died) the middle part was just too slow. I am hoping that movie 6 will be much better.
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Summary: Harry Potter and Big Brother
Comment: After three and four, this fifth installment is disappointing. Order of the Phoenix is too short and leaves out a little bit too much. Make that way, WAY too much by serious fans of the books, but when isn't that the case? At times the viewer is not provided with background and significant details which would make the story more interesting and sensible. All of these movies seem to made with an assumption that everyone has read the book. This movie should have included more and that it was shorter running than previous adaptations is inexcusable and the wrong decision by the filmmakers. This fifth story leaves you eager for six and seven while making many people concerned about the choice of David Yates (director of Phoenix) to be director of all three. However, what is very promising is Yates's desire to do the seventh and last book as two seperate films in order to do justice to the story.
I had a problem with the bluish tint seen in much of the movie and that sort of digitale film look, I guess you could call it. Hagrid's giant half-brother was just sad. I mean, how could they accept that result? It's acceptable by mid-90s standards. Maybe they figured people wouldn't care.
There are a few things that stand out in this movie, however.
I liked the Department of Mysteries. You wondered what it would look like on the screen and it did not disappoint. Dolores Umbridge is evil incarnate. She is one of the most horrible, disgusting, unlikable, disturbing villains I've ever seen. Most of the time villains, particularly in the movies, are famous for having the best lines and great style. They have a stricking apperance and often more personality and charisma than the heros. Not the case with Dolores Umbridge. She has none of this going for her. No great lines but some slightly memorable ones like she confesses, "You know, I really hate children." That squeaky voice, the knit pink oufit, and torturing kids... It's Big Brother in pink with a bad hair-do as your worst nightmare teacher from grade school and "a cross between Margaret Thatcher and Hyacinth Bucket"(The Daily Mall). Well, truth is she is not as horrible as Margaret Thatcher. All the performances are good. Gary Oldman is great as Sirius Black as is Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. She is the embodiment of the twisted, evil, cackling witch.
The obvious highlight and climax of Order of the Phoenix is the battle at the Ministry culminating in the epic duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort. Out of all the wizard fights I've seen portrayed in the movies, this one was the most impressive. It was fierce and conveyed the two masters awesome abilities without seeming cartoonish or leaving you feeling like your favorite character was short changed. (I umm, have a couple movies in mind here. You guess what they are.)
Customer Rating:
Summary: leaves you ready for the next one
Comment: This is a nice package, with lots of extras. The movie quality is wonderful and gives the feel of seeing it in the theatre. Of course the movie is wonderful and for all HP fans!
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Summary: Does not deliver
Comment: I was recently on a plane in which I was not tired and didn't have anything to read. Thus, I had to determine what to do with three free hours. I decided the in-flight movie, Harry Potter #5, would help me get through the flight.
In this installment, Harry Potter is getting a bad rap because no one believes Big V is really back. Hogwarts gets an obnoxious new headmaster, who rubs most people the wrong way. Harry starts teaching his own "Defense Against the Dark Arts" classes, which basically consists of telling people how to point their wands, say the magic words and have enough confidence that it works (does magic work on faith?).
The movie succeeded in helping pass the time, but not much more beyond that. The characters are not very believable or sympathetic. For me, it's hard to get very excited about a storyline where all problems can be solved with magic. I know this puts me in the minority, since most people think Harry Potter and friends are the bomb, but I just don't care about them. Granted, the books are a much better read (and I have not read this particular book) than the movies are to watch, but I can't really recommend this to anyone who isn't already an avid HP fan.
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Summary: VERY INTENSE
Comment: The world of Harry Potter has changed considerably from the 1st film. Gone is the light hearted wizardry and magic and in is the dark challenges and sorrow. Harry Potter continues in this film to endure tradgedy oafter tradgedy but somehow is able to go on. An inner strength that picks him up time and time again. In this installment Harry takes action. He teaches his fellow students self defense after the ministry of magic goes into denial about voldemort. Harry and Dumbledore are seen in a different light because the wizard community will not accept the fact the he who can not be named is back. Harry and his fellow students havea showdown with voldemort with dumbledore again to his aid. But again Harry faces loss. In the end he learns that he and voldemort can not exist as long as the other lives. His tragic life seemingly hopeless and filled with despair but Harry manages to rise above it all.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Lord Voldemort has returned but few want to believe it. In fact the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic a select group of students decides to learn on their own. With Harry Potter as their leader these students (who call themselves "Dumbledore's Army") meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. . New adventure - more dangerous more thrilling than ever - is yours in this enthralling film version of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. A terrifying showdown between good and evil awaits. Prepare for battle!Running Time: 138 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY UPC:Â 012569593268 Manufacturer No:Â 1000014849
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