Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix

After a week's wait, I finally caught the flick in 3D.
Fifth one of the seven books, this must have been one of the toughest book to condense as this was the thickest of them all so far.
Voldemort is starting to seep into Harry's consciousness and Harry is able to see things that Voldemort can. Ministry of Magic is annoyed with the hype that Harry has created, with the support of Dumbledore about Voldemort's return. To keep an eye, it has appointed the ever-umm'ing Dolores Umbridge, who totally underplays the severity of the risky situation, but rules with an iron fist.
Beyond her, Harry and his friends form a secret group to practise defensive magic. Finally, Voldemort 'invites' Harry to the lair with Sirius. When the group of students reach the Ministry, they are in for a shock, but the Order of the Phoenix comes to the rescue, but Harry potter loses Sirius in the battle. Amidst shock, he goes through another round of torture with Voldemort ricketing his body, but finally, Harry comes to consciousness and is thankful for everything he has.
Although much was taken out to shorten the movie, it seemed pretty flowing and wasn't in bits and pieces. But I wonder when the final book is out, if the pieces that the movie makers have removed actually come into play, how would they incorporate it. There seems to be a huge chunk of people, who seem to be dependent on the movie for their share of Harry Potter. Apart from the fact that they miss an entirely different world in the books, they also have chunky stories and not as much fun. But considering the story, I wouldn't really mind even if the movie was for a longer time. Definitely not a movie to miss.

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