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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

Binding: HD DVD
Region: Region 0
Creator: Slawomir Idziak, Nicholas Hooper
Actor: Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon
Run Time: 139 minutes
ASIN: B000W7F50Q
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2007-12-11
Average Customer Review: (From 612 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
Warner Brothers Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix HD-DVD
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 astheir 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, morethrilling 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!

Amazon.com:
Alas! The fifth Harry Potter film has arrived. The time is long past that this can be considered a simple “children’s” series–though children and adults alike will enjoy it immensely. Starting off from the dark and tragic ending of the fourth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins in a somber and angst-filled tone that carries through the entire 138 minutes (the shortest of any HP movie despite being adapted from the longest book). Hopes of winning the Quidditch Cup have been replaced by woes like government corruption, distorted media spin, and the casualties of war. As the themes have matured, so have the primary characters’ acting abilities. Ron (Rupert Grint), Hermione (Emma Watson), and especially Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) are more convincing than ever–in roles that are more demanding.

Harry is deeply traumatized from having witnessed Cedric Diggory’s murder, but he will soon find that this was just another chapter in the continuing loss he will endure. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned and, in an attempt to conceal this catastrophe from the wizarding public, the Ministry of Magic has teamed up with the wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet to smear young Potter and wise Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)–seemingly the only two people in the public eye who believe the Dark Lord has returned. With no one else to stand against the wicked Death Eaters, the Hogwarts headmaster is forced to revive his secret anti-Voldemort society, the Order of the Phoenix. This welcomes back characters like Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), kind Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), fatherly Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), and insidious Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), and introduces a short list of intriguing new faces. In the meantime, a semi-psychotic bureaucrat from the Ministry (brilliantly portrayed by Imelda Staunton) has seized power at Hogwarts, and Harry is forced to form a secret society of his own–lest the other young wizards at his school be left ill-equipped to defend themselves in the looming war between good and evil. In addition, Harry is filled with an inexplicable rage that only his Godfather Sirius seems to be able to understand.

This film, though not as frightening as its predecessor, earns its PG-13 rating mostly because of the ever-darkening tone. As always, the loyal fans of J.K. Rowling’s books will suffer huge cuts from the original plot and character developments, but make no mistake: this is a good movie. –Jordan Thompson

Customer Reviews

potter finale by B. E Jackson
The final chapter of the Harry Potter movies was delightful, imaginative, adventurous and magical. More importantly it left us feeling satisfied with a great and proper ending. While Harry Potter was growing and getting older, his films continued to give us the proper enjoyment we were craving since the first movie. Over the years, we learned more about the story and the movie creators never failed to give each and every movie the right amount of detail, and they gave us the ability to give us more juicy storyline bits with each new film.

almost as good as the book by D. K. Stokes
Like Stardust (Widescreen Edition), I thought this movie captured the book almost better than the book itself did. I’ve read a lot of reviews complaining about the missing parts, but heck, that’s what I’ve got the book for–if I want to read all the little details, I’ll read the book. I view the movies as more of a companion to the books than a substitute for them, so I’m expecting things to be left out.

The tone was suitably darker, more serious, and the actors are all well suited for their roles and convincing in them.

I thought the movie shined where the book was weak: in particular, the scene where a certain character dies. In the book, it was glossed over, almost an afterthought–to the point where I didn’t believe it. In the movie, it was clear what had happened.

One wee pet peeve: what part of PG-13 do parents of toddlers not understand? I don’t care if you let your toddler watch a PG-13 rated movie–well, as long as they’re not screaming in the theater when I’m trying to watch–but for heaven’s sake, quit complaining that it’s too scary for them!

Harry Potter #5 by Bart Furmanik
Loved Order of the Phoenix.

The film is the closest to the book version yet.

better edited than the book by Shepherd Book
After HP3, the best of the movies. Weak special features, though, total throw-aways. That’s normal for the HP dvds, though, in my opinion. Condenses the book in a way J.K. Rowling’s editors should have, though there are a few things from the book it kind of misses in having to hurry on (the revolt period against Umbridge, some 500 pages into the book, was the best part in the book and is pretty truncated here). Ron was less annoying than usual, too. Hermione is still hamming it up a bit too much, but not as bad as last time. Love that Lucius Malfoy, Saruman to Voldemort’s Sauron. Love that Sirius Black. Some of the older cast are getting a bit long in the tooth, but it doesn’t hamper their acting.

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