Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

At approximately 139 minutes, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is a compact, sharply-edited adaptation of J K Rowling's 5th installment of the series, the longest at 870 pages. This also makes the cinematic version the shortest thus far.

Despite its brevity, and the blotting of multiple strands of thoughts (especially insights into characters' minds, and thus maturity), of ideas and of sub-plots from the pages, the film is by no means myopic; it pulls off the book. It also raises the bar as far as the standards of direction in this cinematic series stand, no mean feat f....