Hi Friends........ “Potter mania” is the word that we have come across almost anywhere just a month back and July 21st was a day when routine work (or almost all work) came to occupy a lower priority both for children or adults/parents.The coincidence that occurred this year is the release of J.K.Rowling’s last book in Harry Potter series i.e., the Dealthy Hallows and the release of the same series 5th part as movie that is “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix”.
I am yet to read the last book but I have been to the latest movie. Among the 6 parts that I have read till now, my favourite was the 5th part. It was an exhilarating & exciting or in simple words an all round reading experience to me. And I was eagerly awaiting the release of the movie to have a similar visual experience. But I was slightly disappointed with the movie. For a person who has not read the book but has watched all the previous potter movies, this movie would be satisfying. However there seems to be a lack of continuity. The sequences/ scenes appear like a “Patched quilt”, without providing any clear picture of the real mystery that exists and was carefully created by Rowling in the book.
Many things happen simultaneously in the story and nothing is inconsequential in the overall story. The movie sadly fails to capture and present all the small but important events.
The two characters in this part i.e., Harry Potter and his Godfather Sirius Black play the most important part. The loneliness and frustration that Harry feels for being kept dark about the activities of the order of Phoenix is the most important part of the mystery. This in action makes him and also Sirius reckless and bold thereby inadvertently helping Voldemort’s plan. These key emotions are not captured clearly and the picture instead poses Harry’s actions as hasty childish and meaningless, when the background is not presented properly. Harry’s frustration and anger for being disbelieved and scoffed at by his co-students at Hogwarts is also not presented properly.
Many characters are involved in this part, which have their own part in the plot. But the film doesn’t include many of them. Cho’s role has changed. She has been presented as a traitor in Dumbledore’s army. There are some minor deviations from the book, apart from those mentioned above.
The reasons behind Harry’s and Umbridge’s mutual dislike, and so also with Snape is not presented or captured properly. Harry’s hatred of Snape, which is the most deciding factor, makes him loathsome to the idea of learning Occlumency (Mind blocking) from Snape and is the reason for his seriouslessness. The torture that Umbridge meets out to Harry and her evilness is not clearly presented.
These errors both minor and major are justifiable. The movie has both time and budget constraints. The book has too many characters for which finding good actors- actresses is a difficult job. And the plot in this book is much thicker, which is almost impossible to be filmed within a 2 ½ hours movie.
Rowling’s series is more interrelated than it appears at first look. There are tiny bits hidden in each part of the book, which have a role in the next book. The movie, understandably failed to capture this continuity (due to direction/editing defects from previous movies). So, for a viewer the movie appears only as a sequence of scenes with an underlying mystery. But it lacks the excitement that gets successfully created in the book.
So, in conclusion, my opinion is a good movie but unsatisfying. On the whole a once- watch movie (purely for special effects).
Plzzz take some time to leave ur valuable comments.
With love
Madhoos
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