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Daniel Radcliffe | ... | ||
Harry Melling | ... | ||
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Jason Boyd | ... | |
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Richard Macklin | ... | |
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Kathryn Hunter | ... | |
Miles Jupp | ... |
TV Weatherman
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Fiona Shaw | ... | ||
Richard Griffiths | ... | ||
Jessica Hynes | ... |
Mafalda Hopkirk
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Adrian Rawlins | ... | ||
Geraldine Somerville | ... | ||
Robert Pattinson | ... |
Cedric Diggory
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Ralph Fiennes | ... | ||
Natalia Tena | ... | ||
Brendan Gleeson | ... |
After a lonely summer on Privet Drive, Harry returns to a Hogwarts full of ill-fortune. Few of students and parents believe him or Dumbledore that Voldemort is really back. The ministry had decided to step in by appointing a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that proves to be the nastiest person Harry has ever encountered. Harry also can't help stealing glances with the beautiful Cho Chang. To top it off are dreams that Harry can't explain, and a mystery behind something Voldemort is searching for. With these many things Harry begins one of his toughest years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Written by HPfan
I love the Harry Potter books, and I've always liked the movies. That's why I was very excited to go see the latest installment of the series. However the movie did not at all live up to my expectations; to me it felt rushed and choppy. I realize that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was a very long book, but so was The Goblet of Fire and I enjoyed it's movie adaptation a lot. In this movie seemed as though the director merely had a check list of scenes that he needed to but in the movie put no thought into connecting them. The speed and choppiness of the movie took away from the characters. It was just events and there was hardly any character development at all. Which was a shame because the young cast continues to get better, and there were some amazing acting veterans (Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter etc.) In my opinion if the director had slowed everything down, only a little, he could've added a lot more (character development, humor, fluidity) However, despite by prier comments, the movie was not terrible. It did have it's good moments, but I think it could have been done a lot better.