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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007] | ![Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D6g5MxvIL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £6.59
You Save: £18.40 (74%)
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Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 198
Format: Digital Sound, Dolby, Pal, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 138
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
EAN: 7321902174921
ASIN: B000VPMMGO
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: November 12, 2007
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Condition: Brand new and still sealed. Quick despatch from the UK.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
While many movie franchises slide as they reach their later instalments, the Harry Potter films just keep getting better. The latest, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is easily the darkest of the series to date, and it's also one of the best. For while it could easily have been little more than a holding film to set up the big encounters to come in the last two instalments of the series, it's to the credit of British director David Yates that the end result is really very good. It finds Harry coming under suspicion from his wizarding colleagues, who don't believe his claims that the evil Lord Voldermort has returned. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix thus finds its title character on the backfoot for much of its running time, with a select band who firmly believe his story, and very powerful figures who don't. Where the movie of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix excels though is in its three trump cards. Number one is a far tighter script than we're used to with Potter films, which, combined with trump card number two--the aforementioned David Yates behind the camera--cuts much of the slavish loyalty to the text away in favour of a film with real momentum. The third, and best, card though is the casting of Imelda Staunton as Professor Dolores Umbridge, who simply flies away with every scene she's in. It's a superb performance, and the film is poorer whenever she's not on screen. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is not a film without a few problems, certainly: it's a fair criticism that not too much actually happens, and one or two bits feel superfluous. But it overrides its problems with ease, to emerge as a compelling, highly enjoyable family film, which will leave you salivating for the Christmas 2008 release of movie number six in the series. --Simon Brew
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 DVD 2-Disc Special Features: October 25, 2007
69 out of 79 found this review helpful
Rather than just add yet another review of the film (like we haven't had enuff of those already!), I thought I'd actually talk about this particular product, the DVD set itself!
So here's a list of the special features included in this 2-disc set that you can look forward to:
Additional Scenes - 17 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
Trailing Tonks - Spend a day with Actress Nat Tena and receive a very personal and often wacky tour of the Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix stages.
Harry Potter: The Magic of Editing - Director David Yates and Editor Mark Day show what a difference a good edit makes to allow the viewers to edit a scene.
A&E Documentary: The Hidden Secrets of Harry Potter - Viewers take a thrilling look back at the past Harry Potter films in search of clues to the mysteries of the upcoming Harry Potter saga.
ROM - Includes a timeline, a link to sneaks of HP6, along with other materials.
I can't wait ... October 9, 2007
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
... for Christmas, which is when we usually get the Harry Potter DVDs. I intend to get this when it appears ...
To reduce 750 pages to a feature film of whatever length is a hard ask - perhaps JKR should have edited more ruthlessly before the "Order of the Phoenix" book appeared. Well, that's history now. However, I disagree with some of the other reviewers regarding the actual content of the film. I have little doubt that Rowling was strongly involved in the production, and having read books 6 and 7, I can't think of anything omitted that is going to cause problems in later films, for those people who haven't bothered to read the books. Inevitably, the experience you get when you read the books is very different, by virtue of the difference in the medium. All I can say is, read the book as well - preferably first!
However, the film is really well produced. The grimmer parts (Harry's detention with Umbridge, Sirius' death) are done effectively but not gruesomely; the mental link between Harry and Voldemort is conveyed well; the new characters (Umbridge, Luna, Bellatrix) are very good. I think the only thing that left me unsatisfied about the film was that I felt that by book 5 - even by the later part of book 4, really - Hermione was somehow more mature and steely, whereas in the film she occasionally seems rather girly. But that's a small issue.
This is a high quality film of a high quality story, and merits a place in most good DVD collections.
A HP film you cannot miss September 15, 2007
14 out of 21 found this review helpful
For any Harry Potter fan, the film DVD's are items you must have. This is the 5th DVD to go alongside the set. With deleted scenes, chats, teaser trailers and interactive sections...what more can a HP fan want?
Lets just hope the DVD box hasnt changed to something else. The first 2 DVDs were cardboard sets, but the 3rd and 4th were standard plastic cases. Maybe this time there in tins LOL.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoneix is once of the best since the originals, and that includes the videogame too.
Probably the best film (not book) yet! September 25, 2007
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure how I was going to enjoy this as having read all 7 books, I felt Order of the Phoenix was possibly the weakest.
But the film is great. Darker just like at the end of Goblet of Fire, the opening scenes especially portray the feelings of doom now that 'You Know Who' is back!
The younger characters have all improved their acting skills since the films started and Voldemort is really well portrayed by Ralph Fiennes. The rest of the cast are superb as ever especially Snape, Hagrid, McGonagall, Sirius and the whole Weasley family! Gambon isn't quite the Dumbledore that Richard Harris was and I didn't feel that Professor Umbridge was quite as toad-like as she was portrayed in the book.
Special effects are good, ending excellent but the film is pacey throughout unlike the book which I felt meandered a bit. Well worth it and now looking forward to the Half Blood Prince (my favourite of the last three books). The HP films just get better.
An emotional rollercoaster! October 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I could actually write one word for this review and it would sum everything up nicely. Wow. But I'm not lazy like that so I'll write a proper review.
I'm a self-confessed Harry Potter fan (more of the books than the films it has to be said. But that's because I'm a sad bookworm) and despite the fact I knew exactly what was going to happen, I still booked to see the film on the night of release and was excited all day long. Like a kid before the summer holidays!
This film had been tipped as being the `darkest' one yet, and I had tissues at the ready. It started excellently, with a really spooky scene with Harry in a playground which leads into a scene with the horrible Dementors. The scene was set. My eyes were glued to the screen from start to finish. I can't comment too much on the storyline because obviously that had already been done. However, the special effects were fantastic, the Ministry of Magic and the Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix in particular were really well done. I was truly transported into Potter land.
There were several emotional moments, i.e. Harry's first kiss, conversations with Godfather Sirius, and then his tragic death (yes, I still cried!). It's a real rollercoaster of emotions! One minute I was hiding behind my bag of sweets, the next, wiping my nose on my sleeve.
The characters really came into their own too. The main characters are growing up, and the others are showing their true colours. I'm loving the fact that Neville Longbottom has finally grown some balls! Luna Lovegood isn't quite what I was expecting from descriptions in the book, I was expecting her to look more like Professor Trelawney! But she's an ace character and I'm hoping she has more of a role to play in the final book.
The evil characters just get eviller (is that a word?!). Dolores Umbridge was even more annoying in the film that I could ever imagine. Despite the fact I love pink myself, she wore far too much, and that annoying little giggle and the sardonic smile, grr! It just made her all the more horrible, particularly the smarmy look when our hero was writing lines using his own blood.
Voldemort has a real omnipresence throughout, in Harry's visions and nightmares, and the strange happenings which are gradually making people believe that he is back. Incredibly spooky stuff, it's these moments that make me glad I don't have small children pestering me to take them to watch it. Because I'd have to say no. I think really little children would be scared by some of the events, especially the big battle between the Death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army, and finally the Order.
I really want to see Bellatrix Lestrange get her comeuppance too. And I desperately want Neville to be the one to do it. She's truly a character you love to hate. Her unhinged laugh and her nasty taunts are enough to have us Muggle types waving large pencils in the hope...
Overall, it was wizard-tastic! Just one thing though. In the book Nymphadora Tonks has short purple hair. In the film it's shoulder-length. Duh! It's simple really. If you like Harry Potter, it's a must-see. If you don't, what kind of weirdo are you?
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