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Advantages: Good chemistry between actors, nice cinematography, well cast
Disadvantages: Child acting poor at times, directing unsatisfactory for first two films

...world have read the famous Harry Potter books, and a tremendous success they have been too, so when Warner Bros announced that 8 films would be made for this series, I can imagine there was a mixed response. There will be those who were elated at the prospect of the films. Their favorite book, turned into a blockbuster film. Now there will be a face to each name, and Hogwarts can be developed with some great studio effects. The magical game of Quidditch ...
... Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: This lad impressed enough in the audition to secure the role that thousands had tried for, the holy grail of child acting, Harry Potter. He became the face to a character whom millions had already formulated their own ideas of in their head, and on an appearance alone, it was a good casting decision. Despite ignoring the 'mop of jet-black hair' in favor of brown hair, Radcliffe is pretty much spot on as Potter. ... Read review

Advantages: nice, portrayed well by the actors
Disadvantages: a lot of scenes are omitted from the book

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHEONIX Hogwarts 4 houses: -Griffindor: Courage, determination and strength of heart. -Ravenclaw: Sharp mind, wisdom, creativity, and cleverness for its own sake -Hufflepuff : Loyalty, honesty, fair play, and hard work. -Slytherin:Resourcefulness, determination, cunning, ambition and a certain disregard for the rules. Major Characters: Harry Potter... Daniel Radcliffe Fiona Shaw ... Aunt Petunia Dursley Harry ...
...Moody Daniel Radcliffe ... Harry Potter Alan Rickman ... Severus Snape Katie Leung ... Cho Chang Matthew Lewis ... Neville Longbottom Tom Felton ... Draco Malfoy Jamie Waylett ... Vincent Crabbe Josh Herdman ... Gregory Goyle Michael Gambon ... Albus Dumbledore Emma Watson ... Hermione Granger Rupert Grint ... Ron Weasley Own Experience: I love the books.. i have been reading the harry potter from books one to the to 7 and i readlly enjoy the story ... Read review

Advantages: very good film
Disadvantages: its to short for the ammount of things that happend in it

Harry potter and the order of the phoenix in my opinoin was excelent!! After doing those horrrible tasks and watching a friend die before his eyes in film 4 harry continues his quest do distoy Lord Voldemort! But with young love in the way harry gets citracted!! but when the evil professer umbridge buts in everything is pushed aside. Harry, trying to get rid of umbridge gets in alot of trouble while setting up a dumbldoors army to brace sudents ...
...I think this is one of the best films so far in the harry potter series!!! although sadly sireus black dies in the end harry is even more determined to get voldemort and destroy him! i really enjoyed it and recomend it to other harry potter fans!!! It was brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Radcliffe is much improved and the storyis darker than previous instalments.
Disadvantages: Some dodgy effects work and plot holes in abundance.

As Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year, he finds much of the wizarding community has been misled about his recent encounter with Lord Voldemort. Branded a liar by the Ministry of Magic, its head decides the academy is out of control. So he appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. However, her government-approved course leaves the young wizards unprepared to confront the massing dark forces that threaten ...
...where in the real world Harry and his bullying cousin are chased through an arid summer landscape by faceless Dementors. He partly achieves this with his use of handheld cameras that bring a sense of immediacy to the events while adding a sense of danger. But he counterpoints this with moments of comedy, such as Mr Weasley's incomprehension of and wonderment at the real world or the ever longer list of decrees as Umbridge takes over. However, there ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliantly made, excellent special effects
Disadvantages: Complicated and hard to follow, not that thrilling

...using magic out of bounds, Harry returns to Hogwarts School to find that very few of his schoolmates and teachers believe that Voldemort has returned. Even worse, the Ministry of Magic doesn't believe him, and appoints a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Dolores Umbridge, who refuses to teach her students anything that could help them in case of an attack by Voldemort. Harry, Hermione and Ron are forced to get a group of students together, ...
...the fifth book in the Harry Potter series and, after the success of the first four films, it was always going to be hard pressed to meet people's expectations. In the end, I hardly noticed that it had been released, because I was caught up in all the hype of the final book release. And when I finally got round to watching it, I found it really hard to follow because I had forgotten most of what happened in the book and there isn't enough time in ... Read review