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My wife and I went and saw Order of the Phoenix for the first time tonight. I thought it was an OK adaptation... although it seemed a little flat to me. I'm not sure if that's because this is the first of the movies that I've seen after having read the books, though. Also, I think they left too much out, there was too much that wasn't explained, so that someone who hadn't read the books would be left wondering at some things.

Things I liked best: the DA training, and Harry's occlumency lessons (Alan Rickman is fantastic!) Nice touches: Ginny giving Cho Chang a dirty look as Cho is talking to Harry; Sirius calling Harry "James" by mistake during the fight at the Ministry. What I didn't like: Harry's talk with Dumbledore at the end was too short, and left too much out; and, in general, too much was left out. The nice little touches needed the extra scenes for a casual viewer to understand their significance, IMHO.

It all went by very quickly! One fun thing we experienced is that there was apparently at least one young lady watching who hadn't read the book, because she kept exclaiming at various points, such as when Harry received his expulsion letter, and again when Harry was cleared at the Ministry hearing. :-)

After seeing more of Mrs. Weasley in this one, and seeing Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix, I can't wait to see their fight in the DH film! ;-)