REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Published: July 16, 2007, 3:10 am

Tags: reviews, movies, summer 2007, harry potter, books, film, fantasy, reading

Mad Professah saw the new Harry Potter movie, the fifth one in the series, called Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, on Thursday at the Edwards Renaissance Theaters in Alhambra. The screening was packed so I'm not surprised to see that the movie mad $140 million dollars in its first 5 days of release, with an opening weekend gross of nearly $77 million. Nikki Finke over at Deadline Holllywood Daily had predicted a big debut early in the week. "Never bet against Harry" she said, and Mad Professah agrees.But how is the movie? Actually I think it's easily the most entertaining movie made of the J.K. Rowling books. The users (86%) and critics (76%) at rottentmatoes.com agree with me. It's very clear now that these are not "kid's books" just as the movies are not "kid's movies." The actors portraying the 15-year old main characters in the books of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), his best friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and know-it-all Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) are 17, 18

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