Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 7.0

While I enjoyed it, I felt like this movie lacked something that was present in the previous two installments. Of course, it’s probably unfair to expect it to live up to those two films when #3 (the Prisoner of Azkaban) was made by one of the best directors out there, Alfonso Cuaron, and #4 (the Goblet of Fire) picked up where Cuaron left off and didn’t miss a beat. My main complaints, other than that is wasn’t as good as the last two movies, was it was too slow in the beginning and then felt a little rushed at the end, which is unfortunate, because I felt the last 30 minutes were very good. It was worth seeing just because I had forgotten a lot of what happened in the book and it was a nice refresher that has me pumped up for the Deathly Hollows.

I am still abroad – I saw this in a relatively packed house in a small city called Taupo in New Zealand (when you go outside there’s a great view of Mount Doom from LOTR). Australia was pretty awesome and NZ is beautiful. When I have more time I might post reviews of the two books I’ve read, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Solitude was really good and Cloud Atlas great.