Next stop is "The Order of the Phoenix", the fifth entry in the series... and is painfully average; despite having some good things it hurts me when I see just how cliché it can get at times.
So now that Voldemort is back, dangers are lurking even more and even the ministry of magic can´t do anything to help because they DON´T BELIVE THE BOY WHO SAVED HOWARTS MANY TIMES BEFORE!! *ahem*... instead they decide to interfere in Howarts and prevent the students of learning defensive spells because they believe Dumbledore is trying to destroy the ministry with his own "army"; so now is up to Harry to use his knowledge and experience to train his fellow students in combat magic.
The story is good at it´s core, however there are just too many dumb moments that it breaks my immersion, it sometimes breaks the continuity of the previous films has well... Why fly all over London risking being seen by moguls? Is it part of the plan to be seen? Why is Dumbledore a total dick to Harry? What makes him think that ignoring the kid will make Voldemort less interested in him? Why is Sirius risking being seen in public to give Harry a photo? What about the mission? etc...
Umbridge is a total bitch and you will love to hate her; I truly believe this is the one character they were really trying to get to be hated. The other new character is Luna Lovegood; she is quite attractive in that "quiet girl who seats at the end of the row" kind of way, has well has her crossed cables make her more adorable. There are also plenty of interesting magic elements, even if they make little sense of why they are there, but meh... I will just ignore that anyway...
David Yates becomes the new director and he is the last guy to be changed, this man will remain to direct the rest of the films, his style is very particular; I can´t say is bad, he knows how to fallow a script but he either has a bad sense of humor or no humor at all, for example: Emma Watson has some funny lines in the movie and while I think she is a good actress, the puns just don´t stick... I think the reason is because Yates is taking even the moments of tension relive has drama; I notice these by the passing... is just off for a humor moment; not to mention everything is just too dark, it feels lifeless, I know that things are bad at this point in the story: Shit hit the fan in the last film, Voldemort is back, people think Harry is a lair (even if they saw Cedric´s body at the end of Goblet of Fire)... but still, is just too ugly looking, everything is black, dark blue, dark sapphire blue or just plain white.
Order of the Phoenix is alright, there are to many things that unfortunately work completely against itself in the way everything is presented to us a audiences... fans of the book will sure tell me that everything is better explained by reading them, but the propose of a film adaptation is to have the story itself be functional has a stand alone film; Rowling´s story sure is an epic tale of good versus evil, but this film sadly squanders it.
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