Did anyone else find "Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix" dissapointing....

[Flabbergasted]

I started reading the books to my daughter at night and got hooked...however I found OOTP disappointing. Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Goblet of Fire had relatively rich plots and kept me guessing. OOTP seemed to be obvious. I guess I expected a little more to do with The Order itself. The entire book was based once again on keeping an object from Voldemort just like The Sorcerer's Stone. There were several leads, that could have been developed, which would have deepened the suspense, but nothing materialized.

Is it just me?

[5LeavesLeft]

1. I haven't read any of the books

but the movie was pretty disappointing. It seemed necessary, though, to transition from the magic of childhood to having to fight he who must not be named. I just hope it doesn't tank like The Matrix did.

[TZ]

2. I liked it.

Liked "Goblet of Fire better". I thought the depiction of Delores Umbridge was spot on....

[XemaSab]

3. OOTP was my FAVORITE book of the series (HUGH!)

The movie was IMHO second to Goblet of Fire. I thought they did a great job with Goblet of Fire.

Order of the Phoenix could have been the BEST film, but they cut too much from the book, including the BEST parts of the BEST chapter in the WHOLE series: Snape's Worst Memory. :D

[Flabbergasted]

5. I guess I was just expecting something different.

[XemaSab]

6. How so?

And are you talking about the books or the movies?

'Cause I think as far as the books go, they're all really good, but each one is its own thing. The only one with a really linear plot is Goblet of Fire, and that's because the tournament holds it on track. As far as the others go, I think the nonlinear plots are both the beauty of the written series, but the bane of Hollywood directors.

[Flabbergasted]

10. Books.....

In books 2, 3, and 4 I was somehow surprised at how it ended up. With the CofS. I think the Malfoys giving Ginny the book in the very begining and then weaving the tale around it left me clueless until it was revealed who was responsible at the end.

In the prisoner of Azkaban it was tough to guess that Skabbers was the "bad guy" and Sirius Black was trying to save Harry from him.

In GofF there were a number of subplots introduced from the very begining that didn't make any sense till the end. The dark mark at the Quidditch World Cup for example. Ludo Bagman and Crouch as well as the reporter lady and the characters from the other schools all introduced alot of richness and depth as well as threads tied up at the end. Plus the revelation that the cup was a portkey and that Moony had a double was thrilling.

In OofTP I guess I thought the super characters (Mooney, Tonks, the Weasleys, Sirius, even Dumbledore, Mundungus) had a very minimal voice in the novel and instead it focused just on the events at Hogwarts. When Dumbledore revealed he was "behind the DA" and then said Fudge would regret flushing him from his perch this thread was not developed in the least. I thought there would be some articles in the Daily Prophet about the Dumbledore scandal and maybe something about Dumbledore giving hell to the Ministry. The Percy "treason" was left unfinished. Even Luna played no vital role in the novel at all.

Let me also say that I'm bringing this thread up because I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this way. Like I said, maybe I was just expecting something more complex or different.

[graywarrior]

4. No.

I'm reading all of them again and liking them better the second time around.

[RadiationTherapy]

7. Oh, God...don't stop!! don't stop!!

Books 6 and 7 are amazing. Literary genius.

[MrSlayer]

8. No, I found it to be fantastic.

From beginning to end the series is outstanding.

[CatholicEdHead]

9. Yes I did, they cut way too much out of the book

They should have had an extra half hour so make it go so much smoothly. Even the major parts felt rushed.