I wasn’t really excited about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix coming out this week, that was until I caught an special on the A&E called Harry Potter: The Hidden Secrets. Their theories and montage of Harry, Ron and Hermione brought a tear to my eye and turned me totally geek for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Where to start with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? This whimsical, action packed story of inner strength and friendship is enough to bring a tear to any eye, really tugs at your heart strings and it grossed $44.8 million in its first day alone.

In this latest installment in the J.K. Rowling novels Harry and his friends, some old (Ron and Hermione), some new (Luna Lovegood), band together in what they call Dumbledore’s Army to get ready against the coming evil they know as Lord Voldermort.

Making their growth especially difficult is suffocatingly pink Professor Dolores Umbridge who comes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to straighten out the staff and students for good. Who knew pink could be deliciously evil? She does an amazing job of making you hate her. She just pissed me off basically.

The cinematography in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was some of the best I’ve ever seen. It was suspenseful, dark, very mysterious and had a dash of death thrown in for good Harry Potter measure.

The general consensus is the movie is better if you’ve read the book, so if you’ve been lazy go pick up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at your local bookstore and then get your movie ticket you schulp.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix gets 5/5 LJ stars!