This is absolutely the best movie of the series so far. I loved each of the others, but this film is the most intense, interesting, fulfilling movie of them all.
The story begins with Harry brooding, depressed and dreaming of Lord Voldermort's return and of Cedric's death. As usual, he is tormented by his cousin Dudley. His fear and guilt and confusion make him angry. And he's afraid of his anger. He is so angry he could kill Dudley. And yet he choses not to. In fact, he saves him from a dementor attack aimed at him. But as usual, his good deed is misinterpreted. It seems nothing he does is right, even when he does the right thing.
Welcome, Harry, to adolescence. J.K. Rowlings has taken Harry into his teen years with an understanding that few parents grasp. She has described the archetypal angst that we all experience as teens brilliantly, and the film has stayed true to her book.
The Theme of The Order of the Phoenix is: Can Harry learn to accept his darker emotions without fear that he will turn into another Voldermort? And it reflects the passage we must all go through when we first feel those darker emotions take over - are we bad? Is something innately wrong with us for feeling this way? Will we succumb to the 'dark side of the force'? Once the darkness was outside - someone and something that awaited us in the 'real' world. But now the darkness is within - and we have to find a way to battle it.
In this situation, we, like Harry, feel all alone. Dumbledoor ignores him, Hagrid is missing, the adults of the Order of the Phoenix want to keep him in the dark 'for his own good' and even his best friends don't understand. Or at least, Harry thinks that. And he retreats even further into himself. Who amongst us doesn't remember times like that! The darkness wants to separate us from all love. It wants to make us feel like we are all alone. That's how it wins.
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