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Harry potter order of the phoenix plot11/12/2022 ![]() ![]() After all, it takes talented chefs to produce a fresh taste from over-familiar ingredients. But the lion’s share of the plaudits must go to director David Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg. If the central trio are still locked into a holding pattern they’ll never quite break in these roles - Ron (Rupert Grint) mugging desperately Hermione (Emma Watson) earnestly emoting and Radcliffe mired in heroic stiffness - the script at least allows them to grow a little. But the stellar supporting cast all gleefully compete to steal scenes, to great effect. Much of the credit for the building tension goes to Staunton’s pathologically cheery bitch, a walking definition of justifiable homicide. No sooner has Harry dealt with those soul-sucking monsters than he faces the equally soul-sucking ordeal of a Ministry Of Magic trial no sooner is he back at Hogwarts than he’s cast adrift by Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), faced with a moody giant (the film’s only CG-failure) and left to Umbridge’s not-so-tender mercies. So Harry faces isolation when he returns to Hogwarts and falls foul of new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), all twin-sets and ruthless fanaticism.įrom the opening Dementor attack a sense of menace steadily mounts. Regular Potterites know that He Who Must Not Be Named (but often is) is reborn, but the magical community refuses to credit Harry’s (Daniel Radcliffe) resurrection claims. This is the first film where Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has lurked as a physical threat, tinting everything a darker shade of black. But the darkness of the latest Harry Potter film is tempered by just enough humour - and more than enough action - to make it worth peering through the murk. ![]() A franchise that gets gloomier with each instalment, therefore, presents problems. ![]() Given that the science of cinema depends on the projection of light, the laws of physics limit how dark a film can be. ![]()
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