This heralds the ramp up to the final events of the whole series, and this film is essentially setting up for that, with Dumbledore going on the offensive against Voldemort, and trying to put others into position for this.
The film starts with the aftermath of the climactic showdown between Voldermort and Dumbledore from OotP and reminds you that Harry has been newly re-orphaned, this time able to experience it as a young adult. I’d attribute this to two main factors: that OotP was the sole HP film written by Michael Goldenberg, and also that several of the performances in this film get very campy at times, which is completely at odds with the overall darkening tone and serious plot of the movie. Re-watching after having seen the whole series, it fares better, though it’s still disappointing. Coming into this film after my favorite in the series, The Order of the Phoenix, I was massively disappointed when I first watched it in the cinema.
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