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Of course, this is a big month for Potter fans.
Two days ago, the fifth movie was released, Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix.
Gave brief impressions in the official movie thread, but guess make it a bit more here.
As far as movies goes, I believe this was my 2nd favorite movie only behind the 3rd. I think most everyone is coming into their roles nicely. I till have some reservations about Mr. Weasley, he is probably the only character who is really far off from what I pictured in the book, but eh.
The new additions to the cast including Luna and Umbridge were pretty much spot on. Luna has this very dreamy, almost not there voice which was awesome. And well Umbridge just seems like a nice person, you know who wears a smile while having you cut your hand.
The plot of the movie was pretty good, I enjoyed the transtactions with the newspaper thought was a nice touch and really worked the Daily Prophet stuff into the movie nicely.
The climax was also pretty awesome but changed a lot from the book.
I also like the fact that they used flashbacks to the first 4 movies.
However as good as the movie was, the main event if of course the 7th and final book which is due for release in a little more than a week.
Stolen from Wikipedia, here are some of the plot points known for the next book...
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Harry will return to the home of his Muggle relatives, the Dursleys (whose cooperation has been requested by Albus Dumbledore), during the school holiday. The magical protection Dumbledore arranged, which requires Harry to have a home with them, is set to expire on his upcoming birthday, when he comes of age.HBP Ch.4
Harry plans to visit the remains of his parents' home in Godric's Hollow. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger plan on accompanying him on this trip.HBP Ch.30
Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour plan on getting married in August. Several of the main characters have been invited.HBP Ch.30
Bill Weasley has been bitten by a werewolf (Fenrir Greyback); however, Fenrir was not fully transformed (he was not bitten on the day of a full moon), and we have yet to see the full effect of the bite. So far it has been said that Bill has merely developed a taste for raw meat.
It is unclear what will happen to Hogwarts after the attack on the school at the end of Half-Blood Prince, but Harry has said he will leave school to continue his battle against Voldemort. If the school reopens, replacements will be required for Severus Snape (Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor and head of Slytherin house) and possibly Minerva McGonagall (Transfiguration instructor, head of Gryffindor house and deputy Headmistress) in the event that she becomes Headmistress.HBP Ch.29 HBP Ch.30
Wormtail owes Harry a life debt that has not yet been repaid.
Harry must destroy all of Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes before Voldemort can be defeated. Dumbledore believed there were a total of six, and that two so far have been destroyed (the Gaunt ring and Riddle's diary). Dumbledore speculated that the remaining Horcruxes were Salazar Slytherin's locket, which had once been a possession of Merope Gaunt (Voldemort's mother); Helga Hufflepuff's cup, presumably stolen by Tom Riddle from Hepzibah Smith; Nagini the snake HBP Ch.23; and one undetermined item once belonging to Godric Gryffindor or Rowena Ravenclaw.
There is no explanation at the end of Half-Blood Prince as to the true identity of the mysterious "R.A.B.", who claimed to have stolen one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, a locket, with the intent to destroy it, while replacing it with a fake locket, later recovered by Harry and Dumbledore.HBP Ch.28 Rowling said Regulus Black was "a fine guess" for R.A.B.'s identity in an interview.[32]
The true loyalty of Severus Snape remains unclear through the first six novels. Although Albus Dumbledore repeatedly endorses Snape's loyalty since Snape renounced Voldemort and left the Death Eaters, Snape apparently kills Dumbledore in the Half-Blood Prince, using the Avada Kedavra curse. While Snape treats Harry Potter with open contempt at Hogwarts, he has also saved Harry's life at least twice.[33] Fan theories range widely from proclaiming Snape as ultimately loyal to Dumbledore (the "right" side), to Voldemort (the "dark" side), or ultimately to himself alone, aligning with whichever "side" wins the conflict between good and evil.[34]
It has not been explained why, when Dumbledore heard that Voldemort had used Harry's blood to resurrect himself, Harry sees a "gleam of triumph" in Dumbledore's eyes.
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