/* the happiest moment of your life */ - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix takes a dark turn

this is a fraction of a previous review that got lost in translation between computer and the world

No spoilers

The fifth year at Hogwarts beckons but in the summer recess between school years, there are no sunny days in Harry Potter's world. Growing up fast and sporting a new haircut he is still dwarfed by his tormentors the mammoth Dudley Weasley and his gang.

Of course he is forbidden from using magic outside Hogwarts in the Muggleworld.

The universe of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a mirror of the two factions in our own world between those who are in authority and impose rules while in the reactionary throes of fear and panic who refuse to accept that you know Who He Who Must Not Be Named has risen; and those who refuse to kowtow blindly to fear and the clampdown by those in power.

Even with Harry Potter's protestations that He Who Must Not Be Named is back, and being putting on trial for using a patronus while being attacked by dementors, the ever revolving door to the position of professor of Defence against the Dark Arts has been assumed by Dolores Umbridge, a person of position in the Ministry of Magic who turns the class into a theory only exercise presenting the new curriculum from the Ministry of Magic.

The film takes a very cruel turn upon the heroes of the tale, having to endure punishments and crushing rules meted out by the smirking Dolores Umbridge against which their seems no relief. Until an unwilling hero arises ... Harry Potter. The creation of Dumbledore's Army recruited from the students at Hogwarts has to go in secret training learning the ways of real magic from Harry Potter in the Room of Requirement while hiding in broad daylight from the watchfulness of the Ministry of Magic now in charge of the teachings at Hogwarts. And Harry Potter discovers love.

As helmed by David Yates [ who is working on the next installment of Harry Potter and The Half-Blooded Prince ] it is dark times indeed for Harry Potter. Vividly imagined and brought to the screen and a stirring conclusion which in IMAX is a must-see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix stands as a hard-fought triumph over the dark forces but fans already know what to look forward to next.