Analysis
Symbols and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Like the other Harry Potter movies, a majority of Order of the Phoenix is set at good ol' Hogwarts. This is Harry's home away from home. Well, actually hi...
Point of View
Third Person (Limited Omniscient) With a few fleeting exceptions, we see just about every moment in this movie from Harry Potter's point of view. Daniel Radcliffe just can't get a break, can he?Thi...
Genre
FantasyLike Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones or Chronicles of Narnia or Star Wars (need we go on?), Harry Potter is pretty much straight up fantasy. Harry lives in a magical world with spells a...
What's Up With the Title?
The Harry Potter movies are just like the books—their titles follow a pretty simple formula. Each one is named Harry Potter and the Something Weird and Mysterious You Won't Understand Until You A...
What's Up With the Ending?
The very last scene of the movie features the gang boarding the Hogwarts Express to head home because school's out for summer. Suddenly, Harry lays this truth bomb on them:HARRY POTTER: I've been t...
Shock Rating
PG-13Sure, this movie is based on a children's book, but it's rated PG-13 and we think it earns it. There's not much in the way of sex or drugs or swearing, but there's a bit of violence. That part...