MWA: Muggles With Attitude

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We watched the 8th movie of the 7-part series, the epic conclusion to the unepic story. Our verdict: suprisingly not good. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The the seventh movie of the series, or the first movie of the two-movie series makes up the final entry of the series. However you want to look at it. Our verdict: surprisingly not bad! We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry finally arrives at his long-prophesied confrontation with Voldemort. To succeed, he'll need bravery, trickery, and a really good wand. His specialties! Then we flash forward and find out who impregnated whom. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The battle is joined between the students and faculty of Hogwarts on one side and the Death Eaters with their various horrible allies on the other. In the middle of it, Harry learns even more dark secrets about his past. He just can't get enough dark secrets. Note: there appears to be a cat meowing in the background of this episode. It's just an mp3 artifact. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry leads one of his signature chaos attacks on Gringott's bank. It starts when they sneak in using the old invisibility cloak, then ends with a blind dragon dumping them in a lake. Then it's back to Hogwarts via Hogsmeade, with a quick stop on memory lane, courtesy of Dumbledore's shady brother. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry's wander-around-in-the-woods plan finally pays off when he finds the sword of Godric Gryffindor in a pond. Then they engage in rapid, violent visits to the Lovegood home and Malfoy Manor. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

After their ministry mission, Harry and friends are forced to flee their Grimmauld sanctuary. They spend some time camping and bickering, then fall for the oldest trick in the book: a giant snake hidden inside a historian. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry and friends stage a desperate mission to the Ministry of Magic to acquire the locket horcrux. In the process they run into some old enemies and make some new ones. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry and his friends celebrate first his birthday then a Weasley wedding. The latter is crashed by a passel of Death Eaters looking for some death to eat. Luckily Harry, Ron, and Hermione escape to his recently inherited unfindable house. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

As Voldemort's dark influence spreads across Britain, Harry leaves the shelter of the Dursleys' house for good. He escapes a Death Eater ambush, though not without loss. Things are looking grim for the boy wizard, and in a few days his 17th birthday will make him a man wizard. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

We watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the 2009 movie. It is not our favorite entry. But we have a good time with it anyway! We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry goes on fun adventure with Dumbledore, complete with a lake full of corpses and a belly full of poison. Then Draco Malfoy finally executes his sinister plan, with tragic success. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry gets lucky. Really, really lucky. Chemically lucky. He uses a luck potion to finally uncover the memory that Dumbledore needs, and in the process triggers a storm of snogging. Note: there are some cat noises included in this recording. The feline responsible has been sacked. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry survives a disastrous Quidditch match, but makes some progress uncovering whatever Malfoy is up to. Then he is treated to a memory of young Voldemort completely flubbing a job interview with Dumbledore. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry learns more of Lord Voldemort née Tom Riddle's sinister past. Meanwhile love blossoms in the cold halls of Hogwarts. There's just something irresistible about Weasleys. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

At Hogwarts, Harry has to balance his new Sluggy social responsibilities with advanced classes in sinister history from Dumbledore himself. He also has to discover and foil whatever Malfoy's evil scheme is. It'll be a full year. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Amid ominous events in the world, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his 6th year. He strikes up his old rivalry with Malfoy, who has progressed well beyond just being a jerk. Then the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor turns out to be not so new. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

We watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! We talk about how they crammed this huge book into a fleet two hours of film. Also, Harry's new haircut constitutes a major glow-up. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Harry and his squad of (Defense against the) Dark Arts masters are ambushed by Death Eaters. Wizardly combat ensues. Then Dumbledore finishes off this book with twin doses of whoop ass and exposition. We are Alice Sullivan (@alicemsullivan), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake (@jeff_lake). Support us on Patreon! Music: Backyard Adventure by Hans Hylkema, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.