MUCH better than the first

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2002)

I wasn't even going to go see this movie after the disaster of the first one, but ended up going with friends. My main problem with the first movie was the omission of several scenes which are key to the plot, and Columbus seems to have sorted this out with number 2. Ok, many scenes are missing, which are in the book, but the ones left out this time don't form part of the crucial chain in the story.
CGI, and SFX in general, is much better also than in the first film, although the flying car is a bit like a 1960s kids TV programme. The spiders and Dobby are excellent, as is the remainder of the CG aspects. The acting could still do with some improvement, though.
Overall, 8 out of 10.