Pleasantly surprised

Rating: 7/10 (8 May 2003)

Watched the movie yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. HP-COS was much better and darker than the previous installment. The graphics and special effects were well done and the CGI character of Dobby was also interesting. I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books yet, so there was no bias or expectations before watching the movie. I can now understand its immense popularity. I find it surprising that even though the world developes technologically, at movies, we still seem to prefer our wizards and elf's and jedi's and the magical alternative universe that they dwell in. Three of last years biggest hits were based on fictional alter universes, and it looks like the same this year. And take note of the increased comic book heroes being presented and succeeding. Real world gritty movies rarely succeed these days and true stories, almost never.