mediocre in every way

Rating: 4/10 (6 July 2004)

Kenneth Branagh was funny. That's it for the good points. Not very exciting, not very suspenseful, not very funny. The Ron character is incredibly annoying and the rip-off of the Lord of the Rings has accelerated. It was bad enough before, with Harry as Frodo, the kindly wizard as his mentor, the evil wizard as enemy, but now...
Dobby as the Gollum rip-off is the most annoying character since Jar Jar. They even throw in a giant spider ala Shelob, but not nearly as well done of course. I could forgive all this if the movie was at least exciting. This series is played out already and there are 4 more to come ! Ugh, spare me...