the books are great but the movies are average

Rating: Null/10 (13 November 2003)

I thought the second Potter movie would be much better because I liked the second book a lot more. The book was very funny. I laughed out loud reading the Gilderoy Lockhart parts. But, the movie never made me laugh out. They tried to put some of the funny moments in the book in the movie, but they just didn't seem very funny in the movie. The best part about the movie was Dobby. Dobby looked very real, and he was just like what was described in the book. But, I guess the books just don't make great movies because there are so many great characters and side plots in the books that you can't put in a movie because of time restraints. The movie is nearly 3 hours, but it just seems rather boring because they try to include as much from the book as they can, so it feels like a lot of scenes are cut short. Plus all the books take place over the course of the entire school year. And it is very hard to make a movie feel like that much time has passed.
FINAL VERDICT: Young kids will love the movies. But, for adults, reading the books are much better.