Not the best!

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2005)

I now this is going against the grain but this is definitely not the best movie in the series. Prisoner of Azkaban had this one beat in many ways.
Don't get me wrong, this movie was fantastic from a reader of the books. However, I think the movie was very choppy and even got a little confusing to me who has been reading these books for 7 years. I can only imagine what it would be like for someone coming in on these movies without reading the books.
The movie would jump randomly and not explain events. For instance the Quidditch World Cup was never really explained what it was, and then they made this big climax to the beginning of the game and then it just jumped to the end. I know that they had to cut things out, but it doesn't change the fact that the movie did not flow.
Acting did improve greatly with this movie, although Emma Watson's acting was all over the place and I could not get her character straight.
Fred and George were amazing and even if this movie bombed it would be worth seeing it hundreds of times just for them. Their timing was amazing and the writing for them was awesome.
And I give the people credit for the ending sequences.
The whole movie was the most emotional experience, where I was laughing so hard I had tears going down my eyes, or I was literally crying in the theatre. I think some acting could have been better along with the movie could have flowed better.