Kids will love it, however it could have been so much better

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2005)

Harry Potter is back, looking slightly more grown up and with an even more dodgy haircut. I must be one of the only people who think this but for me the film was a let down, the reason for this was for me the film did not do the book justice there were bits of the film that were just skimmed over and seemed irrelevant, the bits with Rita Skeeter for a start, which are much more important in the book. The biggest problem is that the writers have tried to cram as much as they could from the book into the film as possible. There is also the problem that in the book Harry starts to deal with teenage emotions, this is important for the character development but isn't dealt with very well at all in the film, maybe this is because the prime audience for the film is around 8 years old. Which brings me to my final point. You gotta remember who this film is for, ultimately it is for the kids and they will love it, it will indeed keep them occupied for a good two hours or so. They don't care about emotions or exact references from the books and this will be just as good as reading the book if not better. For me though even though the films main market is children it could have been so much better. I mean look at what they managed to do to the Lord of The Rings.