Great Special Effects, good adaptation

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2005)

This was the best Harry Potter movie so far (however not by much as the first two movies were also great). Daniel Radcliff certainly has developed as an actor. While in the third movie he was completely unsure of himself, in this movie he is certainly holding his own against some of the best Brits in the business not to mention Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, both of whom are excellent. The story adaptation is best that it could be, given the sheer complexity of the book. The special effects are great. The only thing that I could find wrong with the movie is Micheal Gambon's acting. I think he has Dumbledore completely wrong. He screams and yells and acts bewildered where the word that I would associate with Dumbledore is "calm." Richard Harris had Dumbledore down cold and I wish Micheal Gambon could learn a little from his example.