Below my Expectations

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2005)

Now I will start this off by saying that the movie was without a doubt good, but for reasons I will name later on you will realize why it is that I gave this movie the score you see above.
Going into the theater to see this movie I was expecting 2 and a half hours worth footage of a movie based on one of the best books I have ever read'. I feel I didn't get this, or anything near it. The movie started off great giving me the feeling that there will be a very dark feel to it throughout the entire two and a half hours, but later on I discovered that this was not the case.I think much of the movie was wasted to show what was happening with Harry and Cho Chang and other small parts in the book, rather then spending the time on more important parts such as the fight at the end, or the quidditch world cup at the beginning. The set for the quidditch cup was great and just when I was expecting a good action-packed part of the movie the scene switched to everyone celebrating and that was a huge disappointment. The whole movie after that I feel was made up of "incomplete" parts put together to form what was a very rushed movie and even taking in consideration that if they were to make this movie better it would have to be a lot longer I am still convinced that they could have improved it in many ways and still have it less then three hours long.
Overall I give this movie a 6/10. For Harry Potter fans I think for the most part they will walk out pleased, but for fans who appreciate the books as much as I have will realize that there was a lot missing in this movie and it was not the best in the series.