Seriously lacking in the wake of Prizoner of Azkaban.

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2006)

I am an adult male (some would argue...). I fell in love with the Harry Potter books. I was very afraid when they were turned into movies. I hated the first one. The second was better. I thought POA was downright fantastic. It paid it's dues to the book, but was told in it's own form and style. .......Possible Spoilers for POA...... The whomping willow was fantastic. Bucbeak scenes let me feel as if I was flying. There was an overall comprehensive theme and feel to the movie. I think number 4 just fell flat. It was a good movie, but didn't have any of the feeling of the third. The YULE BALL was better executed on the Warner Bros. web site than in the film. It just lacks any real connection. The relation with Serus was nice. This film had so many opportunities to connect, but fell terribly short. The students from the other schools were merely walk-ons. I was just really disappointed. I was so excited by the third movie, this one really let me down. I enjoyed the fourth book far more than the third, yet the third movie was so much better. Oh well, let's hope for the next one.