Too much left out

Rating: 4/10 (20 November 2005)

If you did not read the book, there is no way you will understand what's going on during the movie. I think the director made the assumption that everyone has read the book, and therefore left out explanations of why some things happened. I mean I understand he can't include everything from the book, but he left out some pretty significant parts, like the house elves, Ludo Bagman, etc... And when the director strayed away from the book, he created scenes and dialogue that weren't very good at all. And none of the scenes were very effective because I don't think any of them were longer than 5 minutes except for maybe the dragon scene. I definitely think that this book should have been split up into two movies, and I hope that is what they do with the next book.