OK...was that supposed to be Harry Potter?

Rating: 2/10 (20 November 2005)

For being my favorite book of the series, it's surprising that this is my second least favorite movie so far; if it weren't for the airborne dementors of the Prisoner of Azkaban, this would definitely be it.
This movie shows a blatant disregard for the details of the book and way too much interpretation. In the book, Harry and co. cannot figure out how Rita knows all these details. When someone suggests that she may have planted bugs, Hermione says that's impossible because there's a charm at Hogwarts that jams electrical devices. Then please explain to me how in the movie there is a punk band with electric guitars and microphones at the yule ball!? I don't remember a rave in JK Rowling's version of Harry Potter.
A few more little qualms:
Victor Krum is not a mindless jock. He is supposed to be modest, caring, and honorable.
Beauxbatons girls are supposed to be attractive, not repulsive.
Dumbledore cannot decide if he's English or American. He also can't decide whether to strangle Harry or just scowl at him.
I remember there being veelas in the story.
I remember Rita turning into a beetle.
Why waste the time introducing Sirius into the movie if he's only in one inconsequential scene? Put the important stuff in instead, like veelas and beetles.