On the book and movies

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2005)

The one major aspect about these movies is that if you do NOT read the books, you will enjoy the series. So I will comment it on these aspects. First and foremost, the acting skills of these actors have truly progressed in the years. However, the scene transitions seemed to be rushed. In the first 10 minutes, it progressed to a nightmare, to a portkey, to a one minute tournament, and then a riot, and then a completely obliterated camp, and then a train, and then hogwarts.....SLOW DOWN! Getting rid of the Dursley beginning kind of ruins the pattern we are used to. Also, the graveyard scene was much too short and these sudden transitions ruin the feel of the movies. It seems they are just pushing all the scenes together and it wasn't edited well enough. So for all this, I give the movie 7 out of 10 ON A NON-BOOK Comparison.
Comparing the book to the movies is like comparing Silence of the Lambs to Friday the 13th VII. I have NO idea why they aren't following the books. I mean, the script has already been made, DUH! It isn't hard to cut out the parts. Shoot, give me 10 grand and I can give you the script for the 5th and 6th book in a MONTH. They completely ruined the beginning because of one thing...NO QUIDDITCH! What were they thinking?! No house elves, NO DRUNK HOUSE ELVES?! That's the only reason I wanted to see this movie. But another major thing was the graveyard scene...How can you not SCREAM! when you cut out your own FRIGGING HAND?! And there were many MANY more death eaters. The confrontation between Cornelius Fudge and Dumbledore concerning Voldemort's return. And the maze's creatures, like the skrewts, the spider that broke Harry's leg...NEVER HAPPENED? WHY? And the maze changing suddenly. How Harry had to stop Krum from torturing Cedric and how Cedric and Harry WEREN'T beating each other up to get the cup. I can go on for paragraphs and paragraphs. Simply put, if you read the books, you will HATE this movie. From a book reading aspect, I give this movie 5 out of ten.
So my average is 6 out of 10. If you read the books, Don't SEE IT. If you didn't read the books, have fun.