You know what?....NOT the best potter movie yet....!

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2005)

Title referring to the endless amount of user comments starting with : "best potter movie yet"
Anyway, I have been a huge fan of harry potter since the beginning of it all. I have anticipated every movie and book before their release date and have never been as disappointed as in this case. Don't get me wrong Harry potter and the Goblet of fire is a great movie, but not the best potter movie yet. This because of several reasons: - All the "raving and rating" here at IMDb, with reviews like that i expected a lot out of it, that's the first reason. - The previous potter movies, the philosopher's stone was as magical as anyone could ever make it, couldn't have been better. The second one also was very good, done in about the same beautiful Columbus style as the first. Azkaban however, caught me off guard, so totally different from the first two, it was kind of amazing, the darkness captured beautifully and great cinematography, i have learned to appreciate Cuarón's way of shooting even more by watching the DVD over and over again, awesome movie. So having these three movies as your predecessors bears a lot of pressure and in my case didn't fulfill my potter needs, so to speak (that sounded kind of perverted) - And the biggest reason, too much Mike Newell, almost 45 minutes was dedicated to the dating/girls part of the movie, i am very well aware that the book also had a lot of this going on but when you're going to cram a 400 page book (about a wizard) into 2 and a half hours, make sure there's plenty of magic. what i'm trying to say is that, this would have been a great comedy if it didn't play in hogwarts, you know. Not enough magic, great, now i sound like a 5-y.o.
Anyway it's obvious Mike Newell's area is romantic comedy and he tried to put that in as much as he could, too much of it, and then the climax with the final showdown was in complete contrast with the rest of the movie and kind of rushed as well.
All in all, a fantastic movie (special effects were great but ever big-budget flicks'are nowadays) but kind of disappointing, sadly. Everyone has to see this movie cause obviously a lot of people's opinions differ. I hate that i didn't like this movie though, tough luck...