Not only the best Harry Potter film ever made, also one of the best FILMS ever made

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2005)

Okay. To start off, I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter franchise...I read the first three books while in the third grade and the fourth one in the fourth grade, then had to wait until the 5th book until the 6th grade. When finally the "Half Blood Prince" came out in the summer before eighth grade, it took three "fateful" (LOL!) days to read, and I was totally speechless afterwards (almost traumatized, it was so depressing).
Now, I have been waiting for this most recent film for a long time, hoping they didn't screw it up. It looked really good from the trailers, but I didn't think it looked very faithful at all to the actual source (novel).
Oh man, was I wrong!
It turned out to be the most faithful thus far in the entire series to have been translated from text to big screen. Yes, they did have to cut out a few of the interesting but nonetheless irrelevant subplots, but did this deter at all away from the actual score? Psh, heck no it didn't! It captured the dark and brooding atmosphere from the novel to a T, maybe a U haha. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this film, and I severely hope that the next one turns out to be this good.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
10/10
P.S.--I wasn't at all disappointed with the previous three films, but this one almost makes them look bad. :-O