huge let down

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2005)

I thought this movie was terrible. I am a huge Harry Potter fan and I had a lot of hope for this movie, but I was greatly disappointed. I felt that the whole movie was rushed, there was no time for the trio (Harry, Ron, Hermione) to bond at all or discuss stuff like the usually do. I thought that the movie made Harry out to be a blubbering idiot. In the books, Harry actually spent a lot of time practicing spells and learning new ones to prepare, while in the movie, it showed nothing of what Harry actually did to get through the Triwizard Tournament. The maze for the Tournament was terrible! Where were the challenges that lurked around every corner? Where was wit needed to reach the center? All they did was run around to escape the "blowing wind" and "roots." Terrible! Dumbledore's character in the movie seemed much more sinister and downright mean. I never got that impression from the books at all! Where are they getting that?? Dumbledore never yelled at Harry in the books, i was quite shocked in the movie. There were good parts to the movie, special effects were amazing and i loved the design... But when comparing this to the book, I thought the movie was a huge let down.