Well, better than the others...

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2005)

In general, this movie was better than the others. The tasks were amazing to watch. The Yule Ball was done nicely. I'm upset by the lack of Dursley's, and the non-existent Quidditch World Cup, but I understand that certain things needed to be cut.
However, there are many things I did not like. For example, Michael Gambon's Dumbledore. In POA, I thought he was good, but in this movie, he annoyed me. He yelled way too much, when Dumbledore is supposed to be calm. He shook Harry (and in Order of the Phoenix, yells at Umbridge for doing the same thing), and in general, he lacks a proper Dumbledore attitude. Do I think that he can achieve a perfect Dumbledore? Yes, I believe he can, but he needs to work on it.
The next thing on my list of annoyances was Voldemort. I also thought that he yelled way too much. I missed the talk with the death eaters about immortality, as I believe that is one of the most crucial things in this book. I loved his costume and how it billowed about him. I also thing that with some understanding of the books, Ralph Fiennes will make a very evil Voldemort.
The last thing I'll mention is Sirius. I thought he played a fairly crucial part in the book, and was very sad to see his small part in the movie. I had hoped that Sirius would become more active, and I believe that he absolutely has to in the next film. Of course, he will play a very important part next time, so I'm really hoping for more time with Gary Oldman in the next one!
Other than those things, I thought this movie was as good as it could be for such a long book. I appreciate how closely they tried to stick to the book, and hope that they make some small adjustments to the next ones.