too much "action"

Rating: 7/10 (28 November 2005)

I think this movie is too fast-paced. Magic and mystery have been sacrificed for pointless "action". Even Dumbledore is shown losing his nerve, which is totally contradictory to his character. Many things have been left unexplained, which must be quite confusing to those viewers who have not read the books. There is really nothing in the book that suggests that in this installment the pace of the action has to be stepped up like this. I always found that it is exactly the mysterious, dreamy atmosphere that held me spell-bound. Only very few scenes in this movie still have that quality, such as the one with Sirius talking through the hearth fire.
This is still an enjoyable movie; however, it is really unfortunate that so many opportunities for making it less superficial have been missed.