It's a good movie but definitely in the lower half of Harry Potter movies

Rating: 7/10 (4 March 2017)

Directed By: Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
Overall: This movie is good. It's not great but it's good. It's one of the worst Harry Potter franchise but they are all pretty good.
Good:
1. It's my personal favourite individual storyline of the series and sets things in motion for the next 4 entries to the franchise.
2. Ralph Fiennes is marvelous and spectacular and phenomenal as Voldermort that, in perhaps 10 minutes screen time, he becomes one of the most memorable and interesting components of the series.
3. Brendan Gleeson does an excellent job as Mad Eye Moody, who is also one of my favourite characters in the Wizarding World.
4. As per usual, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane and Michael Gambon do great in each of their roles.
5. A thankful improvement from 3, is the acting capability of the main trio. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are all much better in their roles this time around than in 'Prisoner of Azkaban'.
6. Set, Costume and Creature design were all spectacular and really added to the wonder of this world.
7. The grand reveal at the end was excellent.
8. The action scenes are 10x better in this movie than in Prisoner of Azkaban with each trial having spectacular set pieces and just plain action in general.
Bad:
1. I really hated the cinematography in the movie and it just looked horrible.
2. More peaceful and character driven scenes, such as the Yule ball, suffered due to the greater focus on action. For example, the sweets scene in PoA or the breakfast scene in CoS feel natural and character driven were these scenes feel like filler to bloat run time, even if they were in the books.
3. I despise the opening to the movie with the Qudditch world cup and could be much better if it was better wrote and perhaps a tad bit longer, thus replacing some scenes later on.
4. {SPOILERS}: The Death of Barty Crouch feels like it goes nowhere and makes you wonder how their wasn't more security and defence to stop this from happening.
7/10