Choppy and hard to follow ***Possible Spoilers***

Rating: 5/10 (19 November 2005)

Now, although I may not have rated this film very high, believe me, I am a BIG Harry Potter fan and did truly enjoy the movie. My only problem was that if I hadn't read the books, I wouldn't have known what was going on.
I liked how they got rid of the Dursleys, and when they showed the Portkey to the Quidditch World Cup. But when they completely skipped over the Quidditch match, I knew that this would be disappointing. One of the most exhilarating and loved things about these movies are Quidditch, and here they go, getting rid of every last shred of it, not to mention making the movie chopping and hard to follow.
And then when Harry gets to Hogwarts, you can see that Professor Flitwick is much younger, with short, dark, brown hair (instead of long, white hair.) Hard to follow...uh, yeah! And then with the whole crowd-surfing at the yule ball...umm, no.
Speaking of the Yule ball, Hermione comes out screaming that Ron ruined everything, but it never says what he did! And later, when a character dies, Harry goes to tell Dumbeldore, but instead looks into a pensieve, and never tells Dumbeldore; this character is never mentioned again.
I also think that they butchered the maze scene; instead of spiders, sphinxes, and other scary creatures, we get man-eating vines. The ending was also a let-down, as Hermione says "Everything is going to change now," the last lines of the movie, and again, no one knows what she is talking about! I must admit, though, that the acting was done very well, and I did like them getting rid of useless characters such as the Dursleys and Winkie. But besides that, this movie was a let down compared to the third one, which completely blew my mind.
If you are a Harry Potter fan and have read the books, I suggest you go see it, because it is still extraordinarily entertaining. But if you have not read the books, I suggest you read it first, for even I, a reader of the book, was confused at times.