Entertainment at its best

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2005)

Why hasn't the HP series won more awards? The cinematography is phenomenal. Content is true if you watch the whole scene and not just listen to the actors. The entire series is true to the writer. When watching the movie you see more from the book than you hear, just look around each scene. GOF was a difficult book to translate into a movie. As we go further into Hogwarts years, the more challenging it becomes to give everyone everything. If there's a any constructive criticism to state it would be that there was a missing connection with Sirius. Sirius' relationship with Harry was a strong GOOD and Hermione referencing to reporting to Siruis just wasn't enough but I can understand only referencing since that probably would have made the movie another 45 minutes long...of course, that would have been fine for me.
From the moment the first scene shows the "snake" slithering through the field up to the house, you reflect back to the book. To those who have read the books, this one is another spoonful of the lives of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and my appetite is just beginning. Another success for Rowlings and Kloves into the world of good and bad and the magical connections created from paper to screen.
I'm not one to read these kinds of books, but I can't wait for book 7. Michael Goldenberg is the screenplay writer for HP Order of the Phoenix. I hope his vision will maintain the integrity that Steven Kloves has given for the first 4. We'll see in 2007. GREAT movie series, all four movies are a must see for everyone.