Good effort

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2005)

Although the pace of the movie seemed a bit too fast, I guess it was actually difficult to condense the 636 page book into a 150 minute movie. The graphics used were excellent, and seemed quite realistic. I felt it was a good movie for the one who's read the book, and had a background (seen the previous movies). If not, he/she's gonna have a tough time trying to grasp whatever's shown. The casting's also pretty decent, especially in the case of Cho Chang, Parvati/Padma Patil, Madame Maxime, and Rita Skeeter, and they've lived up to their characters. I was shocked at the non-inclusion of Winky, the elf, and also at the fact that Barty Crouch Jr. was shown conjuring the Dark Mark, when in the book, it has been kept as a secret. They've also not included even a hint of S.P.E.W, the House-Elf Liberation Front, the fact that it's Moody who saves Harry Potter from Snape's office and takes the Marauder's Map, and a lot more (for those who're wondering what all this is, go read the book). But again, it would've been next to impossible trying to include all this in a 150 minute movie. To sum up, it's a very good effort.