does anyone watching these movies understand continuity?

Rating: 4/10 (20 November 2005)

the direction of this movie was horrible. let me preface the rest of this comment with the fact that i am an avid harry potter fan. this movie was the worst of the three so far. if you think i am wrong, bring someone to see it who hasn't read the book first...and then enjoy explaining the entire movie to them. granted, the special effects were amazing, and a lot of the scenes were great, but that is all they were: a bunch of scenes. there was no link from scene to scene. there was nothing explaining what was happening. bad direction.
the story was obviously wrong. there was not a single mention of a house elf (the main driving point of the original plot), Veela (a fun new species...and half of the lineage to one of the new main characters), and there was no ludo Bagman, a fun character which would have made for a very good time. however, i can concede that you cannot fit everything in that massive book into this movie, and one (the director) must pick and choose the most necessary parts.
but, somethings were just off. one can argue that the following things are nit-picky and not worth mentioning. however, if you're going to make a movie from a series of novels with such ravenous fans, you must be consistent. these mistakes just show that the cast and crew were not fans of the series, but rather just looking to put out a movie. and after the last movie, which was done so well, its a big let down. 1.Cornelius fudge never was wearing his obligatory green bowler 2. Pavra and lavender Patil are in...DIFFERENT HOUSES 3. harry, after fighting the horn-tail, was sitting at the table with an arm in a sling, and stitches...so where was madam Pomfrey? and, anyone who read book 5 realizes how wrong it is to give harry stitches in book 4 4. Fleur was not the hottest of the hot, all other Beaubaton girls looked better 5. where were the creatures in the maze? no Skrewts, no sphinx, no spider.(and we know they had the budget) 6. who is this new Flitwic? 7. the Wizengamot...that is not what it looks like. how do you send harry back there, in that situation, for the next movie? 8. magic eyes don't need to make mechanical noises 9. Dumbledore now likes to yell at people. he developed a temper, rather than a calm, collected amused powerhouse of Wizarding. thanks for the new, hotheaded character, its a great improvement.
there are more, but i cant write forever. JK, please don't let us down again.
there were some pros, however. the special effects were great, but that doesn't even matter anymore. Rita skeeter was perfect, even though we got no hints of her being an Animagus in this movie (thell just thrust it on us with no explanation in the next one). Barty crouch senior was great. the twins were great. other than that though...this movie is a harry potter movie only on the surface, and should be a let down to anyone who is thinking about the movie.