Not true to the book, but made an EXCELLENT and exciting movie!

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2005)

It wasn't true to the book entirely, but you can't expect that of a book that was around 800 pages long! It made an excellent movie! Although it was very long, none of the time in the movie was wasted or pointless; everything was important. The director and actors did a very good job of explaining things about what was going on for people who have not read the book. My only problem with it was that it had unnecessary aspects for which it was rated PG-13, such as random cursing, which didn't seem very Harry Potterish. Other than that, I would recommend it to anybody. If you like action, but aren't sure if Harry Potter is your "scene", this would be a great movie to get you hooked and to make you anxious for the movie for The Order of the Phenox to come out! Very highly recommended!