1/3 Action, 1/3 Filler, 1/3 Boring

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2005)

Sigh. I had high hopes of seeing another interesting and entertaining Harry Potter movie, however, as my summary suggests, this movie did not provide the return on my movie $$ investment.
First the not-so-good points in no particular order: (a) It seems that throughout the movie Hermione Granger can't speak to others in a normal voice tone. She *basically* yells or barks her works to her fellow actors. Almost as if she's a bit frantic about things she should not be frantic about.
(b) Mr. Ron Weasley could *almost* have stayed home and done some chores around his home... as his contribution throughout the movie is extremely weak. His basic themes are be dull and annoying, show disdain and be uninterested in *most* girls, pre-pubescent attraction to the few select *hot* chicks. I would bet that Ron has enrolled in the "Angelina Jolie" just stand there and look at something school for actors... because Ron' character does an awful lot of boring showmanship.
(c) The wonderful all against one, one against all... pack of friends till we die... camaraderie that the previous Harry Potter movies displayed is sorely lacking in this movie.
(d) Character development is very weak. It's ashame the Director made the choices he did... it would have been more enjoyable had he left some of the boring teenage whining out and put in some quality movie storyline and flow.
Okay... enough of my whining. The few good points: (e) The parts of the movie that did contain action were VERY good and kept my interest.
(f) It was nice to see 'you-know-who' show up with his villainous friends... just as we have been suspecting! Okay, enough for now.
Bottomline, if I knew then what I know now... I would have waited for the DVD.
Happy Holidays!!!