Saved by the Imax (screen)

Rating: 4/10 (7 February 2006)

I saw this movie in Imax, and this format really helped me to have a good time. Not my goal to say this movie is bad but it is surely not unforgettable.
Maybe I'm too old, but nor the story, nor the characters inspire me. Harry is a bit dumb, not very focused on his schoolwork & has only his courage to admire. In that way, he's not such a good role model for young people. In addition, this 4th chapter has the usual scheme of the previous three and i feel a bit alienated of having to get back to school again.
On the other hand, the visual is stunning and it's a stroke of magic to have imagine such a coherent and intriguing universe.
In conclusion, the movie is more interesting than the book because the pictures deserves best visual things (a castle, a dragon) and in the same time less interesting because words are what make alive a character....
(Having seen the Yates' period, Newell was good in injecting a lot of humor and funny things and above all was better at directing the cast: for one time, Harry and his peers seems alive with their lines!)