A missed opportunity

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2005)

So the latest instalment of the Harry Potter series is among us, and to be honest, it is a bit of disappointment. Mike Newell seems to have missed a trick and this film, is one of the weaker adaptations from JK Rowlings epic series.
First up, just about every scene that they did, was done well. Dumbledore losing his rag with Harry is out of context, and the Maze is poorly scripted, but generally the acting, special effects and screenplay of what was on the screen, is fantastic. A cinematic treat! What was missing was "glue" - bits of the film to hold these fantastic scenes together and stop the film being a disjointed mess. This, was not here. Key areas of the books were missing - subplots which will be required in later books.
To me, the film is 80% of the way to be a great film, but, as so often in films, its not whats there that is the problem, its what's missing.
Worth watching, but very much a missed opportunity to create a real classic. Roll on Narnia in December