Not true to the book

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2005)

Good acting on the part of the original cast. Rupert Grint has mastered the part of Ron. However, I don't feel that the director and screenwriter were true to the book. There are details in the movie which are much different from the book. The scene where the dark mark appears is much different from the book. Too many scenes from the book are left out of the movie. Transition from scene to scene was not smooth. Too many scenes take place without adequate information leading up to them. Those who have not read the book will be confused. Having read the book and listened to the audio-book read by Jim Dale, the movie was a tremendous disappointment.