Harry Potter

Rating: 1/10 (28 November 2005)

I have always been a huge J. K Rowling fan. Have waited anxiously for the release of this new film! Read lots of review online about the film before hand (Did my homework). As usual, some rated the film A++ and some D. I figure out that it can't be that bad. After all, it has a great story line. It was pissing cats and dog in Britain last Friday. However, i braved the thunderstorm and freezing subzero temperatures to make my way to the cinema. The film was a HUGE, MEGA, GIGA disappointment! I felt like crying after watching it. Mike Newell (the director) killed all the magic there is to the film. It was meant to be a magical story!! A dreamlike story not one full of battles!!!! If i wanted to watch Lord of the Rings, i would go for LODR and not Harry Potter. My guess is that Warner Bros wanted to aim for adult audiences as well as children. hah, who would have guessed that the film was rated 12A instead. It is like turning Cinderella into a night with Paris Hilton! This is not right! All there was, was battles and battles and battles. I would name it Kingdom of Heaven 2. Other than that, when was it even mentioned in the book that Harry and Ron's brides wore SARI to the ball. No offence to the Indian culture, i love ethic clothings but sari and cheongsam in a world of magics seem a bit too far-fetched! Hello, it is not halloween. The prom dance seem more like a world cross-culture ball than a wizard's ball! Michael Gambon who played Albus Dumbledore just must have either not read the book or decided that he was a better author than J. K Rowling. He killed the headmaster of hogward! As far as my memory serve me, I remembered Dumbledore as being cool and calm in all situations. No all panicky with a screw up face most of the time. He was meant to be kind and fatherly. The only actors that played their roles well were Ron Weasley, Harry Porter and Hermione Granger, Professor Snape and Lucius Malfoy. Mike Newell blanked out all the parts that made the book special like sweets that were not just sweets but with spells in them, the ghostly pictures in the halls, the fat lady that guards the door and what happened to the Nicholas the headless ghost? I guess they decided that he was dead and wasn't worth it. By the way, did anyone notice how dark and gloomy the film was most of the time? Makes you think that the producers were going to save of lightings. Well, even with the soaring prices of electricity, i am sure the public would understand if they utilised a little more electricity. Afterall, they made $1.06million on the opening day. I am sure they can afford the utilities bill.