Great film - but don't read the book first...

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2005)

I had great hopes for this film, and re-read my book to make sure I knew what was going on. I wish I hadn't. There are huge chunks missing and no mention of house elves (who can miss out Dobby and Winky?!, the real finder of gillyweed, and the origins of Madame Maxime. To forget all about the goings on at the Quidditch World cup, Veelas, the farmer who had the world cup on his land (and needed his memory erasing)....etc. having said that, the film was well made, and the scenes during the Triwizard tournament were well made - the graphics are amazing. Go to see it, but forget to read your book first. Hopefully SPEW will be mentioned in the next film.