I wish there had been house elves...

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2005)

I really enjoyed this installment. I think the actors are getting better with each movie and the director did a great job with the special effects. I know that it is really hard to take such a long book and condense it down for a movie, but I really felt there were key elements left out... especially the house elves and Sirius. I think it will be hard to add them back into the story when they become an essential part of the story in OotP and HBP. Maybe they just couldn't get Dobby to sign on to another film.=-) I loved the movie, Mad eye was great, Voldemort was perfectly awful, Cho CHang is as beautiful as I imagined her to be, and as hard as it is to like Snape at all after reading HBP, I thought he was hilarious in this film. Fleur was a bit disappointing, as was not seeing what Bill Weasely looked liked. If Bill looks anything like the Weasley twins, I think we are in for a hottie! (who knew they'd end up so cute!) ALl in all, I loved it. Worth the wait.