weakest of the four

Rating: 4/10 (18 November 2005)

no dursley's, no bugs, no elves, no history, no quidditch...this movie is far from what i expected to see.
but i think i figured out what this movie was truly missing. apparently it was chosen that this chapter of the movies was going to an action/adventure, whereas the book was more of a revelations piece. throughout the novel, we learned much more history and mystery of hogwarts and many other characters involved in the plot. this movie seemed to bypass all of the important information and display only a series of special effects.
plus the movie took special effects too far. nothing flickering on the screen was close to how my imagination (influenced by years 1-3) portrayed the scenery in the book. and as far as realism can go in the magic world, well, this film has some truly unrealistic moments that were clearly altered from the novel simply for a more glamorous effect.