I expected better

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2006)

First off I would like to say that I did enjoy the movie, the action scenes were great and the triwizard contest was done well. Of the four movies to date it was the worst one i've seen though. I was watching this movie with my husband and was disappointed to note that it was missing far too much, my husband, who has never read the books, commented that the action scenes seemed to come out of nowhere, I agree. The movie needed more of the plot added, it needed to show Harry relationship with Moody, it needed to show the long hours Harry and Hermione spent studying all the hexes and curses. If I had never read the book i would have been at a loss as to what the plot was about and in truth I am dreading the fifth movie. So much happens in the fourth book with Harry and his friends that is a factor in the next book and I fear the next movie will end also in the tragic fate of the fourth. I fear that the omission of a large chunk of the plot(everything not pertaining to the triwizard) will confuse those who have never read the books.
The action scenes I give a 8\10 but because I need and expect more from a movie(especially one of this caliber as I found the books to be some of the best I have read) then just action my overall vote is 5 maybe 6 out of 10. I understand that time may have been an issue for the directors of the film but really all they had to do was show Harry hard at work figuring out his clues and practicing his new spells in flash scenes. You know the ones where there is music in the background and you just see shots of the actors doing stuff but there is no talking.