character development

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2005)

This is a great movie for those who are looking for a mixture of humor and fantasy, and of a somewhat darkness. However, for a movie like this, you need great character development. Despite all of the excellent acting, i didn't quite FEEL for any of the characters,maybe a little bit, but it didn't quite hit the spot for me, especially harry potter. Unlike the book, there wasn't much of a build up of the relationship between Harry and Dumbledore, Harry and Sirius.They could've added 2 more minutes of dialogue from the book that are extremely vital to the series, and 20 more minutes of scene's to build on harry's relationship with characters other than his two best friends, Ron and Hermione. Also a lot of the scenes were a bit rushed, and some scenes didn't connect with each other. Readers of harry potter books, such as me, would be really disappointed due to the fact of how a lot of the book wasn't followed. On top of that, a few key characters were left out. i understand that David Yates had to shorten this but there are ways to add 20-30 minutes to cover some really important stuff. Don't get me wrong, this is a great movie in a non-reader's, (of the book), view but i think David Yates could've added 20-30 more minutes to satisfy the larger portion of viewers, who consist of ppl who have read the book. There's a major difference between the viewers of the movie, there are those who have read the book and those who haven't, so i'll give this movie two different rating in my rating system. As a reader of the book, let's say 3 and a half out of 5, great movie, just short of excellent, not near solid. In a person who hasn't read the book 4 out of 5, excellent movie, just missed being a solid movie!