too hurried

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2005)

The movie faces the inevitable drawback of trying to fit in what actually was worth 2 movies into one.The book was huge , full of action and events.And so when they tried to fit all that in around 2 and a half hours , the movie , especially the 2nd challenge and the final duel with Voldemort had a hurried feeling to it ,as if it was originally scheduled to be long , but some heavy editing was done on those counts.So , before u know it , we have Voldemort arising ,calls the Death Eaters, chats up with them (just to register the fact that Lucius Malfoy was one of them), turns to Harry , slithers and challenges him to a duel , and then we have the wand connecting thing, the ghosts appear , and wham! before u know it, he's escaped. we get a feeling that this turned out to be too easy for Harry. on the positive side , the whole movie has a good dark feel to it, just as it should be.also , the first challenge with the dragons is simply superb.
of course , if u r a Harry Potter fan , u wud anyways go and see it.if u r not , well... mebbe u can give this a miss.