Weakest of the series

Rating: 6/10 (21 April 2006)

I liked this movie from a movie standpoint but when you consider the book it's from you have to feel a bit let down. I understand that some things have to be left out when you consider the movie is already 2 1/2 hours long and to include everything from the book would make it 2x longer but knowing the series is going to continue means you can't leave out pertinent information. I certainly hope that some of the things left out of GoF are not just dropped from OotP because that would be terrible considering some things continue into HBP and possible the last book. I also have to say that adding things that were not in the book is a waste of time they could have used to put in some of the REAL story. I hope OotP is even better. I didn't mind the way PoA was a little different from the book because it kept all the important stuff and was so close to be accurate that it's hard to notice. The first two were so much like the book that most readers would be able to skip the first 2 books and go strait to PoA without losing anything. Maybe JK wanted the movies and books to differ so everyone would say "See the movie for the action and read the book for the story..." That way she wins twice.