Too condensed

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2005)

This movie was the only Potter movie to disappoint so far. It's not that the directing wasn't great. It's just that, in order to cram that big book into a Hollywood time frame, too much had to be dropped. Moreover, the background scenes in the beginning had a choppy look to them--it almost felt like they were going through with a razor blade and shaving off frames at the end of it to make their time. The overall effect was far too choppy to quite enjoy as much as I have the last few. Even the climactic scenes just felt like they never quite resolved. The director should have just split them up into two movies like he was originally intending. Besides, that way they'd make twice as much money.