Point of view of a non-fan (people with friends who are fans read it)

Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2005)

I am not a fan of Harry Potter, so you can trust me when I say this movie is quite good, very easy and fun to watch. Really, I am no Harry Potter fan, let me point my case so you'll believe me in case you're not fans and want to know if you're gonna enjoy your spent money or just throw it away to the garbage. I know the story because now it turns out that all of my friends are fans of the little mage. I saw the first movie since, as a movies fan, i wanted to know what the whole buzz was all about. I became disappointed, i was awfully bored, that was the problem, well that and all the silly situations,i believed none of them, i didn't buy them,i could forgive anything but watching a boring film, seeing a kid finding an invisible cloak is neither new nor fun for me. Of course I didn't watch the sequels, don't mention the books, but as i tell you, i seem to be the one that's wrong, now i have a girlfriend that craves everything that has to do with HP. So here i am, at the movie theater, one hour earlier to the show, i am psychologically preparing myself to watch more of the same unbelievable child tale I saw a long time ago, and they say the movie is about 2 hrs and a half long, damn. After a few silly situations the movie starts getting to a point, more important, it is fun, hey all i wanted was that from the beginning, the characters become somehow real, as real as an adventure movie can be, and the rhythm is perfect, of course, i kept laughing at some others situations, specially at the end, but hey, the overall experience was fine with me, the FX, some really nice photography, real fun characters (the twins despite being total jerks are quite fun), and lots of action, i'm telling you, this is not the ultimate adventure-action-fantasy film of all the time, but even if you don't have a son, girlfriend or friends begging u to go with them because Harry Potter is oh so fantastically marvelous and all way cool, you can seriously watch this film with no regrets, is a solid, agile action paced movie with fine FX and nice music and cinematography, truly fun.