The Best Harry Potter yet

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2005)

I went to see this over the weekend and I wondered how close it would be to the book, considering it was only a little longer that Sorcerer's Stone. I walked out happy. The special effects were great and real looking. The adult actors were very good, especially Michael Gambon, who I thought he was better in this one than Prisonor of Azkaban. Even though he isn't as good as the great Richard Harris, I thought he did very well. Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe were better in this one than the others, especially Daniel Radcliffe. Emma Watson really got on my nerves as Hermione in this occasionally. She seemed to act too melodramatic sometimes, but she was all right. As a fan of the books, I think Steve Kloves did better on the screenplay on this one. Even though many things were taken out and it felt a little rushed, everything went in place all right. I'm glad it was rated PG-13 because the story gets a lot darker as it goes on. I thought Voldemort looked pretty cool, except I still can't remember why he was a little half-human midget. Anyway, I wouldn't really recommend this to younger children because of some language, Frightening and violent images. Overall, I think this is the best Harry Potter film yet, and made up for some of the mistakes in Prisoner of Azkaban. I have high hopes for Order of the Phenoix.