Strong special effects but story is lacking

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2005)

I felt quite a bit disappointed after seeing this movie and spent the whole car ride home arguing with my husband about the quality of the film. If you are looking for a lot of great special effects then this is the movie for you, if you actually read the books and are looking for the film to replicated the feel of the book then you will most likely be disappointed. It seemed to me that the director was to caught up with making the audience go ooh and ahhhh over the effects that he forgot about the story. I did like that Warner Bros. didn't try and P.G. rate this film because then it would have just been awful. Little Harry is not so little anymore and I was shocked at the number of children under age 6 in the theater, most of whom were completely uninterested or scared by the film. As a fan of the books first and the movies second, I must say that this has been the biggest Potter disappointment to date. I just hope that Warner Bros. finds a better director for the next film that will actually work in some type of underlying story to go with the special effects.