third time lucky

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2008)

when i first saw this movie in the cinemas i thought it was the worst harry potter movie yet, being a reader of the books. they seemed to cut out almost every memorable scene in the movie or else change them into boring digital effects. whats more characters that should have been given more detail we were just given glimpses of, e.g. tonks and Bellatrix. tonks was only given about 1 or 2 lines and if you hadn't read the book you probably wouldn't'even know her name as you never clearly hear her called tonks, just"don't call me nymphadora", she didn't even say "wotcher harry" which is kind of like her trademark greeting. Bellatrix was played perfectly by Helena Bonham carter but same as tonks she just wasn't given enough to do. dumbledore as usual since Richard Harris (who played dumbledore in the first two movies) passed away had me angry watching him because he is the worst possible dumbledore they could have chosen. he is uncharacteristically angry and aggressive all the time, i still haven't gotten over how he violently shoved harry after reading his name out of the goblet of fire. still he's not as bad when watched over. after watching the movie on DVD a second time i still hated it. but i watched it a third time recently and decided to try and forget all i had read in the book. now it is my favourite of all the potter movies. its dramatic, exciting, funny, and action packed. two new characters i think really saved this movie and that was umbridge and Luna lovegood. they were both perfectly played and were exactly as i imagined down to the last detail.the DA club was done well, and even though it was cho who dobbed them all in, i didn't really mind as i don't really care if cho is hated. Fred and George's exit was great, just as it should have been. kreacher was excellent but still should have had the big role he had in the book but i'm just happy he was shown at all. the thestrals were made excellently. the final battle was good as long as you don't compare it to the book, which was much more dramatic and heart pounding. this movie was simply put superbly made and shouldn't be missed by fans, no matter what bad reviews some book lovers write.