One more opinion

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2007)

In my opinion this is the worst of the Potter movies (despite being an excellent book). If you're a HP fan (as I am of the books and movies until now) you have to go see it of course but I'd advise against getting your hopes up.
Too much of the storyline is incoherent and many plot events occur for little discernible reason. Characters and their back story aren't fleshed out and motivations are therefore sketchy. The group I went to the movie with consisted mostly of book readers and they were unanimous in thinking the movie needed to be longer and to have more depth. My hope is that a directors cut with extra footage may remedy this. The non readers in our group were confused by and uninterested in the plot. Maybe you'll disagree with me and think it was a great movie but I and my friends didn't. Probably worth a 6 but my disappointment makes it a 5.