Harry Potter lost somewhere his magic

Rating: 2/10 (14 July 2007)

What a disappointment! What an huge disappointment! I want my money back! Where did the true Harry Potter series go? I remembered films where you could perceive magic always and everywhere, you could feel an heart beating behind all that computer graphic, you could daydream watching the gripping adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione. This time it's a complete failure. The story hasn't heart, hasn't point, hasn't characters you can relate and grow attached to. Why does Harry kiss Cho Chang? I couldn't feel any sentiment between them. Why did they push Ron and Hermione away? Ron and Hermione were Harry's moral support in every situation, they were the friends everybody wants to have. Now they're merely two flat figures without any personality: where did Ron's liveliness go? Where did Hermione the friendly swot go? Maybe they lost somewhere between the special effects. The pacing went too fast, luckily I had read the book, otherwise I wouldn't understand anything. The only things I liked were Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange and Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood. They're perfectly cast and show remarkable acting skills: about Staunton and Bonham Carter that's natural because they're very good actresses, but about Lynch wow, she doesn't play Luna Lovegood, she is Luna Lovegood! Don't waste your time with HP5, go see something else.