Harry Potter 5 brief overview

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2007)

Harry Potter 5 was a good as a film, but its relationship to the book was terrible. It cut out too much main stuff, including Ginnys storyline almost entirely-she shouldn't be just in as an extra (she said roughly 5 words), and she deserves to be credited as a main character, as she is too important in the books to be cut out of the films. (As you can probably tell, I like Ginny) Harry and George's fight with Malfoy after the Quidditch match should have been in the film, as there was room for more stuff. The only people who really got any lines in the film were Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort. Draco Malfoy should have had more than 1 or 2 lines, as again he is too important to be left out. The best scenes were the practise's in the room of requirement, they were the only bits with any look of effort (apart with Dumbledore and Voldemorts fight). I also enjoyed Fred and Georges escape and the scenes with Kreacher in (he was only in because Rowling walked up to Yatesey and told him to put Kreacher back into the script after him being omitted). This director did a decent job on HP4 but an absolutely abysmal job on this film, and I was gutted when i heard that he signed up for HP6. Don't get me wrong, I liked the film, as the good bits made up for the bits that were missed out (approx. half of the book) but Yatesey needs to do a better job on HP6 or the film will lose my vote.