Pathetic

Rating: 1/10 (13 July 2007)

I saw the film on the day of release (12 July), and I was really excited about seeing it. I love the books and I love the films, but I hate the idea that the films came from the books, as they're nothing alike. The general ideas are the same, but the important parts are missing and Hermione gets all of Ron's lines! But let's get back to this film. It's the worst yet. As a film it's OK(ish), but as a film of a book it's terrible. HALF of the important things were missing and most of the characters are portrayed incorrectly. Also, what was going on with the filming? One part (I won't say which, or I might get accused of 'spoiling'), but one part, Harry's running and the camera man's running too, so the camera's shaking so much you can't actually see what's going on for a second! And the whole spinning paper thing? What was that about?! Rather pathetic, if you ask me. I really enjoyed the other films, even though they too leave out important parts that lead to the next films. I would also like to point out that Dumbledore suddenly has this Irish accent in film 3 (Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban), when he had no such thing in the first two! I'm glad they made the films as so many others who are too lazy to read the books have the story and excitement of Harry and his friends, but I wish they were better. There is so much room for improvement.