Once again I was Disappointed by the inabilty of people to accuratley bring across a brilliant - if long winded - story.

Rating: 5/10 (13 July 2007)

Though the cast and setting remain unchanged since Alfonso Cuarón (The Prisoner of Azkaban) changed the path of the saga, the Harry Potter series has decidedly taken a turn for the worse as the director  David Yates - allowed the adults to take control of the movie. Although in fairness there were several points where the emotions of the young cast members were brought forward with spectacular effectiveness. Admittedly the acting seems worse than it really was due to the shoddy dialogue that often gave way to spectacular monologues that were cruelly juxtaposed with the short poorly written lines of the supporting cast. The entire 138 minutes of the film was climaxed with the last 15 minutes being the only worthwhile scenes. However, and I have to bring this to the fore as the character that is quite possibly the most important  other than Harry himself, is once again destroyed by the eccentric and overwhelming performance of Michael Gambon. Once again the director is to blame, for the fact that Dumbledore appears incredibly weak against the might of Lord Voldemort, and whose entire character and personality is modified. Voldemort I have to say was quite possibly  with the exception of Gary Oldman and Imelda Staunton  the best adult performer throughout, portrayed by Ralph Fiennes, Voldemort is given a purely evil face by this spectacular actor. Imelda Staunton does a brilliant job as Professor Umbridge, however her character was just a tinsy bit overdone, but that may well have been the intention. Helena Bonham Carter did a brilliant job of playing the deranged sociopath Bellatrix Lestrange, escaped to serve evil once more, and as she faces Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) who also did a fine job of portraying his character. Over all; the last 15 minutes of the film, the few good performances, the two flying scenes, coupled with the incredible musical score are the only parts of the film worth mentioning. Even and perhaps most disappointing was that sorry special effects that were used, with the giant Grawp looking like something out of Shrek.
Over all 5.5 popcorns is all I can give this film