Lacking

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2007)

I have not read the book and thought that might be why I felt lost by the film. After having spoken with others, I think I might have been even more disappointed in the movie if I had read the book.
The movie was disjointed. I felt like I was riding in a car that kept changing directions but never really getting to the destination. There seemed little emotional connection between all the characters that have so much history. Harry, Ron and Hermione all seemed either wooden or way too whiny.
However, I did love the character Luna. She was refreshing, interesting and fun to watch. Almost worth seeing the movie but not quite.
Perhaps the book was just too big to do it justice in 2 hours but this might have been one of those times to do a 3 hour movie or past time to bring Chris Columbus back.