I really liked the Harry Potter movie series... until now.

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2007)

There were so many integral parts of the book that were completely left out, or altered so severely that they didn't even resemble the book any longer.
A short list of things that were completely left out: * Petunia and Dumbledore's Howler * All mention of Grimauld Place being unplotable, and the note that Dumbledore wrote so that Harry could even get there (shorten the ridiculous stretching animation and actually make it understandable) * Kreacher stealing things * Sirius's mother (seriously, a 5 second scene would have worked) * The trip to St. Mungo's where the Longbottom situation is explained appropriately * ... so many more.
Things that were changed significantly: * Sirius's death. Just plain wrong. She didn't avada kadavra him. She stunned him and he fell into the door. * The prophecies. No "ghostly apparitions" were present. The ball just formed a face and spoke. And it did so in the company of the entire Potter team. * The DA being ratted out (Cho didn't do it, damn it.)
All in all... definitely my least favorite of the movies. It's so sad. I had high expectations, and David Yates managed to thrash every single one of them.