It's a pretty good movie but only succeeds as a Harry Potter movie

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2017)

Directed by David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
Overall: This is a pretty good movie and does well as an entry to the Harry Potter franchise but it doesn't work well as a movie on its own whereas some Harry Potter movies do.
Good:
1. Daniel Radcliffe is excellent as Harry Potter and gives new layers to him, not seen before in the franchise.
2. Rupert Grint and Emma Watson do good as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
3. Michael Gambon does an incredible job as Professor Dumbledore.
4. Gary Oldman does an infinitely better job as Sirius Black.
5. Alan Rickman is Alan Ricman. Enough said.
6. Maggie Smith, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Right and Jason Isaacs all do great jobs as Professor McGonoga, Nevile Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Lucius Malfoy respectively.
7. Evanna Lynch is a new addition in the form of Luna Lovegood and is an amazing character with an incredible performance.
8. Now for two of the most cold, heartless fictional women in history: Bellatrix Lestrange(Helena Bonham Carter) and Dolores Umbridge(Imelda Staunton). I imagine both these actresses are very nice people in real life but, in this movie, they are two of the most hatable people on the planet. They deserve props for that because it is truly spectacular what they did.
9. Despite being in short supply, the action is this movie is absolutely incredible and the final sequence is one of the best in the franchise.
Bad:
1. I really hated the individual story for this movie and the prophecy concept did nothing to amaze me.
2. Some scenes were pretty poorly shot and looked horrible.
3. Some effects, such as the broomsticks, are horrific and look god awful.
4. The whole appearance of Lord Voldermort wasn't needed and just felt out of place.
8/10