Slower than the others

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2008)

I found this installment of the Harry Potter movies to be quite slow throughout the whole movie. Sure there were exciting bits, but not overall. I think if you added up the time actors were speaking and the time they were not, you would find a 50/50 split. The lack of action also made this movie seem like just one more installment.
My suspicion was correct - the director has been changed. The other installments in the story of Harry Potter were fast paced, loaded with charm, excitement, interesting, and fun. This one verges on being brooding droll and annoying. I was hoping this would change with the next (last?) installment but alas no - the same director of "Order of the Phoenix" is directing "Half-Blood Prince" - what a shame. Here I was just thinking that this is the only series of movies to go into history as maintaining a solid entertainment line, but alas no.
Amazingly everything else is absolutely the same strong entertainment as before (from production to acting), except for the very weak action line. It is so poor it drags the whole movie down _for me_. I couldn't wait until it was over. It is and I'm done. 6/10
-LD
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