Visually enthralling...Story wise awful...

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2008)

I am a Harry Potter fan. I have always loved the books. But i have always been disappointed by the movies. The first two were the best and stayed true to the story of the book. But since the third there's been a disastrous change.
Talking about this movie particularly i was mainly disappointed and sad when i came out of the theater hall. The cgi and the special effects are really very good and convincing. But its the story where the movie suffers the most.
If you've read the book you'll know that as far as understanding the Harry Potter universe is considered the 5th book is one of the most important. This movie was supposed to be the one that should have answered all the questions that a common viewer would have, having watched the movies without reading the book. It was supposed to tell us why Dumbledore never talked to Harry about his scar. Why he never said why he left Harry at his uncle's place when he was just a baby. Why he never explained the reason that Harry had to return to his uncle's place during all his vacations. Why it was because of him that Sirius was killed. And so many other questions that would have made the movie perfect in all respect.
I felt that Harry's character was kind of over-shadowed by Hermione. It was like she was bossing him around and he was too much of a coward to take control.
The movie could have been great in many other ways. I have just mentioned a few.
All in all i'd give it a 6 just for the enthralling visuals and nothing else.