oh my, a summer movie that was worthwhile to see!

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2007)

now there are, of course, two ways too look at this. One way is by looking at it from the perspective of the die hard Harry Potter fan who has the book memorized and would get all upset over the little things.
The second way is to look at it as a film based on a book...
Now, again and again I understand that to cram 900 pages into a 2 hour film you are going to need to do a little editing. Chances are you are going to want to focus on the main events of the story, and give the viewer a good taste of just about every. You certainly don't want to cram in every little element you can possibly cram into it just because it was in the book. You want the movie to have flow, you want the movie to be enjoyable.
And this was...
This was a very enjoyable movie (aside from the increase in people who feel the need to talk and text on their phones in the theater). The story was well told. There was good flow and the continuity was very easy to follow unlike the previous too movies which just seemed to be somewhat disjointed...
My wife did comment on how she thought that the Weasley Rebellion could have been a bit grander, but that was really the only complaint that she could have warranted.
As far as little plot holes, i felt that they kinda dropped the Cho/Harry relationship a little too quickly. It was like okay here they are, and then we don't hear anything about them at all after that. Then they sort of talk about it later, and loosely tie it up. But then again, the Cho/Harry thing was a subplot and you shouldn't get all upset over that.
What else is there... Oh, Voldemort sort of looks like Marilyn Manson in a scene or two... And Harry's Scar somehow appears and disappears from time to time...
Anything more then that is just mindless ramblings that have absolutely nothing to do with anything, so I shall stop here.