great!

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2007)

By now the Harry Potter series won't need any explanation. Most people that will be seeing this film will have seen the films and/or read the books after all. Bookwise this fifth part is a HUGE part. About 1000 pages, the largest part so far. Filmwise this means a lot of information needs to be brought to the screen or trimmed away far enough that it disappears without too much consequence.
So far the series fared rather well on that. The first three do a more or less straight conversion. Harry Potter 4 was missing a lot of data that was in the book but still worked out well enough. For me, part 5 misses more data than 4 did, but works out better nonetheless. I think this is a great film. It's fast, action packed, played out well enough. I also think it works better for people who have read the book than for people that haven't. Some things don't connect very well without the story backing it.
New characters like Luna Lovegood were typecast brilliantly which added to the film in a great way. Used effects were great, atmosphere was chilling, musical choice was fitting. All in all, another great addition to the series. Looking forward to the next part.
9 out of 10 wizards bewitched