Too flashy

Rating: 5/10 (16 December 2007)

The film did no justice to the book. It would have served as a good synopsis of the novel, summarizing some of the main ideas that follow through, like the DA, but it lacked all the filling which JKR put so much into. Flashing back and forth between incidents and the DA took away from its plot-building, suspense-building, viewer-catching potential. Makes the video very hollow, and disappointing. Perhaps it should have allowed a little more attention be given to the other parts, especially where concepts come up later as important pieces. (See goofs/FAQ for more details). The parts it did include, though, were good.