A Good Looking Movie with a great ending...but an extreme let-down to fans of the books

Rating: 3/10 (15 July 2007)

First let's get this out of the way: this movie looks fantastic. The visual effects are top notch with realistic looking fireworks and spell casting.
That being said, this movie will be an extreme let down to fans of the book. Too much is changed and too many plots have been completely altered such as Cho being the one to rat out the D.A. and the complete omission of Ron and Hermione becoming Perfects, revelation of Twelany being the one who created the prophecy between Harry and Lord Voldemort, and the omission of Ron being the Keeper for Griffindor.
I also felt that if you didn't read the book, you couldn't understand the plot of the movie. Too much was happening too fast that they omitted any sort of plot. The only really cool part of this movie is the climatic wizarding duel between the D.A. and the Death Eaters and Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort.
I'm throughly disappointed with this movie and wish that the director of the first movie had continued directing all of them.