Fast Paced movie...

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2007)

First of all,let this thing get straight:"If you are to make a movie entirely according to the 800+ book, it would take 6-8 hrs of a movie".So die hard readers of HP book- be ready to get disappointed when you go for this movie as the movie does not entirely portray the book.But as in whole it has tried to get the essence of the book but being the shortest movie(only 2hrs and 18 mins!!!) its natural that we readers would feel disheartened.This is exactly what happened to me when i went to watch the most awaited HPATOOTP.The only thing i felt they should have tried to show us more, was about the prophecy.In the book,the prophecy has been given so much importance and had been explained so much ,well, in the movie it gets over in 2 mins(making only the part" should kill each other as neither can survive when the other is alive" clear to the audience) The remaining part of the prophecy(how Neville came close to being the "Boy who lived" has been left out and there is no further explanation of the same(sigh!!)Furthermore i was surprised to see how the character of Dumbledore was changed: He is being shown as an extremely powerful and a strong character whereas we all know how he is in the book.Well to say it short, the director has done a good job in putting across the essence of the book to the audience in just 2hrs and 18 mins.They could have stretched the movie a little more( thats what book readers would say i guess :-) ),otherwise a thoroughly enjoyable,fast paced movie(with gripping climax and effects).