complete disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2007)

i do not understand how anyone who claims to be a "die-hard fan of the novels" could regard this movie with anything other than disappointment. from this point on there will be spoilers so if you haven't seen it yet, read no further.
the movie was doomed from the beginning. first of all the park that harry was in looked like it was in the middle of nowhere. harry and Dudley had their conversation alone and not in front of Dudley's friends like in the movie. the Dementors looked completely different than in the prisoner of Azkaban. Mrs. Figg wasn't angry like she was supposed to be. and Mudungus was not even mentioned.
along with cutting out some very important details, there were things that were completely different than the book. for example, in the movie Cho was the one who was responsible for Umbridge finding out about the D.A. when in the book it was her friend. anyone who has read the books should know that the parts that they left out of this movie are extremely important not only for the plot of this story, but also for the development of characters for the next movie.
the part that annoys me the most is that they went to the trouble of putting Kreacher in this movie, but they cut out the most important part that he played. Kreacher was responsible for harry going to the ministry of magic. in the book, after harry has his vision of Sirius at the ministry with Voldemort, he goes to the fireplace and tries to contact Sirius to see if it is true. Kreacher tells him that Sirius is gone even though he wasn't. what was the point of putting Kreacher in the movie if they cut that entire part out.
Quidditch was completely cut out. there wasn't even a small scene of a game. the cut out the part where Ron and Hermione and Draco were made prefects. actually Draco wasn't in more than three scenes. he is such an important character in the sixth book and they are supposed to build up to that. everyone in the fifth movie seemed like secondary characters.
Trelawney had just a small role as well when she was one of the most important characters in the fifth book. Neville was also cut drastically in the movie. the wizard hospital, the fight between Bellatrix and harry, the swamp that the Weasley twins left, all of that was cut out as well.
the prophecy, which was the most important part of the book, was mentioned but it seemed as though the director wanted to focus more on special effects and fight scenes than on the actual story.
there is so much more, but i will let someone else discuss it.