Blast-ed out, v.00

Rating: Null/10 (17 March 2008)

A very watchable thriller that held my attention all the way through my first viewing. An okay achievement. I started with Harry Potter in March 2005 and this is nothing like the same, just it was still very watchable.
Except that it also feels rather empty to me. Empty of solid Harry Potter 5 content and empty in all sorts of other ways too. So, a story that is very watchable, gripping for the first viewing, while also being remarkably empty. I can easily imagine Ron of the novels watching this sort of thing and coming to such a conclusion.
This is the first where I have read the novel beforehand. The feature felt very much like a summary of the novel, with some detail changed in order to allow the summary to flow well. I had expected this, given the previous features. I had not expected this to be a portrayal of the novel and in this particular case this mostly felt to have a worthwhile integrity, despite the emptiness.
Further, I was impressed by the quality of the FAQ for this feature at March 2008.
I was going to re-watch OOPS HP 5 in May 2010, just before posting this update to my comment. I re-read the novel instead. I do not watch this DVD all that often.