Further down the spiral, the magic is now completely gone.

Rating: 6/10 (14 July 2007)

Episode 5 brings us more of the same. the movie tries to summarize the big book in which (too) many details and story lines are described. The summary is actually quite good but, as part 4, has the killing effect of too many things in 2 and what hours. Therefore the movie is very hasty, giving the actors hardly the chance to act properly. As a matter of fact, the most characters have very little acting time. That makes it hard to empathize with the main characters and leaves you no other choice than to sit back and try to enjoy the many special effects (which are not all that great). The 'children' are becoming too old for their roles. I think it will become a big problem in the next two movies. It is a children's story trying to become mature. Therefore it's way too childish. The simple fight between good and bad, the magic of the first three parts, it's disappeared.