Did not live up on any level

Rating: 3/10 (11 July 2007)

This movie did not live up to any of the hype that the trailer or the book created.
Acting; For so called professional actors/actresses, Danial, Rupert, Emma did not show any ability as actors to portray true emotions instead using common techniques used by amateurs (such as rhythmical phrasing). This is not completely the fault of the actors, it is partly from having not had the proper training, acting in a movie is well and good but without basic training, they are picking up bad habits that hinder there character portrayals.
Special effects/ Direction; For a movie that has the creative freedom to create any visual effects that it chooses, they use the same effects that they use for a specific spells in other movies. also for direction and editing creating a movie that people do not fall asleep in is generally a major point however for some reason this movie movie extremely slow while not covering a great deal of story line.
While I might sound like a Potter hater I am quite the opposite, I love the harry potter book story but I feel that the movies have let the fans down again, and the director for the next two movies should think about trying to follow the story more.