Great Movie- Gives the Book a Bad Name

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2007)

If you have read the Harry Potter books and loved them just as much as i have, you should probably agree that this was the worst Harry Potter film (COMPARED TO THE BOOKS), besides that I enjoyed it. When Harry and his friends finally reach the door in his dreams, they go directly into the Hall of Prophecies, though in the book they go through a variety of rooms, and that is a part I was most eager to see. The room with the brains, and the time room. Also in the book,almost everybody but Harry got injured in the battle, while in the film, no one gets injured. Also, in the film, they rearrange things and combine things that I don't think they should have. The sacking of Trelawney takes place almost directly when Umbridge becomes High Inquisitor, when in the books it doesn't take place until after Christmas. Also, they do not show the St. Mungo's scene at all, they do not even mention it, and they leave out the attack on Hagrid and McGonnagal. And the last thing that really upset me was the fact that in the book Bellatrix DOES NOT hit Sirius with Avada Kadavra, He only gets knocked into the veil. In the movie she does hit him with the killing curse, sending him into the veil. But I still believe Sirius is alive (LISTEN TO WHAT LUNA SAYS AT THE END!!!) Therefore, in my opinion, they film makers left out way too much, and I think for those who haven't read the book will find this movie hard to follow. Also I believe that this movie is way too short- 2 hours and 18 minutes, not enough time for an 870 page book. I enjoyed the movie but I think they were a great disappointment to those who read the books.