Where did the story go?

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2004)

Okay needless to say that the visuals are striking,the performances of the now wellknown cast are better then ever but...what about the story...or lack of it? It seems like the director has taken a few parts of the book,filmed them wonderfully but never thought about the people watching the movie without having read the book first.Is this "the best of"? The whole Lupin,Black,Pettigrew,Snape situation in the end kept my friends guessing to what was going on,Crookshanks(my favourite)wasn't given the time of day,the struggle between Hermione and Ron that actually continues throughout the book because of the rat scabbers so called being eaten by Crookshanks is nowhere to be noticed. The ending changed so the hippogriff has a heroic thing going on by shaking off Lupin as a weerwolf.What about Harry's head showing in Hogsmeade and thus having problems with Snape... Yes I think this is a big problem and I do hope the DVD will remedy this. Greetz from Ghent,Belgium
Gert