two thumbs up

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2004)

I highly praise the job well done by the new director of the third installment of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. Altho the plot stretched a bit thin at times, it is completely understandable considering the fact they only had 2 and a half hours to work with, given the length of the book. I have not read the 3rd book yet (in fact, I only bought the first book this past weekend) I did not feel lost at any point in this film. However, anyone watching this film without having either read the previous books or seen the previous movies will have a tougher time deciphering, but that's b/c this IS the third installment. (A friend of mine had that very problem.) I highly suggest that anyone slightly interested in Harry Potter go to see this film, b/c it is the best of the three. (I also find that each new movie is better than the preceding film.)