Disappointment to Book Fans

Rating: 4/10 (23 June 2004)

As the Harry Potter books got longer I wondered how they were going to be able to transfer all of them to film. This third film starts to show us how, and to book fans it's a little painful to watch.
The greatly speeded-up pace of the movie resulted in a choppiness that is almost comic book like. If you haven't seen the first two films or read the books, you haven't got enough time or information to figure out the depths of the movie's main characters.
Obviously the book had to be shortened for the film, but there were simple things unnecessarily changed in the film that would have worked just fine in its original form. It was merely puzzling not entertaining.
The actor who played Lupin simply did not fit the sensitive character of the book. This is probably the last film of the series I'll see.