Harry Potter- No explanation? No suspense?

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

Let's begin with the change of scenery at Hogwarts. Where did that long corridor down to Hagrid's cabin come from? What happened to Hagrid's cabin being across the lawn? The whomping willow, entry to the forest, mountains and rocks, the list goes on and on.
When you make a movie from a book you have to leave things out but why would you add meaningless things like a chorus with frogs or the clock scenes? This book offered much foreshadowing into future books that needed to be portrayed in the movie. This movie failed to develop characters and explain events that gave this book power and great suspense.
The pace of the movie made the story seem rushed and the scenes choppy. The story jumped from one event to the next with little or no explanation. The voices Harry hears when the Dementor's appear, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, Snape's grudge, the Marauder's Map, etc.
The movie was an extreme disappointment. Hopefully Chris Columbus can bring the actors back to their original acting style in the 4th movie and make Hogwarts the dark and mysterious school that the book described and the previous movies portrayed.