Alfonso Cauron, go to hell

Rating: 1/10 (13 May 2007)

Sorry to those who liked this film but i have to say that this film was disappointing. there were more bad things about this film than the good things. The good things about about this film were: 1. it was darker than the first two. they outlined the story in a dark way due to its background but that is not an enough of an excuse.
2. i guess the actors were maturing and i will give them credit there and there was humour from them.
3.the punch from Hermione
the negatives:
1.they took out a lot of important parts out as if they never existed. they took out key chapters like the owl post, the Qiudditch final, the owl post again. perhaps the only one i would edit is the Gryffindor vs raven claw otherwise it might drag on.
2. the film itself was inaccurate. even with the chapters they kept in was not explained enough. they didn't talk much about the marauders map and the creators which is the key information for the 5th book and also they never explained why Sirius black is an animagus and that his dad was an animagus. they did not talk about how lupin was a werewolf, professor Trelawnys prediction was not explained enough. she was supposed to mention that not only will Voldemort return soon, that worm-tail will return and harry's shocking future. when it came to the important parts, it was either that it was skipped or rushed. in the book it explained the painting was teared and the fat lady was injured but in the film the fat lady was not injured and acted rather wimpish than shocked which also reminds me about Ron screaming that he saw a knife and no one believed him. this was not in the film. the hourglass was not explained enough either.
3. this film wasn't really taken seriously. you would expect this whole film to be so dark you would be thrilled a lot more than the first two. the film seemed a bit like a young kids film and they portrayed malfoy rather annoying than a villain.
4. the werewolf looked liked a skinny greyhound. it said clearly in the book that it was large hairy and should have looked much more ferocious like the ones in van Helsing.
5. what happened to the locations, Hagrids hut is elsewhere and the whomping willow is in the wrong place. if they are going to make a film based on a film it must be accurate.
6. some of the important parts were mentioned at other point like the fire-bolt which was originally explained in the middle and in the film its at the end.
7. the patronus charm was supposed to shape like a stag not a shield
8. they may have matured but still could have improved and stop acting childish like Ron and Malfoy.
my theory about this film being currently rated 7.7 is that first of all the book is known to be one of the worlds most famous novels ever. because of that a lot of people who haven't read the book would be curious about the film to know what makes it good. As a film, this can be quite good which explain why it is highly rated. but if you read the book and watch this, you will understand the disappointment. it has a darker mood but should have done much better.
we all have our opinions, we are free to choose what we want but this I'm afraid is not what you would hope for if you are a fan. i myself thought that this would be the film of 2004 but it failed miserably.
P.S Alfonso Cauron directed such a kiddish film called a little princess! what does that tell you!