Good, Bad... Not fantastic!

Rating: Null/10 (4 September 2004)

The third book of the Harry Potter series has by far been my most favorite, and I would have liked its movie to go along with the book. The change of a lot of things have caused it to be slightly different and strange than the rest of the two movies. Hogwarts castle seems to be amidst tonnes of greenery and was much better in the first two movies.
Professor Trelawney was not as she should be. Note: It says in the book that she is really thin (which Emma Thompson isn't!) and is always wearing a lot of shawls. Emma's acting maybe fabulous but they should've changed her appearance. She surely wasn't what came to my mind when i read the books. She is compared to a bee. She was supposed to wear a lot of glittering rings and should've spoken in a more misty voice, instead of a scary one! The voice she spoke in for the prophecy was really good though.
They also made the movie really short and cut out most of the interesting parts and put in some unwanted ones. For example the scene of that scary head that says 'Yeah take it away Ern!' on the bus shouldn't have been there. They weren't even mentioned! They were also present in the entrance to the Three Broomsticks! Why? They're gruesome anyway! They've put in the boys' dormitory scene in too. It's pretty weird. They cut out the best part in the book about Harry telling Stan Shunpike that he's Neville! They also made out Tom the innkeeper at the Leaky Cauldron to be some sort of retarded kid or something!
Another thing, They've made out Draco to be some sissy silly boy (which he isn't) they spoiled his good-looking evil hairstyle. His gang and himself are shown very awkwardly. I mean pushing aside kids and all! Of course Tom's acting was fabulous and he looked as good as ever! one of his croonies was different though. Everyone's slimmed down too!
Something else i noticed was that there was less and less humour in it and that everyone's acting though different was somewhat unlike Harry Potter. And the use of robes had been given less and less importance by every scene! Emma Watson looks like an idiot in her short tops (they shud've been a bit longer to give them some style!) and they look like normal humans instead of wizards. The billowing of the robes is what makes Harry Potter! Emma's acting wasn't much like Hermione and so were her expressions. She was in a bad mood all the time and I think they should've made her fight with Ron and Harry. That was the best part!
Harry's fire bolt should've been given to him long before and the worst thing about the movie is that there is not one scene including the dashing Oliver Wood (Sean Biggerstaff) and none with the Quidditch Cup either! They spoiled the scene halfway through the movie!And the Minister of Magic should've been shorter!
Gary Oldman, no matter how good an actor he is shouldn't have been picked for Sirius's role in the very beginning. I imagined Sirius to be a cool good-looking wizard although he had spent years in Azkaban. In my opinion he should've been a bit tanner and not that foul-looking. He should've just been more cooler than he was a bit taller and more good-looking. I certainly can't see Gary Oldman as the perfect Sirius Black even with some makeup.
The changes of Hogwarts castle are despecable and the portrait of the Fat lady is utterly idiotic! I mean, I know it says fat, not obese! And Parvati and Padma Patil could've been better! They are mentioned really well in HP5 and they're rather ugly shown in HP3. I think they should've been a bit more attractive! Mud is exchanged with snow, why? Also, along with Trelawney the Divination room should've been better! It should be misty and more red than it was!
Along with the heaps of bad things there were loads of good things about the movie too! For example the presence of Draco Malfoy was cool enough! And there were several aspects really well done! The Boggart scene was really good and David Thewlis acted out Professor Lupin very well indeed. The Marauders Map indeed looked really good and Fred And George's acting has successfully improved. Dan Radcliffe can work on his a bit more because he really cant be as expressing as Harry should be nor as cool. He grits his teeth in half his dialogs.
The Knight bus was really rad along with Ern and Stan Shunpike who couldn't be better! The stupid head thing was gross though! Crookshanks was fantastic, exactly like it was described (like it ran headlong into a wall!) it cute all the same. The way they made Harry's hair untidier this time was very well done and the Dementors were really superb. Dan has done a bit of improvement in some of his scenes but fails in all his others.
The werewolf scene was plausible and so was the Time Turner thing. But removing most parts from the book is really stupid as it spoils the beautiful scenario JK creates.
The movie isn't very good nor is it very bad, i would've preferred the previous director and not this one though... But whatever! All in all, it wasn't up to the expectations of most of the viewers I dare say, as it was not up to the standard of the book it represents as the third book is really awesome, just the thing the movie isn't!