Past Pitiful Performance Repeated

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2004)

In one word, the first two installments of the HP series sucked. In two words, they EXTREMELY sucked. And that's not an understatement. I lost faith in the movies being as great as the books.
Now that they got a new director, Cuaron, I thought, hey, he might make it better. So I watched it.
10 minutes into the movie I thought "Past performance repeated". 20 minutes into the movie I popped up my CD Player and listened to music instead.
The acting is VERY bad. And, excuse me fangirls, but Daniel Radcliffe does not know how to act. The best thing that happened to Harry Potter is Rupert Grint.
Its not as even as funny as the book. They made all the funny parts extremely lame. The funniest part was at the beginning with the Dursleys. The rest was tedious.
However, I congratulate Cuaron on 2 things: 1- He stuck to the story brilliantly. 2- He managed to make the movie darker and more mature.
Overall VERY bad movie even if you're a fan. Don't know why it stays as #1.