A poor adaption of one of the greatest novels of all time (SPOILERS)

Rating: 4/10 (14 July 2004)

O.K., I write this as a "Harry Potter BOOK fan." My sister and I are huge fans of the five novels, and the first two films (great adaptions!) But when we saw this film, we were greatly disappointed! They took out A LOT, and added A LOT. There was a shrunken head on the night bus. They took out the quidditch cup, they took out Crookshanks' involvement with Sirius Black. They did not explain the whole "protection spell" Dumbledore used on Harry and his parents. And what was with changing Hogwarts so much?! Dememtors flying?! Sirius NOT slashing Ron's drapes with a knife?! This film being shorter than BOTH of the previous films?! That new director RUINED my second favorite Harry Potter novel! They deleted AT LEAST a hundred and fifty pages of the book, and added TOO MUCH new (and stupid) material. There was some dumb hunchback, and Harry behaved too much like a hero. The novel is 435 pages, and the fourth novel is 734 pages. I shudder to think how much they'll butcher the fourth film. If you are a loyal book fan, DO NOT see this film, read the books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ** out of **********