What a load of CRAP

Rating: Null/10 (6 June 2004)

First of all, what was with the magic being used under the sheets at the beginning. To me, it looked a lot like he was trying to do something else other than homework. Anyway, two minutes later, Uncle Vernon tells Harry he knows he's not allowed to do magic outside of school. Another thing, they explained Aunt Marge's visit and the Knight Bus VERY poorly. What was with the talking Jamaican Head anyway? They added crap in place of very important scenes. Crap added: animal crackers that make you sound like the animal, the Fat Lady's opera "humor", that one kid that was always with Malfoy (Malfoy was never with both Crabbe and Goyle, he was with Crabbe OR Goyle plus with that random tall kid never mentioned in the book). Things that shouldn't have been left out: explanation of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs; how Lupin knew the Marauder's Map was a map, the Three Broomsticks (should have allowed children), Pigwidgeon (Ron's new owl), and the origin of the Firebolt. Where were half of the characters in this movie? Ginny had all of one line in the movie, Fred and George mainly just gave the Marauder's map to Harry, Mrs. Weasley's entire role was giving Scabbers back to Ron. And some of the characters were just.... off. Flitwick looked forty years younger, Parvati was ugly instead of pretty like she's described in book four, Dumbledore's beard was in a ponytail holder and Professor Lupin looked like a child molester. I had to explain what was happening to my friends who had never read the book, though I barely knew what was happening, what with the choppiness of the script and the negative explanation of half of the things. Those who are major fans of Harry Potter, like I am, don't bother wasting your money on the movie. I waited two hours in line for good seats at the movie for Hermione's fake looking punch (Hermione punched Malfoy instead of slap him) and an entirely different sounding prediction from Professor Trelawney which also wasn't explained!