Better than the first two . . . but still not quite satisfactory

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 2004)

Personally, I found the movie to be quite amusing on several occasions. It was much different than the first two films. I only have a few complaints of the movie. I realize that you can't expect any director to put everything from a book to a movie. The movie wasn't exactly a "perfect" adaption. The movie seemed to be in a hurry with the story. Being that I have read the story twice and it is my favorite out of all of the books (I'm admitting to be a bookworm), I practically know the story by heart. Just watching the movie made me feel as though the director was quickly presenting to the audience a summary of the story.
What really made me angry about the film is that they missed a couple MAJOR details to the story. For those of you who have read the story, they completely missed the story of the Marauders, which had relation to Harry's father and Sirius Black, and how the Marauders' Map came to be. Another was the animagus ordeal between the four of the Marauders, which somewhat explains how Sirius escapes Azkaban. And thirdly, they completely hurried through the explanation of Peter Pettigrew (I won't give away all the details). For those of you who haven't read the story, I'm afraid you'll have to read the story to understand what I'm talking about, because you won't find it in the movie.
On a more happy movie, this is a much better version of Harry Potter than the other two. It not necessarily the best, but it is quite good.