Good and the bad... and the director (Spoilers!!!)

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2004)

good: Oldman and Thewis. Did a MUCH better job as Sirius and Lupin than I thought they would. I should have held my opinions till I saw them in action, and I apologize for any harshness I gave when I found out about casting. They were really excellent, and I can't wait to see them reprise their roles!!
Bad: They didn't get NEARLY enough screentime. There were parts cut from the book they could have added in the movie. These actors were talented enough to be seen more!
Good: the kids. They are getting better as they get older. Little Rupert Grint, (well not little anymore. he's a teenager now.) Was just cute and funny as usual. Emma Watson is a joy to watch, and I still say no one could play Harry or Malfoy better than Radcliffe and Felton.
Bad: Because of the lack of character development, somethings they did or said didn't make sense. Like Hermione saying she trusted Lupin... how? she had 1 class with him! So what if she said it in the book, they should have had Harry say it instead. it would have made more sense.
Good: I liked Buckbeak and Hagrid as usual... and the new dumbledore was very good. I like that he was himself playing the role, and not an imitator of Late and Great mr. harris. It worked for me. I also love Alan Rickman.
Bad: Where the heck were they?!!! The screentime was next to NOTHING. they deserved more time! It wasn't even 2 and a half hours long. Why not make it 2hrs and 45 minutes? Take out some of the boring scenes and add a few more character development scenes?
Good: The graphics.
Bad: The story line. They were so intent on wowing everyone with the Special effects, that it seemed like the writers and directors didn't care about the story.
Good: New director next movie
Bad: Too late to save this one. I hate to say it, but the director just didn't seem to care about the movie. It was rushed, it was chopped apart, it just didn't connect the way the book and the first two movies did.
I hope the DVD offers extras that will make up for the dissection brought to the screen. I also hope they re-release the DVD's adding the deleted scenes into the movies. I'm tired of doing the "Game" just to see 2 seconds of footage. Add it to the movie like Lord of the Rings for crying out loud. If we didn't have accidents in the movie theater, I'm sure we can sit through a few extra minutes.
Good: It wasn't bad. I liked Lupin and Sirius, the kids were great, the other actors were also very good.
Bad: Too rushed, to chopped up, too much attention to appearance details and not enough to story details... could have been a little longer, or could have deleted some of the boring scenes and added some of the character development scenes in the book. I'm not saying, they have to do the book word for word, but this was so chopped up and rushed, I liked it... I did, but just not as much as I had hoped to. The book is my favorite of the series so far, Sirius and Lupin my favorite characters, so I was a bit disappointed.
7/10.