rushed, and changed

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 2004)

I went to see this movie, with the knowledge that I had seen the first two and liked both of them. They weren't my favorites, but I did really like them. When I went to see this movie I was very disappointed. I felt like the director didn't stay true to the book the way Chris Columbus had. A lot of the main plot scenes, were either cut out, rushed, or completely changed.
I know that there were at least two points in the movie where it would have taken just as much time to keep the plot the way it was supposed to be, as it did to change the plot. He also added a lot of things that weren't in the book, and added in the sense that they were good and did give you a chance to relax, but I felt like they were put in at the expense of the plot, and could have been taken out and instead given to a lot of the plot scenes that really needed the extra time. The actors did develop and gave better acting, but it was wasted on the lack of good videotaping or camera management, and mood music, which I noticed a lack of on more then one occasion. All in all, it was not worth seeing, and if you want to keep your good images, from the book, I suggest that you don't see it.