gets better with every time i see it

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2008)

first of all i'm not at all a potter fan, never was but to say this movie is bad, cause its not exactly like the third book is utter nonsense. i didn't read the 3 book but never the less i know what its about i know where and about whom... thats all i need to know.
the story is solid OK maybe a little weak at the end but non the less good and interesting.
what i did not like was the way the dementors where done... nut very convincing but gore... lifeless computer animations that is in complete contrast to any other element of the film.
what i liked most of all is, this movie is one of the view of the fantasy-genre that really manges, to show you another world, that lives and breaths... u can see it everywhere, in all these beauty full and funny details all along the film... for example when potter rides around with a huge hippo grip that starts playing with its reflection on the surface of the black lake near the magic school while flying over it or when a waiter comes by balancing in one hand a pile of dishes, that is actually higher than the waiter himself...but also in the behavior of the characters. the minister of magic, that trys to avoid step in to a pile of invisible-horse-you-know-what or Ron, when he gets up at night talking about step dancing spiders that want him to join in...
Alfonso shows a great feeling for light and shadow in his scenes and uses interesting and ingenious techniques to show u how strange this potter world really is... without leaving you alone.
the acting is also great but that is naturally thinking of all the details put into the acting like when potter is playing with a kandleflame while thinking of a, so called... wonderful moment of his ... that is actually more painful to him.
i like this movie i like it a lot and every time i watch it i like it a bit more.