This had a different feel...

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

I just saw the new Harry Potter movie today, and although I liked it, it had a very different feel to it. Even my son noted that Hagrids Hut had been moved, the area surrounding the school looked very different, etc...I own all the books and the first 2 movies on DVD and have watched them numerous times, and it was strange to see Hermione, Harry and Ron in street clothes as opposed to their school robes. The quidditch match was VERY short, and Cho was not mentioned at all. The way one would stop the Whomping Willow was changed from pushing a stump to using a spell and wand, and Draco went from being a villain worthy of Harry to a wimp in one film. I felt the time travel aspect of the film was reminiscent of Back To The Future II, whereas I didn't get that feeling reading the book. I'll always be a fan, but I enjoyed the look and feel of the first 2 films more than this one, and hope the author retains the control for the fourth film that she obviously didn't for this one, as Goblet of Fire was my favorite harry potter book so far, and I'd hate to see it condensed to the extent that this one was.