Keep an open mind...

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2004)

A few things are different in the movie then in the book.
For starters we all know that the actor to originate Prof. Dumbledore passed away shortly after the release of "Chamber of Secrets", thus a different actor with a different perspective on how to play Prof. Dumbledore is used.
Secondly, that the book(500+ pages)is much longer than the movie(2hrs. 19min.)is. Thus making it virtually impossible to include everything.
Thirdly, each one of our imaginations as to whom looks like what and how the book is perceived differs. Not only by age, but by gender as well.
Lastly, by viewing the movie with preconceptions from the book, you are not allowing yourself to fully acknowledge the art it took into making the third series, let alone missing "important" key information. Such as when Harry reads the map (part truth and part bogus), you can clearly hear whose names are read on it.
Thus, saying all that I have, I refuse to give you my positive and negative points about the movie, merely to say that I have seen it two times now and intend to buy it on DVD when it comes out.