"Loosely" Based

Rating: 5/10 (4 June 2004)

I went to see the first show today at 10:00 with 3 friends and my sister. During the credits it says "Based on the novel by J.K Rowling." That is dead wrong. It should say "Loosely based on the novel by J.K Rowling." The movie left out about 80 of the most important pages from the book and replaced it with things like the Hogwarts chorus and prolonged Knight Bus and hippogriff scenes. The various parts of the plot don't line up and the casting was awful. David Thewlis looked nothing like J.K Rowling's descriptions of Lupin. The whole movie is completely messed up. When I rated this movie, on a scale of 1 to 10, I gave it a 5. One word sums it all up: dissatisfied. All my friends agree.