Best movie...but lacking

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2004)

***Caution: Spoilers if you haven't seen it yet***
This was easily the best of the three HP movies so far but it was also the best book of the first three so this was to be expected. The only thing that bothered me is that too much was left out about the origin of the Marauder's Map and how Lupin, Sirius and Peter all grew up with Harry's parents. They never divulged that Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were James and his friends and even why they were animagi and why the Whomping Willow was on Hogwarts grounds. Also, Cuaron seemed to care more about making breath taking shots and memorable moments than telling the story Rowling had written. Overall I think that this was harder for him in comparison to the other movies for Columbus in that SS and COS do not have near as much going on in them. In any case, I give the movie a 10 as movies go but I think you would have to have read the book to fully enjoy the story that is behind it.