Good, but disappointing

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2004)

I've been weighting for this movie to be released for over a year and when it finally came out I couldn't wait to see it  wish I could say I had the same feeling after.
The movie, like the other 2, explains the storyline well but it seems as if it has slowly moved itself away from the true Harry Potter theme. It shows the characters out of Hogwarts uniform constantly. This is a good thing because it shows that they are real people but there is a limit.
Some things aren't emphasised enough, for example, the amount of time Harry spent practising the spell which repeals the dementors. In the book he spends hours practising the spell but in the movie its like he does it once and the next time can do it 100 times more powerful. Another disappointing fact is the fact that Hogwarts, Hagrids Hut, the lake and dark forest have been shifted around and split up  this also separates the movie from the true Harry Potter theme.
It is a good movie which shows another side the characters and a darker side to Hogwarts but is disappointing because of the separation in the movie to the book.