You people who rated P of A a 10 are on drugs!!!

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2004)

I too resisted reading these books due to the fact that they were books my 10 yr old was reading and it didn't seem like my thing. Of course when the first movie came out I took her to see it to be a good mommy. I actually really enjoyed it and later bought it when it was released. Then the 2nd movie came out and of course we went to see it together. Harry Potter became a good mommy/daughter thing to do. After seeing the 2nd movie (of which I loved) I decided I'd better read the books so that I could stay up with what was going on. I read all 5 consecutivly like they were one book. Though I loved them all, Goblet of Fire is my favorite.
My daughter and I looked forward to the release of Prizoner of Azkaban for months. We checked up on and followed the filming and very excitedly went and saw it on opening night. All I can say is YUK! I think the director had someone tell him what the book was about and he made the film based on that. There was no loyalty to the book at all. Now I'm an avid reader, always have been, so I know how taking a book and turning it into a movie is usually going fall a little short. But HP and the P of A fell right off the cliff. Thank goodness we aren't going to see this director for Goblet of Fire. JK Rowing is an excellent FANTASY writer, (key word there...FANTASY) Harry Potter is not real world stuff, so all these people talking about the feel of the movie being more realistic with real life....GET A CLUE! This is a book about fantasy, let's keep the movie's that way.
Franticly crossing my fingers they do better on the Fourth in Nov 2005!