Positive yet Negative yet not really at all

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

I liked the film and i thought it was funny...but it was far from true to the book and i wish they could have tried a little harder to stay true to the book. Maybe a least put the scenes in the right order. The film seemed a bit quick to me almost choppy. I loved the funny lines that really didn't come to play in the first to movies.
The acting was much better from Emma, i was happy. Rupert as always did a good job and i thought if anything he got better...But Dan, well he is not good. He was wooden as always and it showed more this movie because the others were better. He was almost shoot worthy during his crying scene. They really need to either get a new Harry or train this one up a bit. Then man who played Sirius (i think his name is Gary?) was not how i pictured him but he is a good actor so i can hope that he will improve. The man who played Lupin was really good but i'm not sure if he was what i thought he should be, but hey it wasn't enough off to really bug me.
The film was a little dark more than it should have been, i think. OH and the werewolf was really ugly and really fake looking. Everything with the special effects was over played a bit as well.
It went much faster as well. It didn't feel like i was sitting through hours of a movie it felt like a nice sized almost to fast movie.
I liked that the actors playing harry's parents (in the picture) where different. They always looked to old before i mean they were supposed to be killed when they were young, not forty and balding.
The new outfits and sets were nice but strange 'cause i was used to the old set's and outfits.
The fortune telling teacher (can't think of what it's called...sorry) was a bit scary where as i always thought of her as just odd.
The new headmaster was well not as good but he wasn't bad so...i...i..mean they could have done worse....right? well anyway his nails were really long and dirty and gross. I never thought that he would neglect to clean his nails it just seems out of character.
It's worth seeing because it's funny and cute but if you really love the books you'll go away mad or disappointed (like me).