good show

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2004)

Spoilers. The 'new look' of Hogwarts' is great, especially liked Lupin's study and the huge gothic doors - most of the FX were good but some annoying - felt like taking my quidditch broom to the bulbous head of the Dementor on the train, but the scene where they swirl down to do in HP and SB was totally cool. I didn't think the cgi on the dog and werewolf characters was as good as that on Dobby in HP 2. The aim of this movie was to keep true to the book, which succeeds at the expense of a tightly written screenplay. The young actors except for Rupert Grint are still quite wooden but then I suppose so is a lot of the dialogue in the book. Just the same I think fans of the book and fans of good movies will like this one.