What was he thinking?!

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2004)

I've read all five books several times each and I just LOVE them. That's why, when the first film came, I just had to see it. At first I didn't really like it, but it grew on me and now I love the two first films. And then came the third...
What was this new director thinking??? The first mistake he made was changing the scenery. You can't make the third film in a series and change almost everything there is! I sat through the film wondering if this was a joke, maybe a bad dream Harry had that I had missed in the book or something... But unfortunately not.
The second mistake he made was chopping the film up so much it was difficult to follow the plot. I have, as I mentioned above, read the book several times, but I had a hard time following the story. There were so many things left out, and too many things just mentioned and then forgotten. Also, the adding of details which aren't even in the book is a bit dangerous I think. Like Hermione checking her hair when they travel back in time... Or maybe I just forgot about that part?
The third mistake was to take away all the magic of Harry Potter. Yes, maybe the first two films were a bit too childish, but this was a far too big a step to take away from that. It was all too dark and sad compared to the first two films. Yes, the third book is different as well, but this much?
The forth mistake was to make all the characters so vague. Yes, they were all there: Dumbledore, Magonagall, Snape, Sirius etc, but you could just as well leave them out all together in this film since we didn't get to see or get to know them any deeper in this film. They were there, but still they weren't.
I understand a new director has to do his thing, but this was just too much.