HORRIBLE!!! (contains spoilers!)

Rating: 3/10 (8 June 2004)

I have been looking forward to this movie for a very long time. i am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. when i went and sat down in the movie theater i was expecting a movie true to the book and story line. what i got got was nothing of the sort. I understand that things need to be cut in order for the length but critical things in the story were disregarded and never even mentioned. such as the origins of the mauredars map, why harry's patronomus is a stag, Cho, Cedric, and many more things that i don't have room to mention. I was very disappointed in the overall tone of the movie as well. The setting was completely different, Hogwarts looked gloomy and creepy. Lupin came of as kind of sleazy, (and i don't recall werewolves looking like skinny little chiuauas!). i hated every second of it and i hope that they choose a different director for the next movie. this movie put one of the best books in the series to shame! (What was with the chorus and the singing frogs in the beginning?!) Doesn't the director understand that wizards and witches don't wear muggle clothes?! they wear cloaks! everything about the movie was wrong. the three main actors did well for what poorly written script they had to deal with but snape and mcgonogal werent in it enough and the new dumbledore was a poor choice. i walked out of the theater thoroughly upset and disappointed! if you are a harry potter fan, save your time and money. i wish i had.