Dismal, Contrived, Ripoff and just plain dumb!

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2001)

terribly contrived and juvenile. From the outset, it treats viewers like they were little children - the problem is, that most children won't realize how terrible it is because they haven't the breadth of experience to notice how contrived and unoriginal the plot is.
I don't blame Columbus though, JK Rowling has created a cliched story full of unoriginality and character shallowness. The fact that Harry Potter seems to be everybody's favourite and is virtually invincible in the film just makes you feel sick at how predictable this film is.
And the ending - my gosh, what a terrible ending. Star Wars was bad enough with their super proton topedoes that destroy whole mother ships (and stupid Darth Vader never learnt the lesson of having such weaknesses from his experience in The Phantom Menace). But Harry Potter tops it with it's ridiculous ending whose sole explanation is a mother's love? Ludicrous!
Go see a real movie, from the original genius of JRR Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings.