big disappointment, read the book instead, and watch LOTR.

Rating: Null/10 (12 September 2002)

I went into Harry Potter expecting the 'masterpiece' that everyone else claimed it was. I came out with extreme disappointment. Harry Potter has been over-commercialised, the movie is just an excuse to make toys and bad Harry Potter official magazines, lollies, documentaries, stickers, diaries, pencilcases, etc. The acting by the main character, Daniel Radcliffe, is particularly bad, and there is no expressions. The plot develops too quickly, and within 10 minutes of Harry being in a wizardry school he is already learned in most areas of magic. Everything is rushed in the movie, and things are DEFINATELY not faithful to the book.
In my opinion, Hermione and Professor Quirrel were the best actors, and everyone else sucked. The movie cut out important scenes regarding the development of the characters relationships, which made the movie particulary good for people 8 years and below. In fact, the only thing that made me see the movie again was the music. The music gave it a classic magical feel like the movie "Witches", but nothing else in the movie was worth it. They spent over $100 million more than Lord of the Rings on special effects, yet they are laughable, the blue screen behind Harry in the broomstick scene looks really bad, and the castle looks like they are acting in front of a cartoon drawing.
If you want my advice, read the book, don't see the movie, and spend your money watching Lord of the Rings, a "REAL" fantasy movie, not some 'wannabe' Scooby Doo detective fantasy movie.