Could have been better.

Rating: Null/10 (18 November 2001)

I love the book series, and had been looking forward to this movie almost all year; still waiting impatiently for the 5th book. Unfortunately, this first movie was a little disappointing.
I had no problem with the length, to follow the book they would have to run it a little longer than the average children's movie. They should have made it a little longer and not left out some of the important parts; it mostly followed the book, but edited out a lot and made a few short cuts that strayed from the text slightly, even mixed a couple parts around.
The choices for actors were excellent in my opinion, though in some scenes they didn't behave in a realistic manner; not following the mood of the scene. Also, as someone else pointed out, in the movie Harry's eyes were blue rather than green.
The graphics were pretty good, but they could have come up with some better ones; I've seen better mythological creatures in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
However, even though the movie had some disappointing aspects, I enjoyed it overall; we'll probably buy the video(or DVD, if we ever get a player 8-p) as soon as it's released. Perhaps they will do much better with the following movies; I look forward to seeing the next in the series.