This movie sucks. Everyone who likes it is brainwashed.

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2001)

It must be the hype, because I can't understand what's the big deal. This movie is nowhere as good as people say it is.
I did not read the books, so I went to this movie with no pre-conceived expectations. As a new-comer to Harry Potter, I was bored out of my mind.
This movie just seems to go on, and on, and on, and on, and on. The plot is barely discernable. The movie is more like trivial story, after trivial story, after trivial story, followed by an anti-climactic climax.
It seems like the film makers were too busy squeezing elements of the book into the movie, that they forgot what good movie making is supposed to be about: entertainment.
This movie is so boring, I'd rather watch paint dry than sit through this dung again. Harry Potter stole two and a half hours of my life and I want them back!
Now I'm willing to admit that the Harry Potter books are enchanting, mystical and thoroughly entertaining. But this movie is not.
What makes a great book does not make a great film. And as moviegoers, we should be able to spot the difference.
Shame on you Warner Brothers. Shame on you critics. Shame on you audience. You let the hype get to you.