A poor adaptation

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2004)

This is a really poor adaptation of the book. Chris Columbus should go back to the Home Alone series.
As a fan of the book, i cant believe how much he took out! This film is an absolute mess! Too many things are missed out. Fair enough, he's got to turn a whole book into a movie, which is hard. He completely changed some things! Like, for example, Harry and Hermione have detention in the forest because they are caught coming down from the tower after getting rid of Norbert (Ron isnt there). Malfoy and Neville also are caught out of bed and thats why they end up in the forest. Ron was not involved. He also took out important stuff from the book and STILL reffered to it later on in the film! He didnt really explain the Philospher's Stone enough either.
This is a very poor adaptation for a poor director who let too much influence from Hollywood spoil what could have been a really 'magical' film. I only hope the Prisoner of Azkaban lives up to my expectations, and with Alfonzo Caurón on top of things, i think it will.