Adorable

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2008)

I've decided to write a review for every Harry Potter film here so here goes.
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. I adore all of the books, and no while I didn't wait on a line all night to get a copy of the last book, the moment that the local K-Mart opened, I rushed in and grabbed a copy. That said I obviously have high standards for the movies and this one definitely met my standards.
The whole film had a very magical feel to it. Hogwarts looked gorgeous, the Quidditch pitch, the grounds, the classrooms, not to mention the Great Hall looked stunning. Just like I pictured it all to look in the book.
The casting was perfect too. Richard Harris (R.I.P) made an excellent Dumbledore and Maggie Smith was great as McGonagall. The Dursleys were well cast and Snape was played well by Alan Rickman. Hagrid too looked just as I imagined him to look.
Not to mention the kids. Daniel Radcliffe looked so cute as eleven-year-old Harry Potter and Emma Watson and Rupert Grint made the perfect Ron and Hermione. Tom Felton did well as Draco as did Matthew Lewis as Neville.
The story line in itself was also well done. Not a thing was left out that needed to be there and I could easily follow along without having to recheck the book.
Though the rest of the films went downhill, it at least started off well. Nine out of ten stars!