Totally Sweet

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2001)

i'm a 23 year old guy and was forced to read the first book by my girlfriend. After that I read the other book willingly to say the least. Amazing charactors and story although the first book was a bit predictable (which obviously made the movie the same). I really don't think the movie stood up to the book though. A lot of things seemed rushed. Like all of a sudden the Dursley's were in a shack on an island?!! Of course I knew how they got there, but I can only imagine what a first time harry potter fan would think. They didn't show how the Dursleys were "a little nice" to Harry after getting back home. The Centaur scene also was a bit rushed. I know if they did it right along with the book the movie would be like 4 hours long but a little explination was needed at a few points. All in all if the movies are anything like the books at all they will just get better and better. The special effects, although not ILM, were a lot better than I was expecting even after seeing previews. The child actors were decent considering most of them haven't really had all that much experience. I should think that the acting department will get quite a bit better as the children have a bit of experience under thier belts and probably a few acting coaches. Hermione's lines seemed wierdly timed and Harry reminded me of countless school plays. Ron's charactor was my favorite, plus he got all the good lines. "You're scary, do you know that? Brilliant, but scary.". All in all I had a great time. The theatre I saw it in was ghetto as can be seeing how all the theatres in my area are completely sold out for every showing for the next week. I look forward with bated breath to see the second installment fo the Harry Potter movies.....as well as The Lord Of The Rings in a month! Pretty good time for movies right now.