i apologise to fans...

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2001)

goodness me, what a travesty. i know i an 18 year old male, and that possibly it is RIDICULOUS that i am so into harry potter, but i am. or at least, i was.
i used to do childrens birthday parties dressed as harry potter, dreaming of the day when i could experience the same sort of visuals as the kids... so i waited two long years until word about a massive filmic translation started to appear in the media...
i bought my family's tickets to tonights opening two weeks ago. i am now embarrassed i did so.
harry potter was nothing but an excuse to make loud noises, under-act and sell coca-cola. oh, and the whole making fun of the english sense of humour thing - i guess mr. columbus must be thanked for that.
i apologise to anyone that was able to enjoy the film for what it was obviously intended to be - a family outing. but to anyone who has followed the exploits of harry, ron and hermione as avidly as i believe i have - clinging desperately to every witty and insightful chapter within all four books... be thankful ron was funny.
because apart from the fantastic recreation of characters hagrid and lord voldemort - thats about it.

i can only hope that seeing as the subsequent books were a lot fuller in both narrative and characterisation that the movie will follow suit.