Could have been worse...

Rating: 3/10 (29 January 2002)

I very much disliked this movie. Yes, it could have been worse (the opinion that made my sister elbow me in the stomach), but I don't know how much. As a movie it wasn't that bad at all, but as a movie based on a book? No. While they did stick to the story better than they could have, it still wasn't very good. They left out parts, added parts, moved parts around...
I don't think that they should have messed around with these books in the first place. Wasn't everyone making a big deal about how the Harry Potter series was bringing people AWAY from movies and television? Getting them more into books? That's a GOOD thing. And then they go and make it into a movie. In twenty years, what do you think the kids will go for? The Harry Potter books, or the Harry Potter movies? I would much prefer to see some good books in the hands of children than see them staring at a television screen for hours on end. Yes, I myself watch plenty of television and movies, but I could easily live without them, and keep quite entertained, as long as I could read good books.
I, personally, do not plan on seeing any more Harry Potter movies, unless my older sister drags me to them, too. I don't want the Harry Potter experience ruined for me any more than it already has been.
While this is only my opinion, and I know many people love this movie, I can only say one good thing about it: The soundtrack wasn't half bad.