Unfortunately - Unbelievably poor

Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2005)

First off - like many others who have rated this film - I really wanted to like it. I loved the books as a child and the trailer looked very entertaining.
Perhaps whoever edited the trailer should have done the same for the movie. It was poorly put together. An amazing potential for a film that probably will make enough money to propagate a second installment - hopefully that one won't disappoint.
If you're worried about them straying from the book too far - don't be. The director didn't take any artistic license what-so-ever. I wish he had. The pace is slow, the actions scenes don't have action and it just isn't "Fun". After all, that's what movies are supposed to be.
I've read many other comments and I feel that there are probably 2 types of reviewers - those who watch movies and those who only watch movies that they are told it's OK to watch. The latter will enjoy this film, the former knows good from bad.
If you enjoyed this film it's probably because you have nothing better to compare it to.
If you're group won't allow you to watch Harry Potter, please break away and see what you're missing. Those movies are entertaining. I suppose a good comparison would be that this installment is much like Star Wars Episode I - great potential - but not very good.