What a disaster this movie was! From the very beginning to the very end, there was more chopped out of this movie than I thought was possible! Really, Warner Brothers did a tremendous hack job with this film so much to the point where I recommend NOT seeing it.
The only thing that this film is good for is to put faces with names. Other than the obvious lack of including all, most, or even a majority of the storyline features from the book, there is no contiguous logic in the story. It’s like watching a bunch of scenes from what could have been a much, MUCH longer movie. It’s disjointed and there are not enough explanations in the two and a half hours that the thing tarries on for.
I will say that the special effects and wardrobe are done very well. So was the casting and make-up. Warner Brothers does do a good job of giving you a look at what Hogwarts and the characters would probably look like in real life.
But in terms of telling a story, this movie sucked. If you’re a non-Harry Potter fan, then I would suggest not using this film as a basis to judge whether or not you’d like the series.
i agree…. they are just so badly done…!!! why couldn’t they make them as thoroughly as LOTR… hopefully sometime in the future someone will go back and do the movies properly and consistently
Hi Emily – I completely agree. The LOTR movies are great and they really cover some of the minor details in the book (though not all of them, but most!).
I don’t like the editorial liberty that they are taking with the Harry Potter movies. They basically changed the entire gillyweed scenario in the movie – that stuff shouldn’t stand.