As much as I fucking hate George Lucas, at least the bastard gives good value on the extras. This series should have been the next LOTR, MATRIX or STAR WARS franchise on DVD: instead, it's the next BLADE series. Damn shame.

And no funeral for that main character who dies? FUCK THAT!!!

WB sucks donkey balls. In real terms, they're right down there with 20th CENTURY FUCKS UP.

I totally agree. I mean sure, you cannot make films completely true to the book you are adapting (as I have said above) and you are bound to piss off the existing fan base no matter how hard you try not to. But pissing off Harry Potter fans? There are fucking millions upon millions of them in practically every civilised country on the planet. Harry Potter has a massive, rabid fan base who I bet would shell out for every single special edition disk they released. They could release the same fucking movie in a different case and millions of people would pre-order it from Amazon (maybe not millions, but you get my point). They have truly missed a trick by not filming a more complete, true adaptation of each of the movies after number 3 and releasing them as special editions.

I also feel that a lot of the people they have making these films have only ever scanned the books. As a film maker you could probably chop and change some of the plot without pissing off the fans, by simple keeping the small details accurate. Throughout the films they use spells that produce the wrong results, they completely introduce new spells when J.K Rowling has already written one that does the exact same thing. They even go as far as having people perform magic with nothing but their bare hands, would it take any more effort do stick a want in their hand and do it right? For fucks sake, pick up the book, hell my 4 year old son could correct them on half of their mistakes.

Is Michael Gambon so important that neither the Director or any of the producers dare tell him that he is portraying Dumbledore COMPLETELY wrong? If he has read any of the books I would be very, very shocked. And surely at some point in the series (after film 3) someone would have the stones to tell Emma Watson that moving your eyebrows does not count as acting. They didn't tell her when they were filming 4 or 5, I am hopeful for 6.

Here it is again for those who skipped past it so they could yell at somebody on the internet - http://tinyurl.com/6fqw99.

Regardless, the Mugglenet review is much better written, and while it does seem a bit overly positive, it at least knows what it's talking about throughout.

Zarles, it was a better written review, but I still don't trust it

The previous three films all had muddled middles not being sure whether to show more of Harry at school or whether to keep the story narrative going. Much like the books, but what might work in a book doesn't always as a film.

Also the films are aimed more at children, while the books are tounge-in-cheek enough to keep adults interested. Might have been nicer if the British Film Industry had done the films, and kept them away from the Hollywood studio system who obviously see Harry Potter as something that should be marketed to and made for kids.

Prizoner Of Azkaban had the best score though.

Everyone is right from above, why the hell cut the dramatic fight at the end and the helplessness that Harry felt watching Dumbledore die????

It's like making Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep into a movie that has nothing to do with Deckard hunting replicants. But I think it could be a delibrate move, coz after you read Book7, you realise HBP stuff doesn't matter that much. HBP character is GREAT when you're reading HBP, but final book makes it somewhat irrelevant.

I loved PoA [not as much as book, yet, best of the movies] even though it deviated greatly from book's look and events, but it kept to the dark tone of the book. HBP is almost like a dark mystery thriller, hunting clues across time... not a teeny bopper romance.

Here are the estimated grosses of the films from IMDB.

HP1: $317,575,550 (USA), $976,475,550 (Worldwide)

HP2: $261,988,482 (USA), $876,688,482 (Worldwide)

HP3: $249,358,727 (USA), $761,300,818 (Worldwide)

HP4: $290,013,036 (USA), $896,013,036 (Worldwide)

HP5: $292,004,738 (USA), $938,468,864 (Worldwide)

As you can see, the first film made more than the second film, which made more than the third film (the lowest-grossing film in the series.

The last two films have made more than all but the first, with HP5 just edging out HP4 in total gross.

And from reading the above reviews, there's little, if any hope we'll be getting any "meat" in the final — and most bloody and dramatic — few films. They'll probably have everyone wo dies in the last book "fall asleep," so's not to upset the li'l kiddies and their parents.

Idiots. >:(

Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna will also have never really had a fight scene before the Battle For Hogwarts. They were basically ROBBED in 5, the book had them fighting to protect Harry and the unknown prophecy for no other real reason except bravery and love for their friend. The film had them as USELESS hostages.

And don't think I've forgiven you for killing GLOBAL FREQUENCY either. Fucking morons...

I recall a lot of people complaining (complaining, mind you!) that there were too many battles in LOTR and they kept rehashing things already seen.

It's a questionable call since it does affect the ending somewhat, but I think it's a valid concern that the power that be MAY have actually had.

I remember reading about that now. A quick search of Google reveals several articles about it:

So perhaps the next movie opens with some of scenes you guys were expecting to see in this movie so they have enough meaty material to split the final book into two movies. When you start splitting books into multiple movies sometimes they screw with the order of events

But making Snape tell him to be quiet. Why not just have dumbledore wink at him in a pantomime fashion before he shoots, I mean it'll have the same mystery-breaking effect.

How did the raping of the the ends of each story manage to get past first draft stages on every film since 3? I mean isn't Rowling supposed to have some sort of creative control?

Whenever I see her on TV (as in the documentary she filmed for a TV channel over here last year) she seems very humble and not very attracted to money at all. I know it could have all been set up for the cameras, but it didn't seem that way. She lived a way more humble life than I would expect from anyone with the amount of cash she has. She lives in Edinburgh instead of somewhere more exotic. She bakes cakes for her kids' birthdays. She takes her kids to the local shops for milk etc.

I suspect she has very little say in what goes on in the movies and only makes suggestions etc.